Assembly Bill A4191

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to immediately report bias related offenses to law enforcement agencies

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A4191 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8199
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง3214-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A3713, S1176
2013-2014: A6132, S1640
2015-2016: A4472, S1727
2017-2018: A5278, S3649
2019-2020: S4781
2021-2022: S5076
2023-2024: S6367

2009-A4191 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to immediately report bias related offenses to law enforcement agencies.

2009-A4191 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4191

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. RAMOS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALESSI,
  CLARK, DIAZ, GALEF, MAGEE, MAISEL, McENENY, ORTIZ, WEISENBERG --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to requiring school
  district and board of cooperative educational  services  officials  to
  report bias related offenses to law enforcement agencies

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

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3214-a
to read as follows:
  S 3214-A. REPORTS OF BIAS-RELATED  OFFENSES.  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
PROVISION  OF  THIS  CHAPTER TO THE CONTRARY, UPON RECEIPT BY A TEACHER,
ADMINISTRATOR OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BOARD OF COOPER-
ATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OF ANY REPORT OF THE ALLEGED COMMISSION OF  A
BIAS RELATED OFFENSE COMMITTED UPON THE PROPERTY OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT
OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, THE TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR
OR  OTHER  EMPLOYEE  SHALL  IMMEDIATELY REPORT THE ALLEGED COMMISSION OF
SUCH BIAS RELATED OFFENSE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY  HAVING  JURISDIC-
TION  OVER  SUCH  OFFENSE.  EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL COOPERATE WITH  ANY  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY
INVESTIGATING AND PROSECUTING A BIAS RELATED OFFENSE.
  2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "BIAS RELATED OFFENSE" SHALL MEAN
ANY  OFFENSE,  WHICH  IF  COMMITTED BY AN ADULT, WOULD CONSTITUTE A HATE
CRIME AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 485.05 OF THE PENAL LAW.
  3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE AND DISTRIBUTE  TO  EVERY  SCHOOL
DISTRICT  AND  BOARD  OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SUCH RULES AND
REGULATIONS AS SHALL BE NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
SECTION AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE THEREWITH.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately, except that subdivision 1
of  section 3214-a of the education law, as added by section one of this
act, shall take effect on the first of  September  next  succeeding  the
date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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