New York A 5273: Relates to immigration status of registered students

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A05273 Summary:

BILL NOA05273 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSolages

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COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas, Gallagher

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Title 1 Art 2-A §§20 - 31, amd §4402, Ed L

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Implements a state-wide plan to prevent and reduce the use of seclusion and physical restraint in schools; prohibits the use of seclusion, mechanical restraint, chemical restraint, and dangerous restraints that restrict breathing on students; authorizes annual appropriations to provide grants to school districts; provides for more rapid notice to parents if restraints or seclusion is used on a student.

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BILL NOA05273 

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02/12/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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Go to topA05273 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5273

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, GALLAGHER -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the use of
 restraints and seclusion in schools; and to providing for more rapid
 notice to parents if restraints or seclusion is used

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

 1 Section 1. Title 1 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 2 article 2-A to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 2-A
 4 PROHIBITIONS ON RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION
 5 Section 20. Legislative intent.
 6 21. Short title.
 7 22. Definitions.
 8 23. Prohibitions on restraint and seclusion.
 9 24. Program requirements.
 10 25. Enforcement.
 11 26. Private right of action.
 12 27. Grants.
 13 28. Assessment and reporting.
 14 29. Protection and advocacy systems.
 15 30. Construction.
 16 31. Applicability to private schools and home schools.
 17 § 20. Legislative intent. It is the policy of the state of New York to
 18 promote safety and prevent harm to all students, staff, and visitors in
 19 the public schools and to treat all school students with dignity and
 20 respect in the delivery of discipline, use of physical restraints or
 21 seclusion, and use of reasonable force as permitted by law.
 22 To accomplish such policy, it is the intention of the legislature to
 23 provide school staff with clear guidelines about what constitutes use of
 24 reasonable force permissible in New York schools with the goal of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09151-01-5

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 1 improving student achievement, attendance, promotion, and graduation
 2 rates by employing positive behavioral interventions to address student
 3 behavior in a positive and safe manner while promoting the retention of
 4 valuable teachers and other school personnel by providing appropriate
 5 training in prescribed procedures, which address student behavior in a
 6 positive and safe manner.
 7 § 21. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the
 8 "Keeping All New York Students Safe Act".
 9 § 22. Definitions. As used in this article:
 10 1. "Chemical restraint" means a drug or medication used on a student
 11 to control behavior or restrict freedom of movement that is not:
 12 (a) prescribed by a licensed physician, or other qualified health
 13 professional acting under the scope of the professional's authority
 14 under state law, for the standard treatment of a student's medical or
 15 psychiatric condition; and
 16 (b) administered as prescribed by the licensed physician or other
 17 qualified health professional acting under the scope of the profes-
 18 sional's authority under state law.
 19 2. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of education.
 20 3. "Early childhood education program", "educational service agency",
 21 "elementary school", "local educational agency", "other staff", "para-
 22 professional", "parent", "school leader", "secondary school", "special-
 23 ized instructional support personnel", "state", and "state educational
 24 agency" have the meanings given the terms in section 8101 of the Elemen-
 25 tary and Secondary Ed