Assembly Bill A826

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires that school anti-harassment policies are enforced in compliance with the regulations of the chancellor of the New York city department of education

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2015-A826 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §10-137, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A11082
2011-2012: A1452
2013-2014: A267
2017-2018: A4089
2019-2020: A742
2021-2022: A2309
2023-2024: A1239

2015-A826 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that school anti-harassment policies are enforced in compliance with the regulations of the chancellor of the New York city department of education.

2015-A826 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   826

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PERRY
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
  relation  to  requiring  that  school  anti-harassment  policies   are
  enforced  in  compliance with the regulations of the chancellor of the
  New York city department of education

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  3  of  subdivision  c of section 10-137 of the
administrative code of the city of New  York,  as  added  by  local  law
number  42 of the city of New York for the year 2004, is amended to read
as follows:
  3. The chancellor of the city public school system shall  appoint  the
principal  of  each  school  as  the person responsible for ensuring the
dissemination of the anti-harassment  policies  and  guidelines  to  all
staff  of  each  school,  all school safety officers, all members of the
school safety committee, and to all students and their parents or guard-
ians, and for providing training to pedagogical staff and school  safety
officers.  Such  principal  shall  also ensure that the name and contact
information of a school employee who can provide copies of such policies
and guidelines is made available to all  students,  parents,  guardians,
staff  and  to the school safety committee. SUCH PRINCIPAL SHALL OVERSEE
ENFORCEMENT OF THE ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICIES  AND  GUIDELINES  SO  AS  TO
ASSURE  COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE CHANCELLOR OF
THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING  REGULATION  A-832.
Such  principal  may  designate a subordinate to assume the responsibil-
ities required by this paragraph.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03938-01-5

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