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This bill requires school districts to notify other districts when a teacher is dismissed for proven sexual impropriety.
Why it matters
Ensures transparency in teacher employment history. by requiring that proven cases of sexual impropriety leading to dismissal are documented on a teacher’s permanent record—potentially preventing individuals with such histories from moving undetected between school districts.
Increases school district access to critical information. during hiring processes, enabling districts to make more informed decisions and better protect students by being aware of past sexual misconduct cases.
Addresses gaps in inter-district communication. by mandating that former districts disclose the specific reason for dismissal when asked, rather than allowing dismissals for sexual impropriety to remain hidden or ambiguously recorded.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2584
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 20, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to school districts being notified when a teacher is dismissed from a school district due to sexual improprieties
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 115 to read as follows:
§ 115. Notification to school districts of a teacher's dismissal due to sexual impropriety. When a teacher has been dismissed from a school district due to a sexual impropriety and such sexual impropriety has been proven in a court of law, such information shall be placed on the teacher's permanent record and the former school district shall reveal the reasons for such dismissal to all school districts throughout the state which inquire into such teacher's dismissal.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04436-01-7
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