NYC Council Introduction 989

intro.nyc/0989-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Student wellness club toolkits.
Status: Laid Over in Committee Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
Sponsored by Linda Lee
Introduced: July 18, 2024

This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to create student wellness club toolkits, informational materials to guide students about how to create student wellness clubs, peer-led student spaces focused on student wellbeing and mental health. Additionally, it would require the Department of Education (DOE) to make such toolkits available to all middle school and high school students. Finally, it would require DOE to issue an annual report including information regarding the dissemination of such toolkits and relevant information regarding all student wellness clubs in the city.