Senate Bill S7024

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires persistently dangerous schools to file an incident reduction plan detailing the steps the school will take to reduce incidents of violence and disruption

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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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2015-S7024 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9799
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2802, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S4864, A322
2019-2020: S5346, A6815
2021-2022: S2196
2023-2024: S745

2015-S7024 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires persistently dangerous schools to file an incident reduction plan detailing the steps the school will take to reduce incidents of violence and disruption and requires notice to be given to victims of harassment, bullying, or violent offenses of their right to transfer to another public school.

2015-S7024 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7024 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7024

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 17, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring persistently
  dangerous schools to file an incident  reduction  plan  detailing  the
  steps  the  school  will  take  to  reduce  incidents  of violence and
  disruption and requiring notice to be given to victims of  harassment,
  bullying,  or  violent  offenses of their right to transfer to another
  public school

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section 2802 of the education law, as
added by chapter 425 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
  7. Notwithstanding any other provision of state or local law, rule  or
regulation  to  the  contrary,  any  student  who attends a persistently
dangerous public elementary or secondary school, as  determined  by  the
commissioner  pursuant  to  paragraph a of this subdivision, or who is a
victim of HARASSMENT OR BULLYING, AS  DEFINED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
SEVEN  OF SECTION ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER, OR a violent criminal offense,
as defined pursuant  to  paragraph  [b]  C  of  this  subdivision,  that
occurred  on the grounds of a public elementary or secondary school that
the student attends, shall [be allowed to  attend]  HAVE  THE  RIGHT  TO
TRANSFER TO a safe public school within the [local educational agency to
the  extent required by section ninety-five hundred thirty-two of the No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001] SCHOOL DISTRICT.
  a. The commissioner shall annually determine which  public  elementary
and  secondary  schools  are  persistently  dangerous in accordance with
regulations of the commissioner developed in consultation with a  repre-
sentative sample of local educational agencies. Such determination shall
be  based on data submitted through the uniform violent incident report-
ing system over a period prescribed in the regulations, which shall  not
be  less  than  two  years,  REPORTS  OF  VIOLENT INCIDENTS AND CRIMINAL
OFFENSES FROM SCHOOL SAFETY  AGENTS  AND  POLICE  OFFICERS,  REPORTS  OF
VIOLENT OR HARMFUL CONDUCT BY TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, AND ANY
OTHER DATA REASONABLY REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER RELATED TO SAFETY.

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

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