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- Referred to education
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.790
- Referred to children and families
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Requires employees of contractors providing transportation to school districts to report child abuse in an educational setting
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Aileen Gunther
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Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to the reporting of child abuse in an educational setting by employees of contractors providing transportation to the children of a school district
Purpose
To establish standard procedures for the recordation and transmission of allegations of child abuse on a school bus.
Summary of provisions
Section 1-4: Amends Sections 1125, 1126, 1128 and 1128-a of the Education Law to establish duties for certain employees and volunteers with regard to procedures for the recordation and transmission of reports of child abuse in an educational setting.
Section 5: Effective Date
Existing law
Under current law, there are no statutory procedures which mandate the reporting of allegations of child abuse on a school bus.
Justification
Throughout the State of New York there have been multiple disturbing reports of child abuse on school busses. Recently, in the Hudson Valley, a complaint was filed against a school bus monitor for assaulting two "non-verbal" autistic students. Due to the victim's inability to communicate, the abuse went unreported to their parents or authorities at the school. This legislation establishes standardized practices and procedures which guarantee that allegations of child abuse by school bus employees are reported.
Legislative history
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Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
On the sixtieth day after it shall have become law.
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