Assembly Bill A10413

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits the alteration of a student's official records, files and/or data

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2015-A10413 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §225, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A2093

2015-A10413 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the alteration of a student's official records, files and/or data; includes athletic records.

2015-A10413 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10413

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 26, 2016
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the alter-
  ing of a student's official records, files and/or data

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 9-a of section 225 of  the  education  law,  as
added by chapter 443 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
  9-a.    Knowingly  and willfully make an unauthorized and false alter-
ation or representation of any [grade, credit, honor, award or  standing
in  the permanent record or transcript of any student] OFFICIAL RECORDS,
FILES, AND/OR DATA RELATED TO A STUDENT AND MAINTAINED BY  A  SCHOOL  OR
COLLEGE  UNDER  THE SUPERVISION OF THE REGENTS, THE COMMISSIONER, OR THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF  NEW  YORK,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO
RECORDS  ENCOMPASSING  ANY  OF THE MATERIAL KEPT IN THE STUDENT'S RECORD
SUCH AS IDENTIFYING DATA, GRADES, ATHLETIC RECORDS, RECORDS  OF  ATTEND-
ANCE  AND OF ACADEMIC WORK COMPLETED, RECORDS OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND
ASSESSMENT  RESULTS,  DISCIPLINARY  RECORDS,  INDIVIDUALIZED   EDUCATION
PROGRAMS, OR ANY INFORMATION INCLUDED AS PART OF A STUDENT'S EDUCATIONAL
RECORD  AS  DEFINED  IN SECTION 99.3 OF TITLE THIRTY-FOUR OF THE CODE OF
FEDERAL REGULATIONS  IMPLEMENTING  THE  FAMILY  EDUCATIONAL  RIGHTS  AND
PRIVACY  ACT, SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO-G OF TITLE TWENTY OF THE
UNITED STATES CODE, AS SUCH FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATIONS ARE FROM TIME TO
TIME AMENDED, with respect to a school or college under the  supervision
of  the regents, the commissioner, or the university of the state of New
York.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15414-02-6

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.