Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 23, 2013 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A6878
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BARRON
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2013-A6878 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง3214-a, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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A7994
2013-A6878 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6878 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 23, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BARRON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the use of handcuffs on students with a documented mental, physical or develop- mental disability in a public school located in a city with a popu- lation of a million or more 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. HANDCUFFS PROHIBITED; STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. 1. IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL LOCATED IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF A MILLION OR MORE, THE USE OF HANDCUFFS ON A STUDENT WHO IS TWELVE YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER, AND WHO HAS AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM OR OTHER FORM OF DOCUMENTATION CITING A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION OR PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY, SHALL BE PROHIBITED AS A RESPONSE TO PROPERTY DESTRUCTION, DISRUPTION OF SCHOOL ORDER, A STUDENT'S REFUSAL TO COMPLY WITH A SCHOOL RULE OR DIRECTIVE, OR VERBAL THREATS THAT DO NOT CONSTITUTE A THREAT OF IMMINENT, SERIOUS PHYSICAL HARM. 2. IN THE EVENT THAT SUCH STUDENT IS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT OR DISTURBANCE, AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE PRIN- CIPAL OR A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR SHALL IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE STUDENT'S PARENT OR PARENTS, GUARDIAN OR GUARDIANS OR COUNSELOR. 3. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PRECLUDE ANY SCHOOL PERSONNEL OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL FROM USING REASONABLE FORCE TO PROTECT STUDENTS, OTHER PERSONS OR THEMSELVES FROM ASSAULT OR IMMINENT, SERIOUS PHYSICAL HARM. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. Provided, however, that effective immediate- ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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