S 3628: Requires courses of study in private schools in the prevention of child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse for pupils in grades K-8.
The proposed law aims to require private schools in the state to teach students, parents, and school personnel about the prevention of child sexual exploitation and abuse. All pupils in grades K-8, regardless of whether they attend public or private schools, must receive instruction designed to prevent child sexual exploitation and abuse. The education program will be defined by the commissioner in regulations, in consultation with the department of health. The program will educate students, parents, and school personnel about the prevention of child sexual exploitation and abuse, and will include model curriculum and resources available on the department's website. The law will take effect on the first day of the next July after it becomes a law.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO EDUCATION |
| Jan. 29, 2025 | REFERRED TO EDUCATION |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3628 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 29, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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 the teaching of courses in the prevention of child abuse at private schools The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 803-b of the education law, as 2 added by chapter 187 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 3 1. All pupils in grades K-8 in all public and private schools in the 4 state shall receive instruction designed to prevent child sexual exploi- 5 tation and child sexual abuse. Such program shall be defined by the 6 commissioner in regulations after consultation with the department of 7 health and be designed to educate students, parents and school personnel 8 about the prevention of child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse 9 in grades kindergarten through eight. Such program shall include, but 10 not be limited to students and parents. Nothing in this section shall 11 prevent the department from making model curriculum and resource materi- 12 als available on the department's website. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 14 the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02249-01-5