Outline of the state of New York
State
New York
Addressed

Category
Health Education K-12 Curriculum—Violence Prevention—ES

Category
Health Education K-12 Curriculum—Violence Prevention—ES

State law addresses violence prevention

New York Consolidated Laws 803-b Courses of study in prevention of child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse.

  1. All pupils in grades K-8 in all public schools in the state shall receive instruction designed to prevent child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse. Such program shall be defined by the commissioner in regulations after consultation with the department of health and be designed to educate students, parents and school personnel about the prevention of child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse in grades kindergarten through eight. Such program shall include, but not be limited to students and parents. Nothing in this section shall prevent the department from making model curriculum and resource materials available on the department's website.
Policy Type
Statute

New York Consolidated Laws 804 Health education regarding mental health, alcohol, drugs, tobacco abuse and the prevention and detection of certain cancers.

b. The commissioner shall make available an interpersonal violence prevention education package for grades kindergarten through twelve, which package may consist of student pamphlets, parent pamphlets, videotapes and other informative materials to be distributed to school districts, and shall encourage the use of such material as part of the health or other related curricula or programs.

Policy Type
Statute