Enacts the "student safety, parent notification, and transparency act" in relation to parent notification, documentation, review, and reporting required when physical restraint or force is used on a student.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9592
IN ASSEMBLY
January 21, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "student
safety, parent notification, and transparency act"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "student safety, parent notification, and transparency act".
3 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new article 2-B to read
4 as follows:
5 ARTICLE 2-B
6 STUDENT SAFETY, PARENT NOTIFICATION, AND TRANSPARENCY ACT
7 Section 24. Use of physical restraint or force on students; notifica-
8 tion, documentation, review and reporting requirements.
9 § 24. Use of physical restraint or force on students; notification,
10 documentation, review and reporting requirements. 1. The parent or guar-
11 dian of any student shall be notified either verbally or electronically
12 on the same day any physical restraint or physical force is used on such
13 student in a school setting. Such notice shall also include a written
14 incident report within twenty-four hours.
15 2. Any time any physical restraint or physical force is used on a
16 student, the school district shall document the date, time, location and
17 duration of such use of restraint or force, the reason for such use of
18 restraint or force, any de-escalation efforts used, the staff involved
19 in such use of restraint or force, and any injuries or observable
20 distress caused by such use of restraint or force.
21 3. Any use of physical restraint or physical force involving students
22 with disabilities, including incidents involving prone or floor-based
23 restraint, injury, or extended duration, conducted by personnel outside
24 the immediate school building, shall be independently reviewed.
25 4. Parents and guardians of students shall be provided access to inci-
26 dent records related to the use of physical restraint or physical force
27 on such students, including written reports and any photographs or video
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 recordings created by school staff related to the incident. Such access
2 shall be subject to applicable privacy protections.
3 5. School districts shall report anonymized incident data to the
4 department, and the department shall compile and publish aggregate
5 statewide incident data to support oversight and policy evaluation.
6 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
7 it shall have become a law.
