Bill Text: NY S07954 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to compliance with federal reporting standards for incidences of sexual assault on SUNY and CUNY campuses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-10-29 - REFERRED TO RULES [S07954 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07954-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7954
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   October 29, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  documenting  campus
         sexual assault and related complaints at SUNY and CUNY institutions
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 6433 of the education law, as added by chapter  597
    2  of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S  6433.  Campus crime reporting and statistics.  1. Each college that
    4  receives state aid shall indicate in their campus catalog, student hand-
    5  book and viewbook how to access the campus  crime  statistics  that  are
    6  filed  annually  with  the  United  States  Department  of  Education as
    7  required under Title 20 of the U.S. Code Section 1092(f).  Every  campus
    8  catalog,  student  handbook  and viewbook shall state that "The Advisory
    9  Committee on Campus Safety will provide upon request  all  campus  crime
   10  statistics as reported to the United States Department of Education."
   11    The  information  in the campus catalog, student handbook and viewbook
   12  shall include the United  States  Department  of  Education's  web  site
   13  address  for  campus  crime  statistics  and a campus phone number for a
   14  designated college campus contact who  is  authorized  to  provide  such
   15  statistics for that college. Whenever an individual requests such campus
   16  crime  statistics,  the  college shall provide a hard copy mailed to the
   17  individual within ten days of the  request  and  that  information  will
   18  include  all  of the statistics that the campus is required to ascertain
   19  under Title 20 of the U.S. Code Section 1092(f).
   20    2. The president or  chief  administrative  officer  of  each  college
   21  shall,  working with the advisory committee on campus safety, take steps
   22  to inform students and prospective students  of  the  existence  of  the
   23  campus crime statistics on an annual basis and other campus safety poli-
   24  cies and procedures of the school.
   25    3.  THE  PRESIDENT  OR  ADMINISTRATIVE  OFFICER  OF EACH SUNY AND CUNY
   26  INSTITUTION SHALL APPOINT OR DESIGNATE AN EMPLOYEE WITH AT LEAST A BACH-
   27  ELOR'S DEGREE IN NURSING, PSYCHOLOGY OR SOCIAL WORK WHO SHALL BE RESPON-
   28  SIBLE FOR COORDINATING COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE IX OF THE EDUCATION  AMEND-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15684-04-4
       S. 7954                             2
    1  MENTS  OF  1972  (20 U.S.C. SECTION 1681, ET.  SEQ.) AND TITLE 20 OF THE
    2  U.S. CODE SECTION 1092(F), AND CREATING  AND/OR  MANAGING  A  SEARCHABLE
    3  DATABASE  CATALOGUING  THE  STATUS  OF ALL COMPLAINTS, REVIEWS, INVESTI-
    4  GATIONS,  AND  RESOLUTIONS BROUGHT TO SUCH INSTITUTION'S ATTENTION UNDER
    5  THESE PROVISIONS.  SUCH DATABASE SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE  STUDENT
    6  LIFE  WEB PAGE OF EVERY SUNY AND CUNY INSTITUTION, AND SHALL BE ACCESSI-
    7  BLE BY AN ACTIVE LINK FROM SUCH INSTITUTION'S HOME PAGE BETWEEN  SEPTEM-
    8  BER FIRST AND MAY FIRST OF EACH YEAR.
    9    4.  THE CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL DEVELOP A
   10  STANDARDIZED, ANONYMOUS SURVEY OF INCIDENCES OF ON-CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT
   11  THAT SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO EACH SUNY INSTITUTION AND SHALL BE ADMINIS-
   12  TERED BY SUCH INSTITUTIONS EACH MID-SEMESTER.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS
   13  SUBDIVISION,  "SEXUAL ASSAULT" SHALL MEAN ANY SEX OFFENSE IN ARTICLE ONE
   14  HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW.
   15    5. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL  DEVELOP  A
   16  STANDARDIZED, ANONYMOUS SURVEY OF INCIDENCES OF ON-CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT
   17  THAT SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO EACH CUNY INSTITUTION AND SHALL BE ADMINIS-
   18  TERED  BY SUCH INSTITUTIONS EACH MID-SEMESTER.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
   19  SUBDIVISION, "SEXUAL ASSAULT" SHALL MEAN ANY SEX OFFENSE IN ARTICLE  ONE
   20  HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW.
   21    6. FAILURE OF A SUNY OR CUNY INSTITUTION TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS
   22  OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  RESULT IN THE SUSPENSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND
   23  OPERATIONS FUNDS CONTRIBUTED BY THE STATE PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN  NO
   24  CASE  SHALL  SUCH  SUSPENSION RESULT IN A REDUCTION OR IN ANY WAY AFFECT
   25  THE PORTION OF SUCH INSTITUTION'S BUDGET ALLOCATED FOR STUDENT  SERVICES
   26  AND ALL FACULTY SALARY.
   27    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   28  have become a law.