Bill Text: NY S01146 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes school districts to enforce and continue in effect the suspension of a pupil ordered by the school district that the pupil previously attended.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-01 - referred to education [S01146 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01146-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1146--A
            Cal. No. 821
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 6, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- reported
          favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
          ordered  to  a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
          its place in the order of third reading
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the enforcement of the
          suspension of pupils from school
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  This  act  shall  be  known  and  may  be  cited  as  the
     2  "Faculty/Student Safety Act."
     3    § 2. Paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section 3214 of the education law
     4  is amended by adding a new subparagraph 3 to read as follows:
     5    (3) Where a pupil has been suspended, after a  hearing,  by  a  super-
     6  intendent  of  schools, district superintendent of schools, or community
     7  superintendent of schools, pursuant to subparagraph one of this subdivi-
     8  sion, for a period that exceeds the time enrolled in the district  issu-
     9  ing  the  suspension,  and  such student seeks enrollment in a receiving
    10  school, the board of education,  board  of  trustees  or  sole  trustee,
    11  superintendent  of  schools,  district  superintendent of schools or the
    12  principal of such receiving school shall have the power to  continue  or
    13  discontinue  such  suspension  if  the  suspension was the result of the
    14  pupil being physically violent, a sexual assault, or weapons  possession
    15  or  use  on  school grounds.   Reporting of such incident as required by
    16  VADIR (Violent and Disruptive Incident Reporting) shall be the responsi-
    17  bility of the district issuing the suspension.
    18    § 3. 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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