Int 0957-2015

Requiring transparency from the department of education on instructors receiving training in sexual health education.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Educationintroduced 2015-10-15Local Law 2016/015

Enacted as Local Law 2016/015.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2015-10-15Passed: 2016-02-08Enacted: 2016-02-08

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Education (the “DOE”) to submit on an annual basis to the Council, and post on its website, information regarding sexual health education instruction received by public middle and high school instructors. The DOE would be required to provide information on the total number of full-time and part-time instructors teaching health, total number and percentage of full-time and part-time health instructors who have received a certification in sexual health education, the total number and percentage of full-time and part-time instructors who received professional development training provided by the DOE on sexual health education in the prior school year, and the total number and percentage of full-time and part-time instructors who attended multiple sexual health education professional development training sessions provided by the DOE, disaggregated by the number of trainings attended. All of this data will be disaggregated by instructors in grades 6-8 and grades 9-12, as well as by Council District, Community School District, and school. The DOE would have to provide this data to the Council and post it on its website by February 15, 2016, and thereafter by February 15th of each year.

Committee on Education — Department of Education, School Construction Authority, and charter schools.

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28 passed · 22 died

This bill: 95 days in committee

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Sponsors (15)

Vanessa L. Gibson(prime)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council

2015-10-15 · City Council

ActionReferred to Comm by Council

2015-10-15 · City Council

HeardHearing Held by Committee

2015-10-27 · Committee on Education

HeldLaid Over by Committee

2015-10-27 · Committee on Education

HeardHearing Held by Committee

2015-10-27 · Committee on Health

HeldLaid Over by Committee

2015-10-27 · Committee on Health

HeardHearing Held by Committee

2015-10-27 · Committee on Women's Issues

HeldLaid Over by Committee

2015-10-27 · Committee on Women's Issues

HeardHearing Held by Committee

2016-01-19 · Committee on Education

ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm

2016-01-19 · Committee on Education

ActionAmended by Committee

2016-01-19 · Committee on Education

AdvancedApproved by Committee

2016-01-19 · Committee on Education

AdvancedApproved by Council

2016-01-19 · City Council

ActionSent to Mayor by Council

2016-01-19 · City Council

HeardHearing Held by Mayor

2016-02-08 · Mayor

AdvancedSigned Into Law by Mayor

2016-02-08 · Mayor

ActionRecved from Mayor by Council

2016-02-08 · City Council

Votes (15)

Aye (11)

Inez D. BarronAndy L. KingDaniel Dromm Daniel R. GarodnickChaim M. DeutschBen KallosStephen T. LevinMark LevineAntonio ReynosoVincent J. GentileMargaret S. Chin

Absent (3)

Jumaane D. WilliamsAlan N. MaiselMark Treyger

Excused (1)

Deborah L. Rose

Heard at (6)

Committee on Education · 2016-01-19 · 9:30 AM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.

City Council · 2016-01-19 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Committee on Women's Issues · 2015-10-27 · 11:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Committee on Health · 2015-10-27 · 11:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Committee on Education · 2015-10-27 · 11:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall

City Council · 2015-10-15 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (16)

Full text

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Title 21-A of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-967 to read as follows: � 21-967 Instructors receiving sexual health training. a. For the purposes of this section, "school" means a school of the city school district of the city of New York. b. Not later than December 1, 2016, and on or before December 1 annually thereafter, the department shall submit to the speaker and post on the department's website information regarding the provision of sexual health education training to instructors in schools for the preceding school year. Such information shall include: (i) the total number of licensed health instructors employed by the department, disaggregated by full-time and part-time instructors; (ii) the total number of instructors assigned to teach at least one health education class; (iii) the total number and percentage of instructors who received professional development training provided by the department on sexual health education in the preceding two school years; and (iv) the total number and percentage of instructors who attended multiple sessions of professional development training provided by the department on sexual health education in the preceding two school years, disaggregated by the number of trainings attended. c. All information required to be reported by this section shall be aggregated citywide, as well as disaggregated by city council district and community school district and, when available, by school. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately. ENB/AES LS 4239 1/11/ 2016 5:45p