A08464 Summary:

BILL NOA08464
 
SAME ASSAME AS S03982
 
SPONSORRivera P (MS)
 
COSPNSRAlfano
 
MLTSPNSRBarra
 
Amd S356, Ed L
 
Amends provisions regarding prescriptions for and supervision over student housing and safety by councils of SUNY state-operated institutions: provides that councils shall (in prescribing for and exercising supervision over student housing and safety) explicitly provide for training for campus security and other institutional personnel, including campus disciplinary or judicial boards, that addresses issues of rape, sexual harassment and other gender-motivated offenses; the development of support services and programs, including medical or psychological counseling, specifically targeted to assist victims of rape or other gender-related offenses; the creation, dissemination and provision of assistance and information about options available to such victims regarding the bringing of disciplinary or other legal action; and implementation of rape education and prevention programs; defines gender-motivated offense.
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A08464 Actions:

BILL NOA08464
 
05/21/2009referred to higher education
01/06/2010referred to higher education
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A08464 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A08464 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8464
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 21, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. P. RIVERA, ALFANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
          A. BARRA -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Higher  Educa-
          tion
 
        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the powers and duties
          regarding student housing and safety  of  councils  of  state-operated
          institutions
 

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph h of subdivision 3 of section 356 of  the  educa-
     2  tion  law,  as amended by chapter 552 of the laws of 1985, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    h. prescribe for and exercise supervision  over  student  housing  and
     5  safety including explicitly providing for: (1) training for campus secu-
     6  rity  and  other institution personnel, including campus disciplinary or
     7  judicial boards, that addresses issues of rape,  sexual  harassment  and
     8  other gender-motivated offenses; (2) the development of support services
     9  and  programs,  including  medical  or psychological counseling, specif-
    10  ically targeted to assist victims recovering from rape or other  gender-

    11  motivated  offenses;  (3)  the creation, dissemination, and provision of
    12  assistance and information about options available on and off-campus  to
    13  victims of rape or other gender-motivated offenses to bring disciplinary
    14  or  other  legal  action;  and  (4) implementation of rape education and
    15  prevention programs, including mandatory orientation on such topics  for
    16  incoming  students, regular workshops and symposia for current students,
    17  faculty and staff,  and  peer  education  programs  on  rape  and  other
    18  gender-motivated  offenses.  For the purpose of this paragraph, "gender-
    19  motivated offense" means  any  conduct  that  harasses,  intimidates  or
    20  otherwise  injures a person that is motivated, at least in part, by such

    21  person's  sex,  sexual  orientation  or  perceived  sexual  orientation,
    22  regardless  of whether such conduct constitutes a crime under the law of
    23  this state;
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09161-01-9
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