• New York State Regulations (Part 100) require all students entering ninth grade in the fall of 2001 and thereafter to receive parenting education prior to their graduation.
• The requirement can be found in Part 100 of the Regulation of the Commissioner of Education 100.5(a)(3)(vi), which states: Learning standards in the area of parenting shall be attained through either the health or family and consumer sciences programs or a separate course. |