Int. No. 969
By Council Members Gonzalez, Fidler, Foster, James, Mealy, Recchia Jr., Stewart, Liu, Gerson, Jackson, Baez, Dilan and Mark-Viverito
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York in relation to requiring adolescent development training for correction officers.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 9 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 9-130 to read as follows:
§9-130 Adolescent development training. The department shall furnish eight hours of training in adolescent development to all correction officer staff. Correction officers must complete this training prior to their appointment or within one year after appointment. The training shall be provided at the expense of the department and by an instructor with an advanced academic degree in adolescent development or related subject as well as at least two years experience in providing instruction. The department shall furnish the training curriculum to the Council once it is established and anytime thereafter when it is substantially updated or changed. For the purposes of this section, adolescent development shall be defined as the process through which adolescents <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescence> acquire cognitive, physical, psychological and emotional abilities.
§2. This local law shall take effect sixty days after enactment.
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