Bill Text: NY A10534 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to enacting Jacobe's Law in relation to requiring school administrators to contact the parents or guardians of students who have reported being bullied or there is a reasonable cause to believe they have been bullied.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-03 - print number 10534a [A10534 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A10534-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10534--A IN ASSEMBLY May 31, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting "Jacobe's law" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Jacobe's law." 2 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 15-a to read 3 as follows: 4 § 15-a. Reporting by school administrators. 1. School administrators, 5 as defined by subdivision six of section eleven hundred twenty-five of 6 this title, shall make a good faith effort to contact the parent or 7 guardian of a student immediately following a report of bullying or 8 harassment or a reasonable cause to suspect an incident of bullying or 9 harassment of the student. "Harassment" and "bullying" shall mean 10 harassment and bullying as defined under subdivision seven of section 11 eleven of this article. 12 2. The school administrator shall contact the parent or guardian by 13 telephone, electronic mail, regular mail or other means. 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15702-02-6
