Bill Text: NY A10534 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10534
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 31, 2016
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        Introduced  by M. of A. TEDISCO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education
        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  the education law, shall make a good faith effort to contact the  parent
     7  or  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 as defined in this article.
    10    2.  The  school  administrator shall contact the parent or guardian by
    11  telephone, electronic mail, regular mail or other means.
    12    § 3. 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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