STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           591

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 9, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. L. ROSENTHAL, ROZIC, COOK, JOYNER -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  instruction
          in anti-gun violence in all schools

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 805 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 805. Anti-gun violence education. 1. All schools shall include  age-
     4  appropriate  instruction on anti-gun violence as an integral part of the
     5  education provided by regular classroom teachers.
     6    2. The commissioner shall prescribe such rules and regulations regard-
     7  ing instruction on anti-gun violence as the commissioner may deem neces-
     8  sary and desirable for the health and welfare of pupils and the communi-
     9  ty.  The contents may be varied to meet the needs of  particular  school
    10  districts,  or  portions thereof, and need not be uniform throughout the
    11  state, provided, however, that school districts shall utilize either the
    12  curriculum for anti-gun violence instruction prescribed by  the  commis-
    13  sioner  or  a  course  approved  by  the commissioner in accordance with
    14  criteria established by the commissioner.
    15    3. School authorities shall provide the needed  facilities,  time  and
    16  place  for  the  instruction set forth in this section and shall provide
    17  learning aids and curriculum  resource  materials  which  contribute  to
    18  effective teaching methods and learning in anti-gun violence.
    19    §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
    20  the date upon which it shall have become a law.  Effective  immediately,
    21  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
    22  sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
    23  authorized to be made on or before such date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00916-01-3