Requires schools report certain threats and acts of violence to the federal bureau of investigation, the state police, and the office of mental health.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A7700
SPONSOR: Stern TITLE OF BILL:
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
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Requires schools report certain threats and acts of violence to the
federal bureau of investigations, the state police, and the office of
mental health.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: amends 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.
Section 2: sets the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Recent mass shooting incidents, such as the tragedy in Buffalo NY, have
demonstrated that governmental agencies need to act in concert and
communicate better when an individual is in crisis to stop them before
they act. This bill would ensure that the federal bureau of investi-
gations, the state police, and the office of mental health would be
informed of the potential threat of violence by an individual so they
can promptly act to help prevent violent incidents.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-2024: A.6503 - referred to education
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
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 addi-
tion, 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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7700
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 8, 2025
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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:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 2 of section 2801-a of
2 the education law, as amended by chapter 525 of the laws of 2019, are
3 amended to read as follows:
4 a. policies and procedures for responding to implied or direct threats
5 of violence by students, teachers, other school personnel including bus
6 drivers and monitors, as well as visitors to the school, including
7 threats by students against themselves, which for the purposes of this
8 section shall include suicide, including, but not limited to, reporting
9 such implied or direct threats of violence to the federal bureau of
10 investigations, the state police, and the office of mental health;
11 b. policies and procedures for responding to acts of violence by
12 students, teachers, other school personnel including bus drivers and
13 monitors, as well as visitors to the school, including consideration of
14 zero-tolerance policies for school violence, including, but not limited
15 to, reporting such acts of violence to the federal bureau of investi-
16 gations, the state police, and the office of mental health;
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
18 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
19 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
20 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
21 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.
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