What's happening
This bill requires colleges to promptly report all campus crimes to local police and state authorities, with penalties for noncompliance.
Why it matters
Increases transparency and accountability. by requiring colleges to directly report all campus criminal activity to both local police and a state agency, ensuring crimes are not handled solely internally or underreported.
Strengthens oversight by state authorities. through mandated monthly reporting to the Division of Criminal Justice Services, which will annually review, compile, and publish data with recommendations for state policymakers.
Ties state funding to compliance. , meaning colleges that fail to report crimes as required risk losing eligibility for any state aid or assistance—creating a strong financial incentive for adherence.
Standardizes campus crime data collection and publication statewide. , potentially empowering students, parents, and the public with more accurate information about campus safety across New York colleges.
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Report Campus Crimes to Police
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History
- Referred to higher education
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5664
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 14, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN, CASTORINA, FINCH, CROUCH, GRAF, HARRIS, OAKS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GIGLIO, HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law and the executive law, in relation to reports of crimes occurring on college campuses
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 6450 to read as follows:
§ 6450. Reports of crimes occurring on college campuses. 1. Every college chartered by the regents or incorporated by special act of the legislature shall promptly report all criminal activity on its college campuses and other college property used for educational purposes to the local police agency having jurisdiction over the area in which such campuses or property is located. Every such college shall also report such information, on a monthly basis, to the division of criminal justice services.
2. If a college fails to comply with the provisions of this section, such college shall not be eligible to receive any state aid or assistance until such failure is cured.
§ 2. Section 837-a of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
10. (a) The division shall receive and compile the data furnished to it by colleges pursuant to section sixty-four hundred fifty of the education law and shall publish such compilation of data in an annual report to the governor and the legislature on college campus crime, which report shall include the division's findings and recommendations with respect thereto.
(b) The division shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this subdivision.
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§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law; provided that the division of criminal justice services is authorized, effective immediately, to promulgate any and all rules and regulations necessary for the timely implementation of this act.
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