2016 New York Laws
EDN - Education
Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 17 - (801 - 816) INSTRUCTION IN CERTAIN SUBJECTS
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.