Bill Text: NY S01885 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to require school districts to establish a parental/guardian notification program when potentially life threatening events occur on school grounds, e.g., bomb threats or guns or other weapons discovered or recovered.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01885 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S01885-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1885
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 9, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  KLEIN,  BRESLIN,  DIAZ,  DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON,
         ONORATO, SAMPSON, SMITH -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law,  in relation to notification of
         parents and guardians
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 42 to read as follows:
    3    42.  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO PROMULGATE RULES
    4  AND REGULATIONS TO REQUIRE ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ESTABLISH  A  PROGRAM
    5  TO  NOTIFY PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN WHEN POTENTIALLY LIFE
    6  THREATENING OCCURRENCES HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. FOR PURPOSES
    7  OF THIS SUBDIVISION LIFE THREATENING OCCURRENCES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT  NOT
    8  BE  LIMITED  TO,  BOMB  THREATS AND THE DISCOVERY OR RECOVERY OF GUNS OR
    9  OTHER WEAPONS FROM STUDENTS.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   11  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately  the  commissioner  of
   12  education  is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may
   13  be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act  on  its  effective
   14  date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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