Assembly Bill A3015

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the improvement of student safety at school functions

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A3015 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2, 3214 & 3028-c, Ed L; amd §120.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1144
2011-2012: A4662
2015-2016: A2233
2017-2018: A5156
2019-2020: A3763

2013-A3015 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the improvement of student safety at school functions; defines "school function" and "school property"; adds the term "school functions" to the code of conduct standards and reformatory actions for school violence and relevant matters.

2013-A3015 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3015

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 23, 2013
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law and the penal law, in relation to
  improving student safety at school functions

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

  Section 1. Section 2 of the education law is amended by adding two new
subdivisions 20 and 21 to read as follows:
  20. SCHOOL PROPERTY. THE TERM "SCHOOL PROPERTY" MEANS IN OR WITHIN ANY
BUILDING,  STRUCTURE, ATHLETIC PLAYING FIELD, PLAYGROUND, PARKING LOT OR
LAND CONTAINED WITHIN THE  REAL  PROPERTY  BOUNDARY  LINE  OF  A  PUBLIC
ELEMENTARY  OR SECONDARY SCHOOL; OR IN OR ON A SCHOOL BUS, AS DEFINED IN
SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
  21. SCHOOL FUNCTION. THE TERM "SCHOOL FUNCTION" MEANS  A  SCHOOL-SPON-
SORED EXTRA-CURRICULAR EVENT OR ACTIVITY, ON OR OFF SCHOOL PROPERTY.
  S  2.  Paragraph a of subdivision 2-a of section 3214 of the education
law, as added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read  as
follows:
  a. Violent pupil. For the purposes of this section, a violent pupil is
an elementary or secondary student under twenty-one years of age who:
  (1)  commits an act of violence upon a teacher, administrator or other
school employee;
  (2) commits,  while  on  school  district  property  OR  AT  A  SCHOOL
FUNCTION,  an  act  of violence upon another student or any other person
lawfully upon said property;
  (3) possesses, while on school district property OR AT A SCHOOL  FUNC-
TION,  a  gun,  knife,  explosive or incendiary bomb, or other dangerous
instrument capable of causing physical injury or death;
  (4) displays, while on school district property OR AT A  SCHOOL  FUNC-
TION,  what  appears to be a gun, knife, explosive or incendiary bomb or
other dangerous instrument capable of causing death or physical injury;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02117-01-3
              

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