Bill Text: NY A01239 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that school anti-harassment policies are enforced in compliance with the regulations of the chancellor of the New York city department of education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to education [A01239 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01239-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1239

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 13, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation   to  requiring  that  school  anti-harassment  policies  are
          enforced in compliance with the regulations of the chancellor  of  the
          New York city department of education

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision  c  of  section  10-137  of  the
     2  administrative  code  of  the  city  of  New York, as added by local law
     3  number 42 of the city of New York for the year 2004, is amended to  read
     4  as follows:
     5    3.  The  chancellor of the city public school system shall appoint the
     6  principal of each school as the  person  responsible  for  ensuring  the
     7  dissemination  of  the  anti-harassment  policies  and guidelines to all
     8  staff of each school, all school safety officers,  all  members  of  the
     9  school safety committee, and to all students and their parents or guard-
    10  ians,  and for providing training to pedagogical staff and school safety
    11  officers. Such principal shall also ensure that  the  name  and  contact
    12  information of a school employee who can provide copies of such policies
    13  and  guidelines  is  made available to all students, parents, guardians,
    14  staff and to the school safety committee. Such principal  shall  oversee
    15  enforcement  of  the  anti-harassment  policies  and guidelines so as to
    16  assure compliance with the regulations promulgated by the chancellor  of
    17  the  New  York city department of education, including regulation A-832.
    18  Such principal may designate a subordinate to  assume  the  responsibil-
    19  ities required by this paragraph.
    20    § 2. 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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