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NY S07024
Bill
Status
3/17/2016
Primary Sponsor
Ruben Diaz
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AI Summary
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Amends Education Law Section 2802 to expand transfer rights for students at persistently dangerous schools to include victims of harassment, bullying, or violent criminal offenses occurring on school grounds.
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Changes transfer eligibility language from "be allowed to attend" to "have the right to transfer to" a safe public school within the school district.
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Requires the Commissioner of Education to annually determine which public elementary and secondary schools are persistently dangerous based on data from the uniform violent incident reporting system (covering at least two years), reports from school safety agents and police, reports of violent conduct by staff, and other safety-related data.
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Expands the data sources used for determining persistent dangerousness to include reports from school safety agents, police officers, and documentation of violent or harmful conduct by teachers and administrative staff.
Legislative Description
Requires persistently dangerous schools to file an incident reduction plan detailing the steps the school will take to reduce incidents of violence and disruption and requires notice to be given to victims of harassment, bullying, or violent offenses of their right to transfer to another public school.
Last Action
RECOMMITTED TO RULES
6/17/2016