Assembly Bill A1490

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to a parent's right to know if an employee, volunteer or an administrator of a school district is reprimanded for inappropriate conduct towards their child

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2013-A1490 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3952
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 23-C ยงยง1134 - 1136, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A980
2011-2012: A465
2015-2016: A982, S1897
2017-2018: A887, S1001
2019-2020: A3176
2021-2022: A32
2023-2024: A1618

2013-A1490 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a parent's right to know if an employee, volunteer or an administrator of a school district is reprimanded for inappropriate conduct towards his or her child; enacts "parent's right to know" act.

2013-A1490 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1490

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GUNTHER, BRAUNSTEIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of A. MAGEE, PERRY, ROBINSON, WEISENBERG,  WRIGHT  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the parent's right to
  know of allegations of inappropriate  conduct  by  a  school  district
  employee, volunteer or administrator

  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 article  23-C
to read as follows:
                              ARTICLE 23-C
                       PARENT'S RIGHT TO KNOW ACT
SECTION 1134. SHORT TITLE.
        1135. DEFINITIONS.
        1136. PARENT'S RIGHT TO KNOW.
  S  1134.  SHORT TITLE. THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS
THE "PARENT'S RIGHT TO KNOW ACT".
  S 1135. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  ARTICLE  THE  FOLLOWING
TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  1.  "EMPLOYEE"  SHALL  MEAN A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ACTING IN HIS OR HER
CAPACITY AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER,  AS  WELL  AS  ANY  PERSON  RECEIVING
COMPENSATION  FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR EMPLOYEE OF A CONTRACTED SERVICE
PROVIDER OR WORKER PLACED WITHIN THE SCHOOL UNDER  A  PUBLIC  ASSISTANCE
EMPLOYMENT  PROGRAM,  PURSUANT  TO  TITLE  NINE-B OF ARTICLE FIVE OF THE
SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, AND CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS  OF  SUCH  TITLE
FOR  THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO SUCH DISTRICT, ITS STUDENTS OR EMPLOY-
EES, DIRECTLY OR THROUGH CONTRACT, WHEREBY SUCH  SERVICES  PERFORMED  BY
SUCH PERSON INVOLVE DIRECT STUDENT CONTACT.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02381-01-3

              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.