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A04872 Summary:

BILL NOA04872A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S03390-A
 
SPONSORMcMahon
 
COSPNSRMcDonough, Simon, Griffin
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §6438-d, Ed L
 
Requires each institution of higher education to make publicly available its policy on notifying the parent, guardian, or emergency contact of a student under twenty-one of certain controlled substance and alcohol violations, including rule infractions, and controlled substance or alcohol related hospitalizations or overdoses; requires such colleges and institutions to conduct regular training on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
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A04872 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         4872--A
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 6, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McMAHON,  McDONOUGH,  SIMON -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged,
          bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
          committee
 
        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring each insti-
          tution of higher education to make publicly available  its  policy  on
          notifying  the  parent,  guardian,  or  emergency contact of a student
          under twenty-one years old of certain controlled substance or  alcohol
          violations
 
          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  "Beau's law".
     3    §  2.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 6438-d to
     4  read as follows:
     5    § 6438-d. Notification of alcohol or controlled substance  violations.
     6  1.  Every institution of higher education shall make publicly accessible
     7  its policy on notifying a parent, guardian, or emergency  contact  of  a
     8  violation  by  a  student  under  the  age  of twenty-one for the use or
     9  possession of alcohol or a controlled substance.   Such  violations  may
    10  include  but  shall  not  be limited to, rule infractions, violations of
    11  federal, state, or local law, or controlled substance or alcohol related
    12  hospitalizations or overdoses.
    13    2. All institutions of higher education shall conduct regular training
    14  on the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy  Act  (20
    15  U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) related to health and safety emergencies
    16  and  its  impact  on  such  institutions' response to student alcohol or
    17  controlled substance related hospitalizations or overdoses. These train-
    18  ings shall be conducted for relevant administration and staff as identi-
    19  fied by the institution.  Such institutions may set the  time  intervals
    20  and parameters for such trainings.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02969-02-5

        A. 4872--A                          2
 
     1    §  3.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
     2  the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
     3  addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
     4  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
     5  to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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