Senate Bill S4158

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to enacting the "social media monitoring safety act"; appropriation

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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-S4158 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Appropriations
Laws Affected:
Amd §2801-a Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8438
2021-2022: S3827
2023-2024: S1433

2019-S4158 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "social media monitoring safety act" to provide data analytic resources and funding to every school district to facilitate the monitoring of social media activities to provide early-detection information of possible threats to a student's health and the safety of the school; and makes an appropriation therefor.

2019-S4158 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4158 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4158
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  enacting  the  social
   media monitoring safety act; and making an appropriation therefor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "social media monitoring safety act".
   §  2.  Legislative  intent.  It  is  the desire of this legislature to
 provide students and teachers with a safe environment to work and learn.
 It has become increasingly clear to this legislative body that  protect-
 ing  the  health  and  welfare of its public school students is becoming
 increasingly difficult. This legislative body  finds  that  the  use  of
 social  media  by  students is increasingly being used to voice opinions
 and thoughts that may be harmful to students and teachers alike.  There-
 fore,  this  legislative  body  finds  it necessary to create the social
 media monitoring safety act to provide data analytic resources and fund-
 ing to every school district to  facilitate  the  monitoring  of  social
 media  activities  to  provide  early  detection information of possible
 threats to a student's health and the safety of the school.
   § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 2801-a of the education law  is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph m to read as follows:
   M.  (I)  POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES  TO PROVIDE DATA ANALYTIC RESOURCES
 WHICH FACILITATE THE MONITORING OF ANY AND ALL PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SOCIAL
 MEDIA ACTIVITIES TO PROVIDE  EARLY  DETECTION  INFORMATION  OF  POSSIBLE
 THREATS  TO A STUDENT'S HEALTH AND THE SAFETY OF THE SCHOOL. SUCH INFOR-
 MATION GATHERED PURSUANT TO THE EARLY DETECTION SYSTEM SHALL BE PROVIDED
 TO THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OR DESIGNEE AND SUCH PRINCIPAL OR DESIGNEE SHALL
 ACT AS HE OR SHE DEEMS APPROPRIATE BASED ON THE LEVEL OF THREAT  TO  THE
 HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE SCHOOL.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09583-01-9
              

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