New York S 7347: Requires investigation of school district personnel involved with the care, custody or supervision of a child

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S07347 Summary:

BILL NOS07347 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLANZA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §3001-e, amd §2590-h, Ed L

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Requires pre-employment investigation of school district personnel to determine criminal history or the presence of controlled substances or communicable diseases; requires submission to fingerprinting and other tests.

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BILL NOS07347 

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04/10/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7347

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 pre-employment inves-
 tigations for personnel employed in school districts

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3001-e
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 3001-e. Pre-employment investigation of personnel employed in school
 4 districts. 1. Every school district shall conduct a pre-employment back-
 5 ground investigation for all personnel employed in the district.
 6 2. Each district, in cooperation with the division of criminal justice
 7 services, shall promulgate regulations requiring all personnel employed
 8 in such school district to submit to mandatory background questionnaires
 9 and to such other tests for the presence of controlled substances or
 10 communicable diseases as shall be determined to be necessary and proper.
 11 3. Every person, as a condition of employment in a school district,
 12 shall complete a background questionnaire, submit to such other tests
 13 for the presence of controlled substances or communicable diseases as
 14 shall be determined to be necessary and proper and sign a declaration
 15 under penalty of perjury regarding any prior criminal convictions.
 16 4. No school district employee shall be assigned to work involving the
 17 care, custody or supervision of a child if it is determined that such
 18 person has tested positive for the presence of a controlled substance or
 19 communicable disease.
 20 5. For purposes of this section, "communicable disease" shall mean any
 21 disease that the commissioner of health, in the reasonable exercise of
 22 such commissioner's medical judgement, determines to be communicable,
 23 rapidly emergent or a significant threat to public health. The list of
 24 designated communicable diseases is in section 2.1 of title ten of the
 25 New York codes, rules and regulations.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05435-01-5

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 1 § 2. Subdivision 20 of section 2590-h of the education law, as amended
 2 by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 3 20. Ensure compliance with qualifications established for all person-
 4 nel employed in the city district, including the taking of fingerprints,
 5 background questionnaires and submission to such other tests for the
 6 presence of controlled substances or communicable diseases as shall be
 7 determined to be necessary and proper as a prerequisite for licensure
 8 and/or employment of such personnel. Every set of fingerprints taken
 9 pursuant to this subdivision shall be promptly submitted to the division
 10 of criminal justice services where it shall be appropriately processed.
 11 Furthermore, the division of criminal justice services is authorized to
 12 submit the fingerprints to the federal bureau of investigation for a
 13 national criminal history record check.
 14 § 3. Subdivision 20 of section 2590-h of the education law, as amended
 15 by chapter 100 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 16 20. Ensure compliance with qualifications established for all person-
 17 nel employed in the city district, including the taking of fingerprints,
 18 background questionnaires and submission to such other tests for th