This bill, known as the Nutrition Education Act, mandates that public schools in grades K-12 teach students about nutrition, physical activity, and preventive health. The law requires instruction to cover topics such as how diet affects the body, the risks associated with ultra-processed foods, and skills like reading food labels and planning meals. To ensure accuracy, the curriculum must be based on scientific evidence from peer-reviewed research and expert consensus. The Department of Health is authorized to create specific definitions for terms like "ultra-processed foods" to guide how these lessons are taught. The changes will take effect on July 1st of the year following the bill's passage.
This bill requires New York State schools to include water safety education for students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. It mandates that the state's education board ensure lessons cover identifying drowning risks, understanding safe behaviors for children and adults, and learning how to respond to water emergencies. The law gives the board flexibility to integrate these lessons into existing classes through methods like interactive assemblies or in-classroom activities. Once passed, the education board will create specific rules to guide how schools implement this new curriculum.
This bill mandates that teachers of kindergarten through fifth grade complete specific training on identifying dyslexia to obtain or renew their certification. The required training must be provided by the Center for Dyslexia and Dysgraphia, which will set standards for the curriculum, duration, and provider qualifications. Once enacted, the commissioner of education will issue regulations to enforce these new requirements, with the law taking effect the following July.
Requires a course of instruction on the provisions of the federalist papers and the United States constitution to be provided to high school students.
This bill directs the state education commissioner to create curriculum materials for school districts covering the historical treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming individuals. School districts may adapt the content to meet their specific needs and the age-appropriate abilities of students at different grade levels. The instruction can be included as part of social studies classes or other appropriate educational settings determined by the schools. The law is set to take effect on July 1, 2027, allowing time for the implementation of necessary rules and regulations.
This bill requires all schools in the state to use a specific electronic cigarette and vaping prevention program. The program aims to educate students, parents, and school staff about the health risks of vaping and provide tools to reduce its use among minors. Schools must use age-appropriate instructional materials and marketing materials designed to discourage electronic cigarette use. The law takes effect 90 days after becoming official, with necessary rules and regulations to be implemented by that date.
This bill requires New York State's education regents to include water safety instruction in the curriculum for students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. The law mandates that the instruction cover identifying drowning risks, understanding safe behaviors for both children and adults, and learning how to respond to water-related emergencies. The regents will decide how to integrate this component into existing courses, with options including interactive assemblies, presentations, or classroom activities. The changes will take effect on July 1, 2027.
Establishes a pilot program for schools with active aging programs or specializations in place; creates a curriculum team that shall identify areas that are most relevant to persons working with older adults currently, and/or represent emerging and evidenced-based practices and create a suggested syllabus template for an advanced-year practice class in the field of aging; creates the workforce development center for professional development in gerontological/geriatric education.
Directs the commissioner of education, in consultation with the board of regents, to establish and develop a curriculum on healthy relationship building skills; provides that such curriculum shall be by grades and focus on different issues and understandings of healthy relationships.
Establishes a pilot program for schools with active aging programs or specializations in place; creates a curriculum team that shall identify areas that are most relevant to persons working with older adults currently, and/or represent emerging and evidenced-based practices and create a suggested syllabus template for an advanced-year practice class in the field of aging; creates the workforce development center for professional development in gerontological/geriatric education.
