Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 24, 2010 |
referred to education delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jan 06, 2010 |
ordered to third reading cal.327 returned to assembly died in senate |
May 26, 2009 |
referred to education delivered to senate passed assembly |
May 21, 2009 |
advanced to third reading cal.607 |
May 19, 2009 |
reported |
Mar 31, 2009 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Mar 18, 2009 |
reported referred to codes |
Feb 03, 2009 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A4324
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
HEASTIE
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-A4324 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A4324 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A4324 REVISED 3/8/10 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 2nd 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 authorities, opening the door for that teacher to engage in the behavior at the center of the 2001 incident. Allegations of such a
2009-A4324 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4324 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 3, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEASTIE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CLARK, GIANARIS, GORDON, GREENE, P. LOPEZ, TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education 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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