Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 23, 2010 |
committee discharged and committed to education |
Mar 05, 2010 |
referred to children and families |
Senate Bill S7003
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S7003 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S7003 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7003 REVISED 03/08/10 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to including pupils from school districts within a city having a population of one million or more within the definition of child for the purposes of their protection from abuse and maltreatment in educational settings PURPOSE OF BILL : This bill would amend the education law to extend protection to children in school districts throughout the state without having to adhere to population restrictions. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : § 1 of this bill amends subdivision 2 of section 1125 of the education laws of 2000 to define "Child" to mean a person under the age of twenty-one years enrolled in a school district in this state. JUSTIFICATION : On May 2, 2001 a teacher employed at Public School 78 in the Bronx was charged with sodomizing a 9-year old boy. Previously, in 1998, the accused teacher had been under internal investigation for exposing himself to a student. It is unacceptable that the incident was not reported to the
2009-S7003 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7003 I N S E N A T E March 5, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to including pupils from school districts within a city having a population of one million or more within the definition of child for the purposes of their protection from abuse and maltreatment in educational settings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1125 of the education law, as added by chapter 180 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 2. "Child" shall mean a person under the age of twenty-one years enrolled in a school district in this state[, other than a school district within a city having a population of one million or more]. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06714-01-9
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