Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to require school districts to establish a parental/guardian notification program when potentially life threatening events occur on school grounds, e.g., bomb threats or guns or other weapons discovered or recovered.

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A3447-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: referred to education
• Jan 25, 2011: referred to education

A3447-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    3447

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                              January 25, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, COLTON, PHEFFER, WEISENBERG, CASTRO,
    REILLY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ROBINSON  --  read  once  and
    referred to the Committee on Education

  AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law,  in relation to notification of
    parents and guardians

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
  subdivision 42 to read as follows:

    42.  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO PROMULGATE RULES
  AND REGULATIONS TO REQUIRE ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ESTABLISH  A  PROGRAM
  TO  NOTIFY PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN WHEN POTENTIALLY LIFE
  THREATENING OCCURRENCES HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. FOR PURPOSES
  OF THIS SUBDIVISION LIFE THREATENING OCCURRENCES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT  NOT
  BE  LIMITED  TO,  BOMB  THREATS AND THE DISCOVERY OR RECOVERY OF GUNS OR
  OTHER WEAPONS FROM STUDENTS.
    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately  the  commissioner  of
  education  is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may
  be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act  on  its  effective
  date.




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