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Health Education K-12 Curriculum—Alcohol and Drug Use or Abuse—HS
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Health Education K-12 Curriculum—Alcohol and Drug Use or Abuse—HS
State law addresses alcohol and Drug-use/abuse.
8 New York Codes, Rules and Regulations 135.1 Definitions.
(j) Health education means instruction in the understandings, attitudes and behavior in relation to the several dimensions of health, including but not limited to the misuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, the prevention and detection of certain cancers, safety, mental health, nutrition, dental health, sensory awareness, disease prevention and control, environmental and public health, consumer health, first aid, and other health-related areas.
8 New York Codes, Rules and Regulations 135.3 Health education.
(a) Provision for health education. It shall be the duty of the trustees and boards of education to provide a satisfactory program in health education in accordance with the needs of pupils in all grades. Such program shall include the several dimensions of health, including mental health and the relation of physical and mental health, and shall be designed to enhance student understanding, attitudes and behaviors that promote health, well-being and human dignity. This program shall include, but shall not be limited to instruction concerning the misuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, and the prevention and detection of certain cancers.
Guidance Document to Achieving New York State Learning Standard in Health
Alcohol and drug use/abuse is taught as part of health education.
Health Education Standard Modernization Supplemental Guidance Document: Instructional Resource Packet For Heroin & Opioids
Guidance document addresses legislative mandates that heroin and opioid content be included within Health Education drug and alcohol curricula.
Learning Standard for Physical Education, Health and Family Consumer Science
Alcohol and drug use/abuse is taught as part of health education.
New York Consolidated Laws 804 Health education regarding mental health, alcohol, drugs, tobacco abuse and the prevention and detection of certain cancers.
- All schools shall include, as an integral part of health education, instruction so as to discourage the misuse and abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs and promote attitudes and behavior that enhance health, well being, and human dignity.