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Assembly Bill A1866

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the codes of conduct on school property and prohibiting students from leaving the school property during the school day, including lunch and free periods

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2009-A1866 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2801, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A1828

2009-A1866 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the codes of conduct on school property; directs school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to prohibit students from leaving school property during the school day, including lunch and other free periods; allows for authorization from a parent permitting the student to leave school property.

2009-A1866 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1866

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  directing  school
  districts  and  boards of cooperative educational services to prohibit
  students from leaving the school property during the school day

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

  Section  1. Paragraphs l and m of subdivision 2 of section 2801 of the
education law, as added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2000, are  amended
and a new paragraph n is added to read as follows:
  l.  a  minimum  suspension  period,  for  students  who repeatedly are
substantially disruptive of the  educational  process  or  substantially
interfere with the teacher's authority over the classroom, provided that
the  suspending authority may reduce such period on a case by case basis
to be consistent with any other state and federal law. For  purposes  of
this  section,  the  definition of "repeatedly are substantially disrup-
tive" shall be determined in accordance  with  the  regulations  of  the
commissioner; [and]
  m.  a  minimum suspension period for acts that would qualify the pupil
to be defined as a violent pupil pursuant to paragraph a of  subdivision
two-a  of  section thirty-two hundred fourteen of this chapter, provided
that the suspending authority may reduce such period on a case  by  case
basis to be consistent with any other state and federal law[.]; AND
  N.   PROVISIONS  SETTING  FORTH  SPECIFIC  CIRCUMSTANCES  UNDER  WHICH
STUDENTS ARE LIMITED OR PROHIBITED FROM LEAVING SCHOOL  PROPERTY  DURING
THE  SCHOOL DAY INCLUDING LUNCH AND OTHER FREE PERIODS. PROVIDED, HOWEV-
ER, THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION  MAY  REQUIRE,  UNDER  CIRCUMSTANCES  IT
DEEMS APPROPRIATE, AUTHORIZATION FROM A PARENT OR THE PERSON IN PARENTAL
RELATION  TO  THE  STUDENT  PRIOR  TO A STUDENT BEING PERMITTED TO LEAVE
SCHOOL PROPERTY DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01400-01-9

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