S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1516 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARCELLINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education 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. Subdivision 3 of section 3214 of the education law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph b-1 to read as follows: 3 B-1. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OR SOLE TRUSTEE, SUPER- 4 INTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND THE PRINCI- 5 PAL OF THE SCHOOL WHERE THE PUPIL ATTENDS SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO 6 ENFORCE, AND CONTINUE IN EFFECT A SUSPENSION PREVIOUSLY ORDERED BY THE 7 BOARD OF EDUCATION, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OR SOLE TRUSTEE, SUPERINTENDENT OF 8 SCHOOLS, DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OR PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL 9 DISTRICT SUCH PUPIL ATTENDED IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING HIS OR HER ATTENDANCE 10 AT SUCH SCHOOL WHERE THE PUPIL ATTENDS, PROVIDED THAT SUCH SUSPENSION IS 11 ENFORCED AND CONTINUED IN EFFECT IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE 12 ORIGINAL SUSPENSION AND WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION. 13 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03252-01-3