What's happening
This bill requires colleges and universities in New York to provide sexual harassment training to all students in internships or externships.
Why it matters
Expands student protections. by ensuring all interns and externs—whether paid, unpaid, on-campus, or off-campus—receive training about sexual harassment, addressing a common vulnerability for students entering professional environments.
Creates accountability for colleges. by making college authorities responsible for providing this training, potentially increasing institutional oversight and commitment to student safety in off-campus or third-party workplaces.
Requires public reporting. , mandating that colleges submit annual reports to the governor and legislature detailing the number of students trained, which could foster greater transparency and enable policymakers to monitor compliance and effectiveness over time.
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Require Intern Harassment Training
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History
- Referred to higher education
- Referred to higher education
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7128
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 10, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring institutions of higher learning to provide sexual harassment training to all participants in internships and externships
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 817 to read as follows:
§ 817. Sexual harassment training. 1. Duty. It shall be the duty of the college authorities in general charge of the operation of any public or independent college or university to cause any student participating in a paid or unpaid internship or externship, whether on campus, or off campus, to receive instruction and training in sexual harassment in the workplace.
2. Report. On or before the first day of August next succeeding the effective date of this section, the college authority in general charge of the operation of a public or independent college shall annually submit a report to the governor and the legislature which shall include, but not be limited to, the number of students instructed pursuant to subdivision one of this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10754-02-7
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