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S02405 Summary:

BILL NOS02405 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03458

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2802, Ed L

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Requires persistently dangerous schools to file an incident reduction plan detailing the steps the school will take to reduce incidents of violence and disruption; requires notice to be given to victims of harassment, bullying, or violent offenses of their right to transfer to another public school.

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BILL NOS02405 

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01/17/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2405

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 requiring persistently
 dangerous schools to file an incident reduction plan detailing the
 steps the school will take to reduce incidents of violence and
 disruption and requiring notice to be given to victims of harassment,
 bullying, or violent offenses of their right to transfer to another
 public school

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 2802 of the education law, as
 2 amended by section 8 of part YYY of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of state or local law, rule or
 5 regulation to the contrary, any student who attends a persistently
 6 dangerous public elementary or secondary school, as determined by the
 7 commissioner pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision, or who is a
 8 victim of harassment or bullying, as defined pursuant to subdivision
 9 seven of section eleven of this chapter, or a violent criminal offense,
 10 as defined pursuant to paragraph [b] c of this subdivision, that
 11 occurred on the grounds of a public elementary or secondary school that
 12 the student attends, shall [be allowed to attend] have the right to
 13 transfer to a safe public school within the [local educational agency to
 14 the extent required by section eighty-five hundred thirty-two of the
 15 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of nineteen hundred sixty-five,
 16 as amended] school district.
 17 a. The commissioner shall annually determine which public elementary
 18 and secondary schools are persistently dangerous in accordance with
 19 regulations of the commissioner developed in consultation with a repre-
 20 sentative sample of local educational agencies. Such determination shall
 21 be based on data submitted through the uniform violent incident report-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03439-01-5

 S. 2405 2

 1 ing system over a period prescribed in the regulations, which shall not
 2 be less than two years, reports of violent incidents and criminal
 3 offenses from school safety agents and police officers, reports of
 4 violent or harmful conduct by teachers and administrative staff, and any
 5 other data reasonably required by the commissioner related to safety.
 6 b. Each public elementary and secondary school designated as persis-
 7 tently dangerous pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision shall, in
 8 the subsequent school year, submit to the commissioner an incident
 9 reduction plan detailing the steps the school will take to reduce inci-
 10 dents of violence and disruption and remove the persistently dangerous
 11 designation by the following school year. Such plan shall include, at a
 12 minimum, the prevention and intervention strategies recommended pursuant
 13 to paragraph c of subdivision two of section twenty-eight hundred one-a
 14 of this article. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, an
 15 elementary or secondary school designated as persistently dangerous, and
 16 which remains on the persistently dangerous list for three consecutive
 17 years, shall be subject to closure on June thirtieth following the