New York S 3258: Requires the department of education to provide annual notifications to school districts to combat cyber crime

Status: REFERRED TO EDUCATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 3258

Sponsors: Jeremy Cooney

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S03258 Summary:

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Requires the department of education to provide annual notifications to school districts to combat cyber crime.

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3258

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 24, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to annual notifications
 to school districts to combat cyber crime

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 115 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 115. Cyber crime notification. 1. Annually, on or before July first,
 4 the department shall notify the data protection officer, director of
 5 information technology or other head of data and information technology
 6 services for each school district in this state. Such notification shall
 7 include:
 8 (a) a reminder of the strategies and best practices that are most
 9 effective in combatting cyber crime; and
 10 (b) a copy of the "Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure
 11 Cybersecurity Version 1.1" published by the National Institute of Stand-
 12 ards and Technology on April 16, 2018.
 13 2. The notification required by subdivision one of this section shall
 14 be delivered by email to the appropriate school district officer.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03163-01-5

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