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Requires school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to immediately report bias related offenses to law enforcement agencies
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Philip Ramos
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BILL NUMBER:S8199
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school district and board of cooperative educational services officials to report bias related offenses to law enforcement agencies
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill would amend the education law by adding a new section - 3214a - to it. The act would require school districts and board of cooperative educational services officials to report bias related offenses to law enforcement agencies.
Summary of specific provisions
Paragraph 1 of this bill states that upon the receipt of a complaint alleging a bias related crime committed on the property of a school district or board of cooperative educational services, a teacher, administrator, or any other employee of such school district or board of cooperative educational services shall immediately report the alleged commission of such bias related offense to a law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over such offense. The bill also mandates that each school district or board of cooperative educational services shall cooperate with any law enforcement agency investigating and prosecuting a bias related offense.
Paragraph 2 defines a "bias related offense" as: any offense, which if committed by an adult, would constitute a hate crime as defined in subdivision one of section 485.05 of the penal law.
Paragraph 3 directs the commissioner to promulgate and distribute to every school district and board of cooperative educational services such rules and regulations as shall be necessary to implement the provisions of this section and ensure compliance therewith.
Justification
In the past, school districts and board of cooperative educational services have used various-and at times arbitrary-standards and methods of dealing with complaints of bias related crimes. This legislation set up a standard process of dealing with such complaints. The bill does not prevent the school from investigating complaints of bias related crimes on its own and at the same time involves the appropriate application of law enforcement in such an important and sensitive matter.
This legislation is another step in maintaining our state's commitment to educating our children. The bill will help secure our schools and assist educators dealing with a very dangerous issue faced by schools throughout New York State.
Prior legislative history
2007-08 A.4273 of 2008: Referred to Education 2005-06 A.11659 of 2006: Referred to Education
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately, except that subdivision 1 of section 3214-a of the education law, as added by section one of this act, shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding date on which it shall have become a law.
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