Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 07, 2018 |
signed chap.362 |
Nov 26, 2018 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 18, 2018 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1838 substituted for s5714 |
Jun 18, 2018 |
substituted by a7557 ordered to third reading cal.1838 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to children and families |
Jun 06, 2017 |
reported and committed to rules |
Apr 26, 2017 |
referred to children and families |
Senate Bill S5714
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A7557 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2017-S5714 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S5714 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5714 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the family court act, in relation to truancy allegations in persons in need of supervision and child protective proceedings in family court This is one in a series of measures being introduced at the request of the Chief Administrative Judge upon the recommendation of his Family Court Advisory and Rules Committee. This measure would amend Articles seven and ten of the Family Court Act to remedy the unwelcome consequences of geographic diversity in PINS and child protective proceedings involving truancy allegations. Enactment of a statutory presumption for diversion of Persons in Need of Supervision (PINS) proceedings in 2005 has succeeded in linking troubled youth and their families to services without need for court intervention in thousands of cases statewide. In cases alleging truancy and school misbehavior brought by a school district or local educational agency, the legislation contained an important requirement for the designated lead county PINS diversion agency to "review the steps taken by the school district or local educational agency to improve the youth's attendance and/or conduct in school and attempt to engage the school district or local educational agency in further diversion attempts, if it appears from review that such attempts will be beneficial to the youth." Family Court Act § 735(e)(iii). This
2017-S5714 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5714 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 26, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- (at request of the Office of Court Adminis- tration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to truancy allegations in persons in need of supervision and child protective proceedings in family court THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (iii) of subdivision (d) and paragraph (ii) of subdivision (g) of section 735 of the family court act, paragraph (iii) of subdivision (d) and paragraph (ii) of subdivision (g) as added by section 7 of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, are amended to read as follows: (iii) where the entity seeking to file a petition is a school district or local educational agency OR WHERE THE PARENT OR OTHER POTENTIAL PETI- TIONER INDICATES THAT THE PROPOSED PETITION WILL INCLUDE TRUANCY AND/OR CONDUCT IN SCHOOL AS AN ALLEGATION, the designated lead agency shall review the steps taken by the school district or local educational agen- cy to improve the youth's attendance and/or conduct in school and attempt to engage the school district or local educational agency in further diversion attempts, if it appears from review that such attempts will be beneficial to the youth. WHERE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY IS NOT THE POTENTIAL PETITIONER, THE DESIGNATED LEAD AGENCY SHALL CONTACT SUCH DISTRICT OR AGENCY TO RESOLVE THE TRUANCY OR SCHOOL BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS OF THE YOUTH IN ORDER TO OBVIATE THE NEED TO FILE A PETITION OR, AT MINIMUM, TO REMEDIATE THE EDUCATION-RELATED ALLE- GATIONS OF THE PROPOSED PETITION. (ii) The clerk of the court shall accept a petition for filing only if it has attached thereto the following: (A) if the potential petitioner is the parent or other person legally responsible for the youth, a notice from the designated lead agency EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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