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Assembly Bill A6760

2017-2018 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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2017-A6760 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3037, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6933
2015-2016: A4474

2017-A6760 (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.

2017-A6760 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6760
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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  3037
 to read as follows:
   §  3037. 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.
   §  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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