New York S 4241: Requires a principal, superintendent or a principal's or superintendent's designee to notify law enforcement if they believe a hate crime is occurring

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S04241 Summary:

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Requires a principal, superintendent or a principal's or superintendent's designee to notify law enforcement if they believe a hate crime is occurring.

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4241

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 a principal,
 superintendent or a principal's or superintendent's designee to notify
 law enforcement if they believe a hate crime is occurring

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph i of subdivision 1 of section 13 of the education
 2 law, as added by chapter 102 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 i. require the principal, superintendent or the principal's or super-
 5 intendent's designee, to notify promptly the appropriate local law
 6 enforcement agency when such principal, superintendent or the princi-
 7 pal's or superintendent's designee, believes that any harassment, bully-
 8 ing or discrimination constitutes criminal conduct. Where the principal,
 9 superintendent or the principal's or superintendent's designee believes
 10 that any harassment, bullying or discrimination constitutes a hate
 11 crime, as defined in subdivision one of section 485.05 of the penal law,
 12 prompt notification to the appropriate local law enforcement agency
 13 shall occur within forty-eight hours from the time such principal,
 14 superintendent or the principal's or superintendent's designee believes
 15 that such harassment, bullying or discrimination constitutes a hate
 16 crime;
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07907-01-5

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