New York A 7700: Relates to school reporting of certain threats and acts of violence

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A07700 Summary:

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Requires schools report certain threats and acts of violence to the federal bureau of investigation, the state police, and the office of mental health.

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04/08/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7700

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. STERN, K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring schools
 report certain threats and acts of violence to the federal bureau of
 investigations, the state police, and the office of mental health

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 2 of section 2801-a of
 2 the education law, as amended by chapter 525 of the laws of 2019, are
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 a. policies and procedures for responding to implied or direct threats
 5 of violence by students, teachers, other school personnel including bus
 6 drivers and monitors, as well as visitors to the school, including
 7 threats by students against themselves, which for the purposes of this
 8 section shall include suicide, including, but not limited to, reporting
 9 such implied or direct threats of violence to the federal bureau of
 10 investigations, the state police, and the office of mental health;
 11 b. policies and procedures for responding to acts of violence by
 12 students, teachers, other school personnel including bus drivers and
 13 monitors, as well as visitors to the school, including consideration of
 14 zero-tolerance policies for school violence, including, but not limited
 15 to, reporting such acts of violence to the federal bureau of investi-
 16 gations, the state police, and the office of mental health;
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 18 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 19 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 20 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 21 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04334-01-5

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