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A01618 Summary:

BILL NOA01618
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORGunther
 
COSPNSRBraunstein, Steck, Seawright, Sayegh, Bendett, Gallahan, DeStefano, Gandolfo, Giglio JM
 
MLTSPNSRAngelino, Blankenbush, Flood
 
Add Art 23-C §§1135 - 1137, Ed L
 
Relates to a parent's right to know if an employee, volunteer or an administrator of a school district is reprimanded for inappropriate conduct towards his or her child; enacts "parent's right to know" act.
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A01618 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1618
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 17, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GUNTHER, BRAUNSTEIN, STECK, SEAWRIGHT -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the parent's right  to
          know  of  allegations  of  inappropriate  conduct by a school district
          employee, volunteer or administrator

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new article 23-C
     2  to read as follows:
     3                                ARTICLE 23-C
     4                         PARENT'S RIGHT TO KNOW ACT
     5  Section 1135. Short title.
     6          1136. Definitions.
     7          1137. Parent's right to know.
     8    § 1135. Short title. This article shall be known and may be  cited  as
     9  the "parent's right to know act".
    10    §  1136.  Definitions.  For the purposes of this article the following
    11  terms shall have the following meanings:
    12    1. "Employee" shall mean a school board member acting in  his  or  her
    13  capacity  as  a  school  board  member,  as well as any person receiving
    14  compensation from a school district or employee of a contracted  service
    15  provider  or  worker  placed within the school under a public assistance
    16  employment program, pursuant to title nine-B  of  article  five  of  the
    17  social  services  law,  and consistent with the provisions of such title
    18  for the provision of services to such district, its students or  employ-
    19  ees,  directly  or  through contract, whereby such services performed by
    20  such person involve direct student contact.
    21    2. "Volunteer" shall mean any person,  other  than  an  employee,  who
    22  provides  services  to a school or school district, which involve direct
    23  student contact.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01145-01-3

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     1    3. "Administrator" or "school administrator" shall mean  a  principal,
     2  assistant  principal,  superintendent  or  assistant superintendent of a
     3  public school,  charter  school  or  board  of  cooperative  educational
     4  services, or other chief school officer.
     5    §  1137. Parent's right to know.  Every public school district, or any
     6  other school which primarily serves persons under the  age  of  eighteen
     7  and  which is registered with the department shall, within sixty days of
     8  the enactment of this section, adopt a policy which  shall  provide  for
     9  notification  as  soon  as  reasonably  practicable to a parent or legal
    10  guardian of an affected student or students of inappropriate conduct  by
    11  an  employee,  volunteer  or  administrator  of  a  school district with
    12  respect to a particular student or students in the event that the super-
    13  intendent of schools, the school board, or  any  member  of  the  school
    14  board acting with the authorization of such board, such authorization to
    15  have  been  provided  during  an  executive  session, provides a written
    16  censure, reprimand, or otherwise in writing advises an employee,  volun-
    17  teer,  or an administrator of the school district of such person's inap-
    18  propriate conduct with respect to a particular student or students.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    20  this  act  shall  not  impair  any  provision of a collective bargaining
    21  agreement in effect prior to the effective date of  this  act  which  is
    22  contradictory  to  the provisions of this act. Any such provisions shall
    23  expire no later than on such agreements existing expiration date.
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