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Jan 08, 2020 | referred to education |
Jun 11, 2019 | referred to education |
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Joseph Giglio
Philip Palmesano
David McDonough
Clifford Crouch
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Patrick Burke
Sandy Galef
Stephen Hawley
Angelo J. Morinello
A8259 (ACTIVE) - Details
A8259 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8259 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 11, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting "Jacobe's law" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Jacobe's law". § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 15-a to read as follows: § 15-A. REPORTING BY SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. 1. SCHOOL EMPLOYEES, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, SHALL INVESTIGATE AND VERIFY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, THAT A REPORTED INCIDENT OF HARASSMENT, BULLYING OR DISCRIMINATION HAS OCCURRED. 2. UPON A VERIFIED INCIDENT OF HARASSMENT, BULLYING OR DISCRIMINATION, A LICENSED OR CERTIFIED SCHOOL COUNSELOR, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, SCHOOL NURSE, PRINCIPAL OR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL SHALL DISCUSS WITH EACH STUDENT INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT WHETHER HE OR SHE HAS ANY HEALTH, SAFETY OR PRIVACY CONCERNS WITH THE SCHOOL EMPLOYEE MAKING A REASONABLE AND GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO CONTACT THEIR PARENT OR PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION. ANY DISCUSSIONS SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY DOCUMENTED BY SUCH SCHOOL COUNSELOR, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, SCHOOL NURSE, PRINCIPAL OR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. 3. IF A STUDENT DOES NOT EXPRESS A HEALTH, SAFETY OR PRIVACY CONCERN, THE SCHOOL EMPLOYEE SHALL MAKE A REASONABLE AND GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO CONTACT THE PARENT OR PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION OF THE STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT BY TELEPHONE, EMAIL, MAIL OR OTHER MEANS TO DISCUSS THE INCIDENT AND WAYS TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE SITUATION. IF A STUDENT DOES EXPRESS A HEALTH, SAFETY OR PRIVACY CONCERN, SUCH SCHOOL COUNSELOR, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, SCHOOL NURSE, PRINCIPAL OR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL SHALL DETERMINE, USING THEIR PROFES- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02285-01-9