New York A 8827: Requires the school of a child who has their parent or guardian arrested or whose house has been visited by police be informed of such arrest or visit and the school establish procedures regarding such instances

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A08827 Summary:

BILL NOA08827 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBrown K

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COSPNSRMcDonough, DeStefano, Hawley

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §214-i, Exec L; amd §305, Ed L

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Requires the school of a child who has their parent, guardian, or other person legally charged with the care or custody of such child arrested or whose house has been visited by police be informed of such arrest or visitation and the school establish procedures to best help such child.

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BILL NOA08827 

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06/09/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8827

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the education law, in relation to
 requiring the school of a child who has their parent, guardian, or
 other person legally charged with the care or custody of such child
 arrested or whose house has been visited by police be informed of such
 arrest or visitation and the school establish procedures to best help
 such child

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

 1 Section 1. Section 214-i of the executive law, as added by chapter 648
 2 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 214-i. Child-sensitive [arrests] police interactions. The super-
 4 intendent, in consultation with the office of children and family
 5 services and the division of criminal justice services, shall develop,
 6 maintain and disseminate to all members of the state police, including
 7 new and veteran officers, written policies and procedures, regarding
 8 child-sensitive [arrest] police interaction practices. Such policies and
 9 procedures shall ensure the identification and safety of a child less
 10 than eighteen years old when such child's parent, guardian, or other
 11 person legally charged with the care or custody of such child is
 12 arrested or is interacting with a state police officer at such child's
 13 home. Such policies and procedures shall include, but not be limited to:
 14 (a) procedures to ensure that state police officers inquire and docu-
 15 ment whether an arrestee is the parent, guardian or person legally
 16 charged with the care or custody of a child;
 17 (b) procedures to allow for the arrangement of temporary care for the
 18 child of an arrested parent, guardian or other person legally charged
 19 with the care or custody of such child to ensure such child's safety and
 20 well-being, which may include allowing the arrested parent, guardian or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06975-02-5

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 1 other person legally charged with the care or custody of such child to
 2 place additional phone calls to arrange for child care;
 3 (c) education on how witnessing violence causes emotional harm to
 4 children and how law enforcement can assist in minimizing the impact of
 5 such harm; [and]
 6 (d) information on the availability of access to community-based
 7 providers of crisis intervention, child protection and other supportive
 8 resources that could aid the child of an arrested parent, guardian or
 9 other person legally charged with the care or custody of such child[.];
 10 (e) procedures to ensure that designated school personnel are informed
 11 of the arrest of a parent, guardian or person legally charged with the
 12 care or custody of a child who attends the school; and
 13 (f) procedures to ensure that designated school personnel are informed
 14 when a state police officer visits a child who attends the school's
 15 home.
 16 § 2. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding two new
 17 subdivisions 63 and 64 to read as follows:
 18 63. The commissioner shall require each school district provide trauma
 19 sensitive intervention training to all school employees. Such training
 20 shall be developed by the commissioner and shall include procedures to
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