NYSED Resources

The list below provides guidance, information, and resources for school health instruction as required by education law and Commissioner's regulations.
Links on this page connect to the NYSED Curriculum and Instruction Health Education Webpage.

• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and AED studies
• E-Cigarettes Learning Page  
• NYSDOH Electronic Cigarettes and Vapor Products. 
• Erin's Law
  Sexual abuse and exploitation prevention education for students in K-8th grade. 
• Gambling Resources
• Guidance Document to Achieving New York State Learning Standards in Health (NYSED 2005)
  This guidance document provides local educational agencies with a framework for developing health curricula and implementing instructional and assessment strategies.
• HIV/AIDS Data NYSDOH AIDS Institute
• Letter to Schools from Commissioners of NYSDOH and NYSED on the dangers of e-cigarettes (1/2019)
• Mental Health Education in Schools; Associated with CR Part 135.3
• Mental Health Resources - The U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory 2021
• Organ and Tissue Donation
• Sepsis Information
• Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Resources (by date of release)
  • Memo Re: Clarification/Modernization of Health Ed Law (NYSED 2015)
  • Supplemental Guidance: Resource Packet for Heroin and Opioids (NYSED 2016)
  • Guidance for Providing Educational Resources to Address Substance Abuse (NYSED 6/2019)
  • Evidence-Based Program Guidance for Substance Use Prevention Education in Schools, (NYSED 12/2020)
    • ​Letter from Commissioner Rosa and Commissioner González-Sánchez
• Tick and Tick-Borne Disease: Education in School

Health Education Standards, Requirements, and Evaluation Tools

Guidance Document to Achieving New York State Learning Standards in Health
This guidance document provides local educational agencies with a framework for developing health curricula and implementing instructional and assessment strategies. (Updated 4/25/14) 

Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT)
CDC tool to help districts, schools, and others conduct an analysis of health education curricula based on the National Health Education Standards and the CDC's Characteristics of an Effective Health Education Curriculum. Results can be used to improve the delivery of health education. 

National Health Education Standards and Performance Indicators (CDC)
Provides a framework for teachers, administrators, and policymakers in designing or selecting curricula, allocating instructional resources, and assessing student achievement and progress. Importantly, the standards provide students, families, and communities with concrete expectations for health education. 

National Health Education Standards 3rd Edition - National Consensus for School Health Education 
The standards are intended to guide the development of health education curricula, instruction, and assessment for preK–12 students.    

NYS Learning Standards for Physical Education, Health and Family Consumer Science

NYS School Health Education Requirements Summary 
This document summarizes health education laws, regulations, and required health education curriculum along with the instructional staff (by grade level) responsible for teaching health content. (NYSCSH 4/29/21) 

Incidental Teaching-80-5.3
A superintendent of schools may assign a teacher to teach a subject not covered by such a teacher's certificate or license for a period not to exceed five classroom hours a week, and due to the COVID-19 crisis during the 2020-2021 school year for a period not to exceed ten classroom hours a week, when no certified or qualified teacher is available after extensive and documented recruitment and provided that approval of the commissioner is obtained. 

See Also:

• Laws & Commissioner's Regulations - Health Education
• Condom Availability Plan (CAP)
• Mental Health Resource Page

Page Updated 11/30/23