New York A 7977: Relates to the health care transformation fund

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A07977 Summary:

BILL NOA07977A

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SAME ASSAME AS S07719-A

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SPONSORTorres

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COSPNSRTaylor, McDonald, Shimsky, Kelles

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§11 - 15, Ed L

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Strengthens protections against discrimination, harassment, and bullying based on actual or perceived immigration status, and to improve implementation and oversight under the Dignity for All Students Act.

Go to top A07977 Actions:

BILL NOA07977A

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04/16/2025referred to education

06/09/2025amend and recommit to education

06/09/2025print number 7977a

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7977--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 16, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. TORRES, TAYLOR, McDONALD, SHIMSKY -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged,
 bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
 committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to strengthening
 protections against discrimination, harassment, and bullying based on
 actual or perceived immigration status, and to improve implementation
 and oversight under the Dignity for All Students Act

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "End Bullying and Discrimination in Schools Everywhere (BEACON)
 3 Act".
 4 § 2. Section 11 of the education law, is amended by adding a new
 5 subdivision 11 to read as follows:
 6 11. "Immigration status" shall mean a person's actual or perceived
 7 citizenship or residency status, including but not limited to United
 8 States citizenship, lawful permanent residency, refugee or asylum
 9 status, temporary protected status, Deferred Action for Childhood
 10 Arrivals (DACA) status, or lack of lawful immigration status. For
 11 purposes of this article, protections based on immigration status shall
 12 also extend to students from mixed-status families, meaning families in
 13 which one or more members have different immigration statuses, including
 14 undocumented or noncitizen statuses.
 15 § 3. Subdivision 7 of section 11 of the education law, as amended by
 16 chapter 102 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
 17 7. "Harassment" and "bullying" shall mean the creation of a hostile
 18 environment by conduct or by threats, intimidation or abuse, including
 19 cyberbullying, that (a) has or would have the effect of unreasonably and
 20 substantially interfering with a student's educational performance,
 21 opportunities or benefits, or mental, emotional or physical well-being;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11605-03-5

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 1 or (b) reasonably causes or would reasonably be expected to cause a
 2 student to fear for [his or her] their physical safety; or (c) reason-
 3 ably causes or would reasonably be expected to cause physical injury or
 4 emotional harm to a student; or (d) occurs off school property and
 5 creates or would foreseeably create a risk of substantial disruption
 6 within the school environment, where it is foreseeable that the conduct,
 7 threats, intimidation or abuse might reach school property. Acts of
 8 harassment and bullying shall include, but not be limited to, those acts
 9 based on a person's actual or perceived race, color, weight, national
 10 origin, ethnic group, immigration status, religion, religious practice,
 11 disability, sexual orientation, gender or sex. For the purposes of this
 12 definition the term "threats, intimidation or abuse" shall include
 13 verbal and non-verbal actions.
 14 § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 12 of the education law, as amended by
 15 chapter 102 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
 16 1. No student shall be subjected to harassment or bullying by employ-
 17 ees or students on school property or at a school function; nor shall
 18 any student be subjected to discrimination based on a person's actual or
 19 perceived race, col