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Assembly Bill A6933A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits school district employees from having contact with children under the age of eighteen on social media without the consent of a parent or legal guardian

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2013-A6933 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3036, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A4474
2017-2018: A6760

2013-A6933 - Summary

Prohibits school district employees from having contact with children under the age of eighteen on social media without the written consent of a parent or legal guardian unless the child is a family member.

2013-A6933 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6933

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 25, 2013
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to prohibiting school
  district employees from having contact with children under the age  of
  eighteen on social media

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

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  3036
to read as follows:
  S  3036. PROHIBITION OF CONTACT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 1. NO TEACHER, TEACH-
ER'S AIDE, ADMINISTRATOR, OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF A SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SHALL
BE  FRIENDS  WITH, FOLLOW, OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATE WITH A CHILD UNDER THE
AGE OF EIGHTEEN VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WITHOUT THE  CONSENT  OF  A  PARENT  OR
LEGAL  GUARDIAN UNLESS SUCH CHILD IS A FAMILY MEMBER; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT THIS SECTION SHALL NOT PREVENT A TEACHER, TEACHER'S AIDE,  ADMINIS-
TRATOR,  OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM INTERACTING WITH OR
ASSOCIATING WITH A CHILD UNDER THE AGE  OF  EIGHTEEN  ON  A  WEBSITE  OR
SOCIAL  MEDIA WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL TO BE USED FOR EDUCATIONAL
PURPOSES.
  2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
  A. THE TERM "FAMILY MEMBER" SHALL MEAN A SON, DAUGHTER,  AUNT,  UNCLE,
NIECE,  NEPHEW,  OR  GRANDCHILD OF THE TEACHER OR A SON, DAUGHTER, AUNT,
UNCLE, NIECE, NEPHEW, OR GRANDCHILD OF THE SPOUSE  OR  PARTNER  OF  SUCH
TEACHER,  TEACHER'S  AIDE,  ADMINISTRATOR, OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF A SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
  B. THE TERM "SOCIAL MEDIA" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO,
FORMS OF COMMUNICATION THROUGH WHICH USERS PARTICIPATE IN ONLINE  COMMU-
NITIES  TO  SHARE  INFORMATION,  IDEAS,  PERSONAL  MESSAGES,  AND  OTHER
CONTENT. SOCIAL MEDIA SHALL ALSO INCLUDE TEXT MESSAGES  AND  THE  TRANS-
MISSION OF IMAGES VIA ELECTRONIC FORMS OF COMMUNICATION.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.

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

2013-A6933A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3036, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A4474
2017-2018: A6760

2013-A6933A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits school district employees from having contact with children under the age of eighteen on social media without the written consent of a parent or legal guardian unless the child is a family member.

2013-A6933A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 6933--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 25, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
  as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  prohibiting  school
  district  employees from having contact with children under the age of
  eighteen on social media

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

  Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 3036
to read as follows:
  S 3036. PROHIBITION OF CONTACT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 1. NO TEACHER,  TEACH-
ER'S  AIDE,  ADMINISTRATOR, OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
BE FRIENDS WITH, FOLLOW, OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATE WITH A CHILD  UNDER  THE
AGE OF EIGHTEEN VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF A PARENT
OR LEGAL GUARDIAN UNLESS SUCH CHILD IS A FAMILY MEMBER; PROVIDED, HOWEV-
ER,  THAT  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT  PREVENT A TEACHER, TEACHER'S AIDE,
ADMINISTRATOR, OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT  FROM  INTERACTING
WITH  OR ASSOCIATING WITH A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN ON A WEBSITE
OR SOCIAL MEDIA WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL TO BE  USED  FOR  EDUCA-
TIONAL PURPOSES.
  2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
  A.  THE  TERM "FAMILY MEMBER" SHALL MEAN A SON, DAUGHTER, AUNT, UNCLE,
NIECE, NEPHEW, OR GRANDCHILD OF THE TEACHER OR A  SON,  DAUGHTER,  AUNT,
UNCLE,  NIECE,  NEPHEW,  OR  GRANDCHILD OF THE SPOUSE OR PARTNER OF SUCH
TEACHER, TEACHER'S AIDE, ADMINISTRATOR, OR OTHER EMPLOYEE  OF  A  SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
  B. THE TERM "SOCIAL MEDIA" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO,
FORMS  OF COMMUNICATION THROUGH WHICH USERS PARTICIPATE IN ONLINE COMMU-
NITIES  TO  SHARE  INFORMATION,  IDEAS,  PERSONAL  MESSAGES,  AND  OTHER
CONTENT.  SOCIAL  MEDIA  SHALL ALSO INCLUDE TEXT MESSAGES AND THE TRANS-
MISSION OF IMAGES VIA ELECTRONIC FORMS OF COMMUNICATION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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