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Senator · Senate District 43
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Print number 5369a
- Amend and recommit to higher education
- Referred to higher education
- Referred to higher education
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Relates to the investigation of crimes and crime reporting on college and university campuses
In Assembly Committee · Higher Education · Sponsor Edward Braunstein
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5369A
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to accurate reporting of crimes on college and university campuses
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill would amend the education law, in relation to accurate reporting of crimes on college and university campuses.
Summary of specific provisions
Amends subdivision 17 of section 355, subdivision 15 of section 6206, and subdivision 8-a of section 6306 of the Education law to require that each institution of the state university, city university, and colleges which receive state aid notify the appropriate law enforcement agency as soon as practicable but in no case more than twenty-four hours after a report of a violent felony, or a student who resides in housing owned or operated by such institution is missing; provided that no such reporting requirement shall be deemed to require on-campus medical personnel involved in the examination or treatment of the victim of a violent offense to report information relating to such victim or offense.
Justification
The Campus Safety Act of 1999 was passed due in large part to the efforts of Doug and Mary Lyall, whose daughter, Suzanne Lyall, has been missing since disappearing from the University at Albany on March 2, 1998.
The Campus Safety Act required colleges and universities to adopt and implement plans for the notification to local law enforcement of any violent felony offense or missing person occurring at or on the grounds of each such institution. The Campus Safety Act mandates that plans be created, and not that colleges and universities must report violent felonies and missing persons to local law enforcement. This legislation would strengthen the Campus Safety Act by clearly delineating that all violent felonies and missing persons would have to be reported to local law enforcement no more than 24 hours after the incident is reported to the college or university.
According to a 2007 survey by the United States Justice Department, 1 in 5 undergraduate women, and 1 in 16 undergraduate men are the victims of attempted or actual sexual assault, and 95 percent of those assaults are unreported. A recent incident at Penn State University also highlights the necessity for legislation mandating stronger reporting requirements for colleges and universities in New York. Penn State University was allegedly aware of sexual abuse occurring on its campus for many years, yet, shockingly, did not report any of the incidents to local law enforcement.
These tragic statistics and incidents remind us that more work needs to be done to reduce violence on our campuses and to ensure that crimes are properly reported to local law enforcement.
Prior legislative history
No prior legislation.
Fiscal implications
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Effective date
Immediately.
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