Assembly Bill A8670

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding the monitoring of student incidents within the online occurrence reporting system

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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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2019-A8670 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §21-981.2, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A5139
2023-2024: A2946

2019-A8670 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the monitoring of student incidents within the online occurrence reporting system to maintain and store data for the entirety of a student's elementary and secondary education, in order to allow school principals to identify repeated incidents of behavior and determine if additional support or intervention is needed.

2019-A8670 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8670
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to expanding the monitoring of student incidents to  identify
   repeated incidents of behavior
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
 by adding a new section 21-981.2 to read as follows:
   §  21-981.2  MONITORING  OF STUDENT INCIDENTS IN THE ONLINE OCCURRENCE
 REPORTING SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY REPEATED INCIDENTS OF BEHAVIOR.
   A. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS  HAVE  THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   ELEMENTARY  EDUCATION.  THE  TERM  "ELEMENTARY  EDUCATION"  SHALL MEAN
 GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIVE.
   SECONDARY EDUCATION. THE TERM "SECONDARY EDUCATION" SHALL MEAN  GRADES
 SIX THROUGH TWELVE.
   B.  WITH RESPECT TO ANY INCIDENT HAVING OCCURRED INVOLVING AN INDIVID-
 UAL STUDENT OR STUDENTS WHICH HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED AND DOCUMENTED BY  A
 SCHOOL  PRINCIPAL THROUGH THE ONLINE OCCURRENCE REPORTING SYSTEM (OORS),
 SUCH DOCUMENTED INCIDENTS SHALL BE STORED AND MAINTAINED BY THE  DEPART-
 MENT  IN  THE OORS DATABASE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF SUCH INVOLVED STUDENT OR
 STUDENTS' ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION AND SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE  TO
 SCHOOL  PRINCIPALS  DURING  THAT TIME. SUCH INCIDENTS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT
 NOT BE LIMITED TO, BULLYING,  HARASSMENT,  INTIMIDATION,  DISCRIMINATION
 AND FIGHTING.
   C.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  ENSURE THAT THE OORS HAS CAPABILITY AT ALL
 TIMES TO STORE AND MAINTAIN DATA AS REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION  A  OF  THIS
 SECTION  REGARDING  DOCUMENTED INCIDENTS INVOLVING AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT
 OR STUDENTS.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13703-01-9

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