New York A 7687: Establishes Dakota's law relating to elevated lead levels in children

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A07687 Summary:

BILL NOA07687C

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SAME ASSAME AS S05025-D

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SPONSORWoerner

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COSPNSRHevesi, McDonald, Shimsky, Lunsford, Barrett, Levenberg, Kay, Simone, Kelles, Kassay, Reyes,
 McDonough, Brown K, Jensen

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Ed L, generally

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Updates provisions relating to dignity for all students including curriculum and teacher training requirements designed to prevent student suicide with a focus on LGBTQ students.

Go to top A07687 Actions:

BILL NOA07687C

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04/04/2025referred to education

04/21/2025amend (t) and recommit to education

04/21/2025print number 7687a

04/22/2025amend and recommit to education

04/22/2025print number 7687b

12/01/2025amend and recommit to education

12/01/2025print number 7687c

01/07/2026referred to education

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA07687 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7687--C

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER, HEVESI, McDONALD, SHIMSKY, LUNSFORD,
 BARRETT, LEVENBERG, KAY, O'PHARROW, SIMONE, KELLES, KASSAY -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amend-
 ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to updating provisions
 relating to dignity for all students

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

 1 Section 1. Section 10 of the education law, as added by chapter 482 of
 2 the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 10. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that students' ability
 4 to learn and to meet high academic standards, and a school's ability to
 5 educate its students, are compromised by incidents of discrimination or
 6 harassment including bullying, taunting or intimidation. It is hereby
 7 declared to be the policy of the state to afford all students in public
 8 schools an environment free of discrimination and harassment, whether in
 9 the school building or on the internet. The purpose of this article is
 10 to foster civility in public schools and to prevent and prohibit conduct
 11 which is inconsistent with a school's educational mission.
 12 § 2. Subdivisions 1, 2, 7 and 8 of section 11 of the education law,
 13 subdivisions 1 and 2 as added by chapter 482 of the laws of 2010, subdi-
 14 vision 7 as amended and subdivision 8 as added by chapter 102 of the
 15 laws of 2012, are amended and three new subdivisions 11, 12 and 13 are
 16 added to read as follows:
 17 1. "School property" shall mean in or within any building, structure,
 18 athletic playing field, playground, parking lot, or land contained with-
 19 in the real property boundary line of a public elementary or secondary

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07978-11-5

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 1 school; or in or on a school bus, as defined in section one hundred
 2 forty-two of the vehicle and traffic law; or in or within a school
 3 administrative building.
 4 2. "School function" shall mean a school board or trustee meeting or a
 5 school-sponsored [extra-curricular] or school-authorized extra-curricu-
 6 lar event or activity regardless of where such event or activity takes
 7 place, including any event or activity that may take place in another
 8 state including but not limited to field trips and athletic practices,
 9 scrimmages and events.
 10 7. "Harassment" [and "bullying"] shall mean the creation of a hostile
 11 environment by conduct or by threats, intimidation or abuse, including
 12 by bullying, cyberbullying or coercive control, that (a) has or would
 13 have the effect of unreasonably [and substantially] interfering with [a]
 14 the student's educational performance, opportunities or benefits, or
 15 mental, emotional or physical well-being; or (b) re