Publisher's summary
We audited the following 20 school districts (Districts) to determine whether the Districts used resources to provide the mental health component of the New York Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act (SAVE Act) training requirement to staff: Bellville-Henderson CSD, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake CSD, Canandaigua City SD, Coxsackie Athens CSD, Crown Point CSD, Dover UFSD, Eden CSD, Goshen CSD, Greenport UFSD, Harborfields CSD, Livonia CSD, Malone CSD, Port Washington UFSD, Rye Neck UFSD, Schalmont CSD, Seaford UFSD, Unadilla Valley CSD, Waverly CSD, Wellsville CSD and West Genesee CSD. The 20 Districts we examined did not provide mental health training to all staff for the 2020-21 school year by September 15, 2020, as required by New York State Education Department (SED) regulations.
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reactive approach, i.e., focus on an audit of a specific time-period especially
during an historic pandemic, NYS should have taken on a proactive approach to
help guide districts in navigating this period of uncertainty.”
“NYS failed to offer solutions, including methodology and delivery that would
have served the unique and unprecedented time period that could have positively
impacted…all NYS districts. …”
“NYS must commit to continued guidelines to prioritize districts ability to engage
our staff in the increasingly vital component of mental health needs. …”
10 Of f ic e of t he New York State Comptroller