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NY A02333

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/18/2011

Primary Sponsor

Peter Rivera

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Origin

Assembly

2011-2012 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires city school districts in cities with populations of one million or more to staff school safety hotlines with personnel fluent in the two most prevalent languages among their students, as determined by the Commissioner of Education

  • Allows districts to apply for a waiver from the bilingual hotline requirement if they determine there is no significant population of non-English speakers

  • Mandates that each affected school district distribute the school safety hotline number to all students at the beginning of each school year

  • Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to adopt rules and regulations for implementation immediately, with the act taking effect September 1, 2012

Legislative Description

Requires city school districts in cities having a population of one million or more operating school safety hotlines to staff such hotlines by personnel fluent in the two languages most prevalent among students of such school districts.

Last Action

enacting clause stricken

9/4/2012

Committee Referrals

Education1/18/2011

Full Bill Text

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