Bill Text: NY S01516 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes school districts to enforce and continue in effect the suspension of a pupil ordered by the school district that the pupil previously attended.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-18 - referred to education [S01516 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S01516-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1516--A
           Cal. No. 79
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by Sens. MARCELLINO, AVELLA -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education  --
         reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
         report, ordered to a third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
         retaining its place in the order of third reading
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the enforcement of the
         suspension of pupils from school
         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  the
    2  "Faculty/Student Safety Act."
    3    S 2. Paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section 3214 of the education law
    4  is amended by adding a new subparagraph 3 to read as follows:
    5    (3)  WHERE  A  PUPIL  HAS BEEN SUSPENDED, AFTER A HEARING, BY A SUPER-
    6  INTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS,  OR  COMMUNITY
    7  SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SUBDIVI-
    8  SION,  FOR  A  PERIOD  THAT  IS  EQUAL  TO OR EXCEEDS THE PERIOD OF TIME
    9  REMAINING IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, AND SUCH STUDENT SEEKS  ENROLLMENT
   10  IN A RECEIVING SCHOOL, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OR SOLE
   11  TRUSTEE,  SUPERINTENDENT  OF SCHOOLS, DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
   12  OR THE PRINCIPAL OF SUCH  RECEIVING  SCHOOL  SHALL  HAVE  THE  POWER  TO
   13  CONTINUE OR DISCONTINUE SUCH SUSPENSION IF THE SUSPENSION WAS THE RESULT
   14  OF  THE  PUPIL  BEING  PHYSICALLY  VIOLENT, A SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR WEAPONS
   15  POSSESSION OR USE ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
   16    S 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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