Requires that school anti-harassment policies are enforced in compliance with the regulations of the chancellor of the New York city department of education.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1239
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 13, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to requiring that school anti-harassment policies are
enforced in compliance with the regulations of the chancellor of the
New York city department of education
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision c of section 10-137 of the
2 administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law
3 number 42 of the city of New York for the year 2004, is amended to read
4 as follows:
5 3. The chancellor of the city public school system shall appoint the
6 principal of each school as the person responsible for ensuring the
7 dissemination of the anti-harassment policies and guidelines to all
8 staff of each school, all school safety officers, all members of the
9 school safety committee, and to all students and their parents or guard-
10 ians, and for providing training to pedagogical staff and school safety
11 officers. Such principal shall also ensure that the name and contact
12 information of a school employee who can provide copies of such policies
13 and guidelines is made available to all students, parents, guardians,
14 staff and to the school safety committee. Such principal shall oversee
15 enforcement of the anti-harassment policies and guidelines so as to
16 assure compliance with the regulations promulgated by the chancellor of
17 the New York city department of education, including regulation A-832.
18 Such principal may designate a subordinate to assume the responsibil-
19 ities required by this paragraph.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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