Bill Text: NY A04089 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that school anti-harassment policies are enforced in compliance with the regulations of the chancellor of the New York city department of education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to education [A04089 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A04089-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4089
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 1, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PERRY
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
          relation  to  requiring  that  school  anti-harassment  policies   are
          enforced  in  compliance with the regulations of the chancellor of the
          New York city department of education
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  3  of  subdivision  c of section 10-137 of the
     2  administrative code of the city of New  York,  as  added  by  local  law
     3  number  42 of the city of New York for the year 2004, is amended to read
     4  as follows:
     5    3. The chancellor of the city public school system shall  appoint  the
     6  principal  of  each  school  as  the person responsible for ensuring the
     7  dissemination of the anti-harassment  policies  and  guidelines  to  all
     8  staff  of  each  school,  all school safety officers, all members of the
     9  school safety committee, and to all students and their parents or guard-
    10  ians, and for providing training to pedagogical staff and school  safety
    11  officers.  Such  principal  shall  also ensure that the name and contact
    12  information of a school employee who can provide copies of such policies
    13  and guidelines is made available to all  students,  parents,  guardians,
    14  staff  and  to the school safety committee. Such principal shall oversee
    15  enforcement of the anti-harassment policies  and  guidelines  so  as  to
    16  assure  compliance with the regulations promulgated by the chancellor of
    17  the New York city department of education, including  regulation  A-832.
    18  Such  principal  may  designate a subordinate to assume the responsibil-
    19  ities required by this paragraph.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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