Assembly Bill A3108

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to special day schools and the instruction of school delinquents

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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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2021-A3108 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3214, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8880
2019-2020: A372
2023-2024: A4233

2021-A3108 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that schools need not provide special instruction to delinquent students whose violent behavior poses an unreasonable risk to teachers and students in special day schools or special school rooms; permits shared services in connection with the establishment of such special schools.

2021-A3108 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3108
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  special  day  schools
   and the instruction of school delinquents
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3214  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  181  of  the  laws  of 2000, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. Special day schools. The school authorities of any city  or  school
 district  [may]  SHALL  establish  schools  or set apart rooms in public
 school buildings for the instruction of school delinquents, and fix  the
 number  of  days  per week and the hours per day of required attendance,
 which shall not be less than is required of minors  attending  the  full
 time  day  schools. SUCH SCHOOLS OR ROOMS SHALL BE USED FOR THE INSTRUC-
 TION OF SCHOOL DELINQUENTS, EXCEPT WHEN A STUDENT'S VIOLENT BEHAVIOR HAS
 MADE SUCH STUDENT AN UNREASONABLE RISK TO THE TEACHERS AND  STUDENTS  IN
 SUCH SCHOOLS OR ROOMS, OR WHEN THE STUDENT'S DELINQUENT ACTIVITY CONTIN-
 UES  TO  REPEAT WHILE IN ATTENDANCE AT SUCH SCHOOL OR ROOM SUCH THAT THE
 STUDENT'S BEHAVIOR POSES AN UNREASONABLE RISK TO THE  EDUCATION  OF  THE
 OTHER  CHILDREN IN SUCH SCHOOL OR ROOM, IN WHICH CASE THE CITY OR SCHOOL
 DISTRICT SHALL FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF
 THIS SECTION. TWO OR MORE SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY CONTRACT TO SHARE SPECIAL
 SCHOOLS  OR  SPECIAL  SCHOOL ROOMS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION. A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO USE A SPECIAL  SCHOOL  OR
 SPECIAL  SCHOOL  ROOMS  ESTABLISHED  BY ANOTHER DISTRICT, OR TWO OR MORE
 DISTRICTS MAY COOPERATE IN THE CREATION OF SUCH SPECIAL SCHOOL OR SCHOOL
 ROOMS. SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY ALSO, WHERE  APPROPRIATE,  SHARE  COSTS
 ASSOCIATED  WITH  THE  TRANSPORTATION  OF  STUDENTS  TO  AND FROM SHARED
 SPECIAL SCHOOLS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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