N.Y. Education Law § 804-b: Education regarding child development

§ 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 and responsibility.

2. Instruction regarding child development and parental skills and

responsibility may be included in the home economics or health education

provided for all secondary school pupils and shall be taught by teachers

certified to teach home economics or health education. Related courses

in the secondary school curriculum may be taught in a manner supportive

of home economics education or health education regarding child

development and parental skills and responsibility.

3. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations to

establish a curriculum for instruction regarding child development and

parental skills and responsibility for the welfare of pupils and the

community to be available in school districts. The contents may be

varied to meet the needs of particular school districts, or portions

thereof, and need not be uniform throughout the state; such curriculum

may include instruction relating to the consequences and prevention of

shaken baby syndrome, which may include the viewing of a video

presentation for students in secondary schools.

4. School authorities shall be authorized to provide the needed

facilities, time, and place for the instruction set forth herein and to

provide learning aids and curriculum resource materials which contribute

to effective teaching methods and learning in home economics education

or health education regarding child development and parental skills and

responsibility.