Assembly Bill A5278

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to immediately report bias related offenses to law enforcement agencies

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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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2017-A5278 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3649
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3214-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4191, S8199
2011-2012: A3713, S1176
2013-2014: A6132, S1640
2015-2016: A4472, S1727
2019-2020: S4781
2021-2022: S5076
2023-2024: S6367

2017-A5278 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to immediately report bias-related offenses to law enforcement agencies.

2017-A5278 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5278
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  school
   district  and  board  of cooperative educational services officials to
   report bias related offenses to law enforcement agencies

   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 3214-a
 to read as follows:
   §  3214-A.  REPORTS  OF  BIAS-RELATED OFFENSES. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER TO THE CONTRARY, UPON RECEIPT  BY  A  TEACHER,
 ADMINISTRATOR OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BOARD OF COOPER-
 ATIVE  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OF ANY REPORT OF THE ALLEGED COMMISSION OF A
 BIAS RELATED OFFENSE COMMITTED UPON THE PROPERTY OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT
 OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, THE TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR
 OR OTHER EMPLOYEE SHALL IMMEDIATELY REPORT  THE  ALLEGED  COMMISSION  OF
 SUCH  BIAS  RELATED OFFENSE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HAVING JURISDIC-
 TION OVER SUCH OFFENSE. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT  OR  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  SHALL  COOPERATE  WITH ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
 INVESTIGATING AND PROSECUTING A BIAS RELATED OFFENSE.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "BIAS RELATED OFFENSE" SHALL MEAN
 ANY OFFENSE, WHICH IF COMMITTED BY AN ADULT,  WOULD  CONSTITUTE  A  HATE
 CRIME AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 485.05 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   3.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL PROMULGATE AND DISTRIBUTE TO EVERY SCHOOL
 DISTRICT AND BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES  SUCH  RULES  AND
 REGULATIONS  AS  SHALL  BE NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE THEREWITH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, except that subdivision 1
 of section 3214-a of the education law, as added by section one of  this
 act,  shall  take  effect  on the first of September 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.

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