New York S 6610: Relates to preventing and reporting acts of harassment at schools

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S06610 Summary:

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Relates to preventing and reporting acts of harassment at schools.

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03/18/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6610

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- 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 preventing and report-
 ing acts of harassment at schools

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 13 of the education law is amended
 2 by adding four new paragraphs m, n, o and p to read as follows:
 3 m. include penalties or disciplinary measures for individuals found to
 4 have violated the policies and guidelines created pursuant to this
 5 section;
 6 n. specify that harassment is a basis for granting to a student who
 7 has been harassed a transfer to another school, commonly called a "safe-
 8 ty transfer";
 9 o. specify that harassment is a basis for disciplining any student who
 10 engages or has engaged in the harassment of others;
 11 p. require each school to post copies of the school district's poli-
 12 cies and guidelines created pursuant to this section in prominent places
 13 within each school and require such copies to be translated and made
 14 available in the ten most common languages spoken in the school district
 15 and in any other language spoken by more than ten percent of the parents
 16 or guardians of children attending any individual school;
 17 § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 13 of the
 18 education law, as amended by chapter 102 of the laws of 2012, is amended
 19 and three new subdivisions 6, 7 and 8 are added to read as follows:
 20 Guidelines to be used in school training programs, such training
 21 programs to be given on a regular basis to all pedagogical staff and
 22 school safety officers, to discourage the development of harassment,
 23 bullying and discrimination, and to make school employees aware of the
 24 effects of harassment, bullying, cyberbullying and discrimination on
 25 students and that are designed:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09862-01-5

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 1 6. Guidelines to be used in presentations to be given to students
 2 about conduct and harassment issues; such guidelines shall be designed
 3 to discourage the development of harassment by:
 4 a. raising the awareness and sensitivity of pupils regarding potential
 5 harassment, and
 6 b. fostering empathy and empathetic conduct among students.
 7 7. The principal of each school shall be the person responsible for
 8 ensuring the dissemination of the anti-harassment policies and guide-
 9 lines to all staff of each school, all school safety officers, all
 10 members of the school safety committee, and to all students and their
 11 parents or guardians, and for providing training to pedagogical staff
 12 and school safety officers. Such principal shall also ensure that the
 13 name and contact information of a school employee who can provide copies
 14 of such policies and guidelines is made available to all students,
 15 parents, guardians, staff and to the school safety committee. Such prin-
 16 cipal may designate a subordinate to assume the responsibilities
 17 required by this subdivision.
 18 8. The policies and guidelines created pursuant to this section shall
 19 be included in the school district's code of conduct adopted pursuant to
 20 section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter.
 21 § 3. Section 15 of the education law, as amended by chapter 102 of the
 22 laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
 23 § 15. Reporting [by commissioner]. 1. The principal of each school
 24 shall be the enforcement officer