Bill Text: NY S05525 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires notification to parents and guardians of the ability to opt out of the school's release of information to military recruiters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S05525 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S05525-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5525 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- 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 requiring notification to parents and guardians of the ability to opt out of the school's release of information to military recruiters The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 56 to read as follows: 3 56. a. The commissioner shall require all school districts to provide 4 notice to each student and to the parent or guardian of each student 5 enrolled in the school district that, in accordance with federal law, 6 the student or the parent or guardian of the student may request that 7 the student's name, address, and telephone number not be released to 8 military recruiters. This notice shall: 9 (i) be included in a clear and conspicuous manner and in the same size 10 type as the other statements on the letter requesting emergency contact 11 information that is distributed by the school district to each student 12 or parent or guardian of the student; and 13 (ii) request that the student or the parent or guardian of the student 14 indicate whether the student's name, address, and telephone number are 15 to be released to military recruiters by checking either the box 16 "release contact information" or "do not release contact information". 17 b. On or before October first and March first of each school year, the 18 principal of each school shall submit a list to that school's local 19 educational agency that includes the name, address, and telephone number 20 of each student whose contact information is not to be released to mili- 21 tary recruiters. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10872-01-7
