Assembly Bill A9692

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires student identification cards to contain the new national suicide prevention lifeline number, 9-8-8

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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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2021-A9692 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8410
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§207-b & 1527-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6563, S1865

2021-A9692 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires student identification cards to contain the new national suicide prevention lifeline number, 9-8-8.

2021-A9692 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9692
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 28, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  requiring  student
   identification  cards  to  contain the new national suicide prevention
   lifeline number, 9-8-8
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "student lifeline act".
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a  new  section  207-b  to
 read as follows:
   §  207-B.  STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS. 1. EACH INSTITUTION OF HIGHER
 EDUCATION AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLATURE OR BY THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVER-
 SITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO CONFER ACADEMIC DEGREES IN  THIS  STATE
 WHICH  ISSUES STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO ITS STUDENTS SHALL HAVE ON
 SUCH CARDS THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE NUMBER, 9-8-8.
   2. EACH YEAR, PRIOR TO THE START OF A NEW SCHOOL YEAR,  EACH  INSTITU-
 TION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLATURE OR BY THE REGENTS
 OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO CONFER ACADEMIC DEGREES IN
 THIS  STATE  WHICH  ISSUES  STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO ITS STUDENTS
 SHALL CERTIFY TO THE REGENTS THAT SUCH  IDENTIFICATION  CARDS  HAVE  THE
 INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   §  3.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 1527-b to
 read as follows:
   § 1527-B. STUDENT  IDENTIFICATION  CARDS.  1.  EACH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,
 PRIVATE  SCHOOL,  OR  CHARTER  SCHOOL ORGANIZED UNDER THIS CHAPTER WHICH
 ISSUES STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO ITS STUDENTS SHALL HAVE  ON  SUCH
 CARDS  ISSUED  TO  STUDENTS  IN  THE  NINTH  THROUGH  TWELFTH GRADES THE
 NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE NUMBER, 9-8-8.
   2. EACH YEAR, PRIOR TO THE START OF A NEW  SCHOOL  YEAR,  EACH  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT, PRIVATE SCHOOL, OR CHARTER SCHOOL ORGANIZED UNDER THIS CHAPTER
 WHICH  ISSUES STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO ITS STUDENTS SHALL CERTIFY
 TO THE REGENTS THAT  SUCH  IDENTIFICATION  CARDS  HAVE  THE  INFORMATION
 REQUIRED UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   §  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect July 16, 2022 and shall apply to
 student identification cards  that  are  issued,  modified,  altered  or
 amended on or after such date.

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