Assembly Bill A6208

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits certain school personnel from school grounds

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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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2019-A6208 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1135, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8166
2015-2016: A6885
2017-2018: A6065

2019-A6208 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits school personnel who have been charged with allegations of a sexual offense from entering school grounds until the adjudication of such matter.

2019-A6208 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6208
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting certain
   school  personnel  from  school  grounds  for  allegations  of  sexual
   offenses
 
   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  1135
 to read as follows:
   § 1135. SCHOOL PERSONNEL PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 PROVISIONS OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND/OR SCHOOL ADMIN-
 ISTRATORS  IN EITHER A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL SHALL PROHIBIT TEACHERS,
 ADMINISTRATORS OR ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE FROM ENTERING A  CLASSROOM,  SCHOOL
 BUILDING  AND/OR SCHOOL GROUNDS IF SUCH TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR, OR OTHER
 EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY OF THE SEXUAL OFFENSES UNDER  ARTICLE
 ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY  OF  THE  PENAL  LAW UNTIL THE ADJUDICATION OF SUCH
 MATTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10198-01-9

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