Senate Bill S3696

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to including private, religious or denominational educational institutions to the "dignity for all students act"

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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-S3696 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§10, 11 & 17, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6438
2021-2022: S722
2023-2024: S3180

2019-S3696 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to including private, religious or denominational educational institutions in the "dignity for all students act".

2019-S3696 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3696 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3696
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 12, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. HOYLMAN, ADDABBO, KENNEDY, MAYER -- 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 including private,
   religious or denominational educational institutions to  the  "dignity
   for all students act"

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 10 of the education law, as added by chapter 482 of
 the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   § 10. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that students' ability
 to learn and to meet high academic standards, and a school's ability  to
 educate  its students, are compromised by incidents of discrimination or
 harassment including bullying, taunting or intimidation.  It  is  hereby
 declared to be the policy of the state to afford all students [in public
 schools]  an  environment  free  of  discrimination  and harassment. The
 purpose of this article is to foster civility in [public] schools and to
 prevent and prohibit conduct  which  is  inconsistent  with  a  school's
 educational mission.
   §  2.  Subdivision  1  of section 11 of the education law, as added by
 chapter 482 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   1. "School property" shall mean in or within any building,  structure,
 athletic playing field, playground, parking lot, or land contained with-
 in  the  real  property  boundary  line  of  [a public] AN elementary or
 secondary school; or in or on a school bus, as defined  in  section  one
 hundred forty-two of the vehicle and traffic law.
   §  3.  Section 17 of the education law, as added by chapter 482 of the
 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   § 17. Application. Nothing in this article shall[:
   1. Apply to private, religious or  denominational  educational  insti-
 tutions; or

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

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