Senate Bill S8380

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Updates provisions relating to dignity for all students and makes an appropriation therefor

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • 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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2023-S8380 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10552
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Appropriations
Laws Affected:
Amd §§10, 13, 14, 15, 801-a, 2801 & 3006-a, add Art 2-A §§20 - 24, Ed L

2023-S8380 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Updates provisions relating to dignity for all students including establishing the student suicide prevention act which includes curriculum and teacher training requirements designed to prevent student suicide with a focus on LGBTQ students; makes an appropriation therefor.

2023-S8380 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8380 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8380
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  updating  provisions
   relating  to  dignity  for  all  students; and making an appropriation
   therefor
 
   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, WHETHER IN
 THE SCHOOL BUILDING OR ON THE INTERNET. 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.  Paragraphs e and l of subdivision 1 of section 13 of the educa-
 tion law, as added by chapter 102 of the laws of 2012, are amended and a
 new paragraph m is added to read as follows:
   e. require the school, when an investigation reveals any such verified
 harassment, bullying or discrimination, to take prompt  actions  reason-
 ably calculated to end the harassment, bullying or discrimination, elim-
 inate any hostile environment, create a more positive school culture and
 climate,  prevent  recurrence  of the behavior, and ensure the safety of
 the student or  students  against  whom  such  harassment,  bullying  or
 discrimination  was  directed. Such actions shall be consistent with the
 guidelines created pursuant to subdivision  four  of  this  section  AND
 SHALL  TAKE  INTO  CONSIDERATION  WHETHER  NOTIFICATION  OF  PERSONS  IN
 PARENTAL RELATION TO THE STUDENT WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF  SUCH  HARASSMENT
 IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENT;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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