Assembly Bill A6503

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires schools report certain threats and acts of violence to the federal bureau of investigations, the state police, and the office of mental health

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A6503 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2801-a, Ed L

2023-A6503 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires schools report certain threats and acts of violence to the federal bureau of investigation, the state police, and the office of mental health.

2023-A6503 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6503
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STERN, K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  requiring  schools
   report  certain  threats and acts of violence to the federal bureau of
   investigations, the state police, and the office of mental health

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs  a and b of subdivision 2 of section 2801-a of
 the education law, as amended by chapter 525 of the laws  of  2019,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   a. policies and procedures for responding to implied or direct threats
 of  violence by students, teachers, other school personnel including bus
 drivers and monitors, as well  as  visitors  to  the  school,  including
 threats  by  students against themselves, which for the purposes of this
 section shall include suicide, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  REPORTING
 SUCH  IMPLIED  OR  DIRECT  THREATS  OF VIOLENCE TO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF
 INVESTIGATIONS, THE STATE POLICE, AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH;
   b. policies and procedures for  responding  to  acts  of  violence  by
 students,  teachers,  other  school  personnel including bus drivers and
 monitors, as well as visitors to the school, including consideration  of
 zero-tolerance  policies for school violence, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO, REPORTING SUCH ACTS OF VIOLENCE TO THE FEDERAL  BUREAU  OF  INVESTI-
 GATIONS, THE STATE POLICE, AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH;
   §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07599-01-3

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