New York Education Law Article 17 - INSTRUCTION IN CERTAIN SUBJECTS
- 801 - Courses of Instruction in Patriotism and Citizenship and in Certain Historic Documents.
1. In order to promote a spirit of patriotic and civic service and obligation and to foster in the children of the state moral and...
- 801-a - Instruction in Civility, Citizenship and Character Education.
The regents shall ensure that the course of instruction in grades kindergarten through twelve includes a component on civility, citizenship and character education. Such component...
- 802 - Instruction Relating to the Flag; Holidays.
1. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to prepare, for the use of the public schools of the state, a program providing for...
- 802-a - Instruction Relating to General Elections.
Every school and teacher or instructor shall utilize a sample or facsimile ballot, provided by the appropriate board of elections pursuant to section 7-118 of...
- 803 - Instruction in Physical Education and Kindred Subjects.
1. All pupils above the age of eight years in all elementary and secondary schools, shall receive as part of the prescribed courses of instruction...
- 803-a - Courses of Study in Prevention of Child Abduction.
1. All pupils in grades K-8 in all public schools in the state shall receive instruction designed to prevent the abduction of children. Such instruction...
- 804 - Health Education Regarding Mental Health, Alcohol, Drugs, Tobacco Abuse and the Prevention and Detection of Certain Cancers.
* 804. Health education regarding alcohol, drugs, tobacco abuse and the prevention and detection of certain cancers. 1. All schools shall include, as an integral...
- 804-a - Comprehensive School Health Education Demonstration Program.
1. Within the amounts appropriated, the commissioner is hereby authorized to establish a demonstration program and to distribute state funds to local school districts, boards...
- 804-b - Education Regarding Child Development.
1. All schools shall be authorized to include, as an integral part of home economics or health education, instruction regarding child development and parental skills...
- 804-c - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Instruction.
1. Instructions regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation may be offered for voluntary admission as a part of the health education curriculum in all senior high schools. In...
- 804-d - Automated External Defibrillator Instruction.
Instructions regarding the correct use of an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a part of the health education curriculum in all senior high...
- 806 - Courses of Instruction in Highway Safety and Traffic Regulation; School Safety Patrols.
1. The regents of The University of the State of New York shall prescribe courses of instruction in highway safety and traffic regulation which shall...
- 806-a - Driver Education.
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all school districts providing instruction in driver education shall include in such instruction: (a) a driver safety component...
- 807 - Fire and Emergency Drills.
1. It shall be the duty of the principal or other person in charge of every public or private school or educational institution within the...
- 807-a - Fire Inspections.
1. It shall be the duty of the school authorities in general charge of the operation of any public or private school to cause the...
- 807-b - College Fire Inspections.
1. It shall be the duty of the college authorities in general charge of the operation of any public or independent college to cause the...
- 807-c - Transmission of Fire Alarm to Fire Department.
1. The school authorities designated in subdivision nine of section eight hundred seven-a of this chapter in charge of the operation of any public school...
- 807-d - Locating Source of Fires in Schools.
1. In all public and private school buildings having a central annunciator panel or fire alarm cabinet which displays a visual signal identifying any heat...
- 808 - Instruction in Fire and Arson Prevention.
1. The commissioner is hereby directed to provide and prescribe a course of instruction in fire and arson prevention, injury prevention and life safety education...
- 809 - Instruction in the Humane Treatment of Animals.
1. The officer, board or commission authorized or required to prescribe courses of instruction shall cause instruction to be given in every elementary school under...
- 809-a - Instruction in the Safe Use of Firearms and in the Game Laws.
The officer, board, or commission authorized or required to prescribe courses of instructions in any school under state control, may authorize instructions to be given...
- 810 - Conservation Day.
1. The last Friday in April each year is hereby made and declared to be known as Conservation day, and observed in accordance with the...
- 811 - Procurement, Use and Possession of Hypodermic Syringes and Needles by School Personnel for Educational Purposes.
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 220.45 of the penal law, it shall be lawful for authorized persons under the jurisdiction of the public school...
- 812 - Health Training Program for Secondary School Students.
1. The commissioner, in cooperation with the board of regents, is authorized and directed to establish and develop a program of credit for health training...
- 813 - School Lunch Period; Scheduling.
Each school shall schedule a reasonable time for each full day pupil attending pre-kindergarten through grade twelve to consume lunch.
- 814 - Courses of Study in Internet Safety.
1. Any school district in the state may provide, to pupils in grades kindergarten through twelve, instruction designed to promote the proper and safe use...
- 815 - State Seal of Biliteracy.
1. (a) The state seal of biliteracy is established to recognize high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in listening, speaking,...
- 816 - Local Library and School Partnerships.
1. Legislative intent. In order to promote and encourage children to read and learn outside the classroom, this law seeks to encourage local libraries and...
Last modified: February 3, 2019