Assembly Bill A3763

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the improvement of student safety at school functions

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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

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2019-A3763 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2, 3214 & 3028-c, Ed L; amd §120.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1144
2011-2012: A4662
2013-2014: A3015
2015-2016: A2233
2017-2018: A5156

2019-A3763 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the improvement of student safety at school functions; defines "school function" and "school property"; adds the term "school functions" to the code of conduct standards and reformatory actions for school violence and relevant matters.

2019-A3763 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3763
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   CROUCH, MORINELLO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Educa-
   tion
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the  penal  law,  in  relation  to
   improving student safety at school functions

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2 of the education law is amended by adding two new
 subdivisions 20 and 21 to read as follows:
   20. SCHOOL PROPERTY. THE TERM "SCHOOL PROPERTY" MEANS IN OR WITHIN ANY
 BUILDING, STRUCTURE, ATHLETIC PLAYING FIELD, PLAYGROUND, PARKING LOT  OR
 LAND  CONTAINED  WITHIN  THE  REAL  PROPERTY  BOUNDARY  LINE OF A PUBLIC
 ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL; OR IN OR ON A SCHOOL BUS, AS DEFINED  IN
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   21.  SCHOOL  FUNCTION. THE TERM "SCHOOL FUNCTION" MEANS A SCHOOL-SPON-
 SORED EXTRA-CURRICULAR EVENT OR ACTIVITY, ON OR OFF SCHOOL PROPERTY.
   § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2-a of section 3214 of  the  education
 law,  as added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
 follows:
   a. Violent pupil. For the purposes of this section, a violent pupil is
 an elementary or secondary student under twenty-one years of age who:
   (1) commits an act of violence upon a teacher, administrator or  other
 school employee;
   (2)  commits,  while  on  school  district  property  OR  AT  A SCHOOL
 FUNCTION, an act of violence upon another student or  any  other  person
 lawfully upon said property;
   (3)  possesses, while on school district property OR AT A SCHOOL FUNC-
 TION, a gun, knife, explosive or incendiary  bomb,  or  other  dangerous
 instrument capable of causing physical injury or death;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01712-01-9

              

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