Bill Text: NY A07841 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of education to prepare and submit a report on student discipline and best practices for establishing a safe, respectful and supportive learning environment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - ordered to third reading cal.552 [A07841 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A07841-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7841--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 16, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted
          as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT in relation to a report on student discipline and best practices
          for establishing a safe, respectful and supportive  learning  environ-
          ment
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1.  No later than January 1, 2020, the commissioner of  educa-
     2  tion  shall  prepare and submit to the governor, the temporary president
     3  of the senate and the speaker of the assembly a report on student disci-
     4  pline and  best  practices  for  establishing  a  safe,  respectful  and
     5  supportive learning environment. Such report shall study and make recom-
     6  mendations  on  programs, practices and policies that may be implemented
     7  by schools to establish a school climate that promotes positive  student
     8  behaviors,  holds  students accountable and keeps students in school and
     9  class. Such report shall  consider  the  use  of  restorative  practices
    10  including  but  not  limited to conflict resolution, mediation, and peer
    11  counseling in addressing student  misconduct.  Such  commissioner  shall
    12  consult  with  stakeholders  and other interested parties when preparing
    13  such report.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11225-02-7