New York S 3641: Enacts the "pupil privacy act"

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S03641 Summary:

BILL NOS03641 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMURRAY

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COSPNSRASHBY, LANZA, OBERACKER, RHOADS, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 18 §§850 - 852, Ed L

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Enacts the "pupil privacy act" which requires schools to notify the parents or legal guardians of every student when a student protected information survey will be administered and provide such parent or legal guardian the opportunity to opt their child out of taking such survey.

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BILL NOS03641 

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01/29/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3641

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 29, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MURRAY, ASHBY, LANZA, OBERACKER, RHOADS, WEIK --
 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 establishing the
 "pupil privacy act"

 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 article 18 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 18
 4 PUPIL PRIVACY ACT
 5 Section 850. Short title.
 6 851. Definitions.
 7 852. Student protected information surveys; notification; opting
 8 out.
 9 § 850. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as
 10 the "pupil privacy act".
 11 § 851. Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following
 12 terms shall have the following meanings:
 13 1. "School" shall mean any public, private or charter school and any
 14 school established pursuant to chapter eight hundred fifty-three of the
 15 laws of nineteen hundred seventy-six that offers instruction to pupils
 16 enrolled in kindergarten through twelfth grade; and
 17 2. "Student information protected survey" shall mean any student
 18 survey that contains one or more personalized and specific question or
 19 questions related to a student's, parent's or legal guardian's personal
 20 attitudes, beliefs, or experiences related to any of the following
 21 subject areas: health; mental health; sexual behavior; gender identifi-
 22 cation; religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs; or family dynam-
 23 ics.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07525-01-5

 S. 3641 2

 1 § 852. Student protected information surveys; notification; opting
 2 out. 1. No later than fifteen school days prior to administering a
 3 student protected information survey, a school shall notify the parents
 4 or legal guardians of every student that such survey will be distrib-
 5 uted.
 6 2. Such notice shall:
 7 (a) explain the purpose of the survey and shall clarify whether the
 8 survey is part of the health or other general education curriculum or
 9 unrelated to either;
 10 (b) provide the exact content of the survey questions including each
 11 question as it will appear in the survey; and
 12 (c) provide parents and legal guardians the opportunity to opt their
 13 child out from participating.
 14 3. Pursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision two of this section,
 15 parents and legal guardians shall be provided with a mechanism to opt
 16 their child out of completing a student protected information survey.
 17 Each school shall determine the most effective mechanism to utilize for
 18 such process and such mechanism shall be clearly delineated in the
 19 applicable notice. Every school shall permit receipt of such notifica-
 20 tion by the parent or legal guardian up until the time such survey is
 21 administered.
 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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