S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3053
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 29, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed 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    S 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    S  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 is author-
   23  ized to be made on or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01935-01-3