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Senate Bill S5765

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires immediate notification of a child's parent or guardian when an allegation of child abuse in an educational setting has been made regarding such child

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2025-S5765 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8204
Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1128, Ed L

2025-S5765 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires immediate notification of a child's parent or guardian when an allegation of child abuse in an educational setting has been made regarding such child.

2025-S5765 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5765 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5765
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 28, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  requiring  immediate
   notification  of  a  child's  parent or guardian when an allegation of
   child abuse in an educational setting has  been  made  regarding  such
   child
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 1128 of the education  law,
 as  added  by  chapter  180  of the laws of 2000, are amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Where the subject child has made  the  allegation:  (a)  [promptly]
 IMMEDIATELY  notify the parent OR GUARDIAN of such child that an allega-
 tion of child abuse in an educational setting has  been  made  regarding
 such  child  and  promptly provide the parent OR GUARDIAN with a written
 statement prepared pursuant to regulations of the  commissioner  setting
 forth  parental rights, responsibilities and procedures under this arti-
 cle; (b) where a school administrator receives a written report, prompt-
 ly provide a copy of such report to the superintendent; and (c) promptly
 forward such report to appropriate law enforcement  authorities.  In  no
 event  shall  reporting  to  law  enforcement be delayed by reason of an
 inability to contact the superintendent.
   3. Where a person other than the subject child or the parent OR GUARD-
 IAN of a subject child has made the  allegation:  (a)  [promptly]  IMME-
 DIATELY notify the parent OR GUARDIAN of the subject child that an alle-
 gation  of child abuse in an educational setting has been made regarding
 [his or her] THEIR child and promptly provide  the  parent  OR  GUARDIAN
 with a written statement prepared pursuant to regulations of the commis-
 sioner  setting  forth  parental rights, responsibilities and procedures
 under this article; (b) ascertain from the person making such report the
 source and basis for such allegation; (c) where a  school  administrator
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10116-01-5

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