Bill Text: NY S01849 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1849 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Amends provisions regarding prescriptions for and supervision over student housing and safety by councils of SUNY state-operated institutions: provides that councils shall (in prescribing for and exercising supervision over student housing and safety) explicitly provide for training for campus security and other institutional personnel, including campus disciplinary or judicial boards, that addresses issues of rape, sexual harassment and other gender-motivated offenses; the development of support services and programs, including medical or psychological counseling, specifically targeted to assist victims of rape or other gender-related offenses; the creation, dissemination and provision of assistance and information about options available to such victims regarding the bringing of disciplinary or other legal action; and implementation of rape education and prevention programs; defines gender-motivated offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S01849 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01849-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1849
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 13, 2011
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       Introduced by Sens. OPPENHEIMER, DIAZ -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
       AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the powers and duties
         regarding student housing and safety  of  councils  of  state-operated
         institutions
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph h of subdivision 3 of section 356 of  the  educa-
    2  tion  law,  as amended by chapter 552 of the laws of 1985, is amended to
    3  read as follows:
    4    h. prescribe for and exercise supervision  over  student  housing  and
    5  safety INCLUDING EXPLICITLY PROVIDING FOR: (1) TRAINING FOR CAMPUS SECU-
    6  RITY  AND  OTHER INSTITUTION PERSONNEL, INCLUDING CAMPUS DISCIPLINARY OR
    7  JUDICIAL BOARDS, THAT ADDRESSES ISSUES OF RAPE,  SEXUAL  HARASSMENT  AND
    8  OTHER GENDER-MOTIVATED OFFENSES; (2) THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPPORT SERVICES
    9  AND  PROGRAMS,  INCLUDING  MEDICAL  OR PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING, SPECIF-
   10  ICALLY TARGETED TO ASSIST VICTIMS RECOVERING FROM RAPE OR OTHER  GENDER-
   11  MOTIVATED  OFFENSES;  (3)  THE CREATION, DISSEMINATION, AND PROVISION OF
   12  ASSISTANCE AND INFORMATION ABOUT OPTIONS AVAILABLE ON AND OFF-CAMPUS  TO
   13  VICTIMS OF RAPE OR OTHER GENDER-MOTIVATED OFFENSES TO BRING DISCIPLINARY
   14  OR  OTHER  LEGAL  ACTION;  AND  (4) IMPLEMENTATION OF RAPE EDUCATION AND
   15  PREVENTION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING MANDATORY ORIENTATION ON SUCH TOPICS  FOR
   16  INCOMING  STUDENTS, REGULAR WORKSHOPS AND SYMPOSIA FOR CURRENT STUDENTS,
   17  FACULTY AND STAFF,  AND  PEER  EDUCATION  PROGRAMS  ON  RAPE  AND  OTHER
   18  GENDER-MOTIVATED   OFFENSES.   FOR   THE   PURPOSE  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,
   19  "GENDER-MOTIVATED OFFENSE" MEANS ANY CONDUCT THAT HARASSES,  INTIMIDATES
   20  OR  OTHERWISE  INJURES  A PERSON THAT IS MOTIVATED, AT LEAST IN PART, BY
   21  SUCH PERSON'S SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR PERCEIVED  SEXUAL  ORIENTATION,
   22  REGARDLESS  OF WHETHER SUCH CONDUCT CONSTITUTES A CRIME UNDER THE LAW OF
   23  THIS STATE;
   24    S 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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