S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 10, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- 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.
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