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                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2009
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Introduced  by  M. of A. GLICK, LUPARDO, KELLNER, WEISENBERG, ROSENTHAL,
  PHEFFER, MILLMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  HYER-SPENCER  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring campuses and
  colleges  to provide incoming students with information about domestic
  violence and stalking prevention

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section 6431 of the education law, as
added by chapter 597 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  3. The committee shall review current  campus  security  policies  and
procedures  and  make  recommendations  for  their improvement. It shall
specifically review current policies and procedures for:
  a. educating the campus community, including  security  personnel  and
those  persons  who  advise or supervise students, about sexual assault,
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND STALKING OFFENSES pursuant to  section  sixty-four
hundred thirty-two of this article;
  b.  educating  the  campus  community  about personal safety and crime
prevention;
  c. reporting sexual assaults, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND STALKING INCIDENTS
and [dealing with] ASSISTING victims during investigations;
  d. referring complaints to appropriate authorities;
  e. counseling victims; and
  f. responding to inquiries from concerned persons.
  S 2. Section 6432 of the education law, as added by chapter 597 of the
laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  S 6432. Sexual assault,  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE  AND  STALKING  prevention
information.  Each  college  shall inform incoming students about sexual
assault, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE  AND  STALKING  prevention  measures  through
programs  which  may include workshops, seminars, discussion groups, and
film presentations, in order to disseminate  information  [about  sexual

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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assault], promote discussion, encourage reporting [of incidents of sexu-
al  assault],  and  facilitate  prevention  of  [such  incidents] SEXUAL
ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND STALKING. Such information shall include,
but not be limited to:
  1.  the applicable laws, ordinances, and regulations [on sex offenses]
RELATING TO SUCH OFFENSES;
  2. the penalties for THE commission of A  sex  [offenses]  OFFENSE,  A
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT AND A STALKING OFFENSE;
  3. the procedures in effect at the college for dealing with [sex] SUCH
offenses;
  4.  the  availability of counseling and other support services for the
victims of [sex] SUCH offenses;
  5. the nature of and common circumstances relating  to  sex  offenses,
INCIDENTS  OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND STALKING OFFENSES on college campus-
es; and
  6. the methods the college employs to advise and  to  update  students
about security procedures.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.