Senate Bill S2196

2021-2022 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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2021-S2196 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2802, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7024
2017-2018: S4864
2019-2020: S5346
2023-2024: S745

2021-S2196 (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.

2021-S2196 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2196 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2196
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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
 amended  by  section 8 of part YYY of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, 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 eighty-five hundred thirty-two of the
 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of nineteen  hundred  sixty-five,
 as amended] 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-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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