New York Laws
Article 17 - Instruction in Certain Subjects
804-A - Comprehensive School Health Education Demonstration Program.

(i) Such grants shall include the development, implementation, and
evaluation of a comprehensive health education program including such
activities as:
(A) coordination of health instruction with other available programs
in the school and the community related to health education;
(B) provision of inservice training and materials for elementary level
school teachers in comprehensive health education;
(C) development and implementation of evaluation procedures to measure
students' knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes prior to and after
project implementation; and
(D) development and implementation of a mechanism for project
maintenance and long-range programming.
(ii) Upon successful completion of the above activities and the
availability of funds, such grant recipients will assist other local
educational agencies with replication.
b. Health education regional training centers. Regional training
centers for the purpose of developing materials and providing training
programs to meet the needs of teachers statewide in the implementation
of comprehensive school health education programs at the elementary
level will be established.
c. Statewide advocacy for comprehensive health education. Development
and implementation of a statewide advocacy program to create an
awareness on the part of school administrators of the need to develop
strategies for implementing comprehensive school health education
programs at the elementary level.
d. Replication of validated health education programs. Grants will be
awarded to local school districts or boards of cooperative educational
services for the replication of nationally or state-validated exemplary
health education programs.