Bill Text: NY S03982 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3982 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Amends provisions regarding prescriptions for and supervision over student housing and safety by councils of SUNY state-operated institutions: provides that councils shall (in prescribing for and exercising supervision over student housing and safety) explicitly provide for training for campus security and other institutional personnel, including campus disciplinary or judicial boards, that addresses issues of rape, sexual harassment and other gender-motivated offenses; the development of support services and programs, including medical or psychological counseling, specifically targeted to assist victims of rape or other gender-related offenses; the creation, dissemination and provision of assistance and information about options available to such victims regarding the bringing of disciplinary or other legal action; and implementation of rape education and prevention programs; defines gender-motivated offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S03982 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S03982-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3982
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     April 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the powers and  duties
         regarding  student  housing  and  safety of councils of state-operated
         institutions
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph h of subdivision 3 of section 356 of the educa-
    2  tion law, as amended by chapter 552 of the laws of 1985, is  amended  to
    3  read as follows:
    4    h.  prescribe  for  and  exercise supervision over student housing and
    5  safety INCLUDING EXPLICITLY PROVIDING FOR: (1) TRAINING FOR CAMPUS SECU-
    6  RITY AND OTHER INSTITUTION PERSONNEL, INCLUDING CAMPUS  DISCIPLINARY  OR
    7  JUDICIAL  BOARDS,  THAT  ADDRESSES ISSUES OF RAPE, SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND
    8  OTHER GENDER-MOTIVATED OFFENSES; (2) THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPPORT SERVICES
    9  AND PROGRAMS, INCLUDING MEDICAL  OR  PSYCHOLOGICAL  COUNSELING,  SPECIF-
   10  ICALLY  TARGETED TO ASSIST VICTIMS RECOVERING FROM RAPE OR OTHER GENDER-
   11  MOTIVATED OFFENSES; (3) THE CREATION, DISSEMINATION,  AND  PROVISION  OF
   12  ASSISTANCE  AND INFORMATION ABOUT OPTIONS AVAILABLE ON AND OFF-CAMPUS TO
   13  VICTIMS OF RAPE OR OTHER GENDER-MOTIVATED OFFENSES TO BRING DISCIPLINARY
   14  OR OTHER LEGAL ACTION; AND (4)  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  RAPE  EDUCATION  AND
   15  PREVENTION  PROGRAMS, INCLUDING MANDATORY ORIENTATION ON SUCH TOPICS FOR
   16  INCOMING STUDENTS, REGULAR WORKSHOPS AND SYMPOSIA FOR CURRENT  STUDENTS,
   17  FACULTY  AND  STAFF,  AND  PEER  EDUCATION  PROGRAMS  ON  RAPE AND OTHER
   18  GENDER-MOTIVATED  OFFENSES.  FOR  THE   PURPOSE   OF   THIS   PARAGRAPH,
   19  "GENDER-MOTIVATED  OFFENSE" MEANS ANY CONDUCT THAT HARASSES, INTIMIDATES
   20  OR OTHERWISE INJURES A PERSON THAT IS MOTIVATED, AT LEAST  IN  PART,  BY
   21  SUCH  PERSON'S  SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR PERCEIVED SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
   22  REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH CONDUCT CONSTITUTES A CRIME UNDER THE LAW  OF
   23  THIS STATE;
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09161-01-9