S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8410--A
I N S E N A T E
February 24, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. BROUK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring student
identification cards to contain the new national suicide prevention
lifeline number, 9-8-8
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 "student lifeline act".
§ 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 207-b to
read as follows:
§ 207-B. STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS. 1. EACH INSTITUTION OF HIGHER
EDUCATION AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLATURE OR BY THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVER-
SITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO CONFER ACADEMIC DEGREES IN THIS STATE
WHICH ISSUES STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO ITS STUDENTS SHALL HAVE ON
SUCH CARDS THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE NUMBER, 9-8-8.
2. EACH YEAR, PRIOR TO THE START OF A NEW SCHOOL YEAR, EACH INSTITU-
TION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLATURE OR BY THE REGENTS
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO CONFER ACADEMIC DEGREES IN
THIS STATE WHICH ISSUES STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO ITS STUDENTS
SHALL CERTIFY TO THE REGENTS THAT SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARDS HAVE THE
INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
§ 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 1527-b to
read as follows:
§ 1527-B. STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS. 1. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT,
PRIVATE SCHOOL, OR CHARTER SCHOOL ORGANIZED UNDER THIS CHAPTER WHICH
ISSUES STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO ITS STUDENTS SHALL HAVE ON SUCH
CARDS ISSUED TO STUDENTS IN THE NINTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADES THE
NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE NUMBER, 9-8-8.
2. EACH YEAR, PRIOR TO THE START OF A NEW SCHOOL YEAR, EACH SCHOOL
DISTRICT, PRIVATE SCHOOL, OR CHARTER SCHOOL ORGANIZED UNDER THIS CHAPTER
WHICH ISSUES STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO ITS STUDENTS SHALL CERTIFY
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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TO THE REGENTS THAT SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARDS HAVE THE INFORMATION
REQUIRED UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
§ 4. This act shall take effect July 16, 2022 and shall apply to
student identification cards that are issued, modified, altered or
amended on or after such date.