NY State Senate Bill 2015-S3909A

Senate Bill S3909A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, board of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards

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Jan 11, 2016	print number 3909a
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2015-S3909 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§817 & 2803, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2537
2011-2012: S138
2013-2014: S1048
2017-2018: S186

2015-S3909 - Summary

Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, boards of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards; establishes that "dating violence" means a pattern of behavior where one person uses threats of, or actually uses, physical, sexual, verbal or emotional abuse to control his or her dating partner; requires the department, in conjunction with the office for the prevention of domestic violence, to assist schools in developing a policy for dating violence incidents; requires such education to be taught to students regarding dating violence in the annual health curriculum framework for students in grades 7 through 12.

2015-S3909 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S3909

TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to providing dating
violence education and dating violence policies in school districts,
boards of cooperative educational services and county vocational
education and extension boards

PURPOSE:

To require that school systems in the State provide dating violence
education in their health curriculum in order to avoid tragedies such
as the murder of Kari Ann Gonnan of Wilson central High School in
Wilson, New York after which this act is named.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 titles this act the "Kari Ann Gorman Act".

Section 2 outlines the legislative findings and legislative intent.

Section 3 amends the education law by adding a new section numbered
817.

Section 4 amends the education law by adding a new section numbered

2803.

Section 5 contains the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

Teenagers often experience violence in dating relationships.
Statistics show that one in three teenagers has experienced violence
in a dating relationship. In dating violence, one partner tries to
maintain power and control over the other through abuse. Dating
violence crosses all racial, economic and social lines. Most victims
are young women, who are also at greater risk for serious injury.
Teenagers can choose better relationships when they learn to identify
the early warning signs of an abusive relationship, understand that
they have choices, and believe they are valuable people who deserve to
be treated with respect. Rhode Island enacted legislation in 2007
which mandates the state school system provide dating violence
education in their health curriculum.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.1048 /A.515 of 2013-2014 referred to Education;
138A/A.2404A of 2011-2012 referred to Education;
S.2537/A.819 of 2009-2010 referred to Education.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:


Immediately.

2015-S3909 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3909

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- 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 providing dating
  violence education and dating violence policies in  school  districts,
  boards  of  cooperative  educational  services  and  county vocational
  education and extension boards

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "Kari Ann Gorman act."
  S 2. Legislative findings and intent.  The legislature  finds,  deter-
mines  and  declares that when a student is a victim of dating violence,
his or her academic life suffers and his or  her  safety  at  school  is
jeopardized.  The  legislature finds that a policy to create an environ-
ment free of dating violence shall be a part of each school district. It
is the intent of the legislature to enact legislation that would require
each school district to establish a policy for responding  to  incidents
of dating violence and to provide dating violence education to students,
parents,  staff,  faculty and administrators, in order to prevent dating
violence and to address incidents involving dating violence.
  S 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 817 to  read
as follows:
  S  817.  DATING  VIOLENCE  EDUCATION.    1. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
INCORPORATE DATING VIOLENCE EDUCATION THAT IS AGE-APPROPRIATE  INTO  THE
ANNUAL  HEALTH CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES SEVEN THROUGH
TWELVE.
  (A) DATING VIOLENCE EDUCATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,
DEFINING  DATING VIOLENCE, RECOGNIZING DATING VIOLENCE WARNING SIGNS AND
CHARACTERISTICS OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. ADDITIONALLY,  STUDENTS  SHALL
BE  PROVIDED  WITH  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT'S  DATING  VIOLENCE  POLICY AS
PROVIDED IN SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08863-01-5

S. 3909                             2

  (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
  (I)  "DATING  VIOLENCE"  MEANS  A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR WHERE ONE PERSON
USES THREATS OF, OR ACTUALLY USES, PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, VERBAL OR EMOTIONAL
ABUSE TO CONTROL HIS OR HER DATING PARTNER.
  (II) "DATING PARTNER" MEANS ANY PERSON INVOLVED IN AN INTIMATE ASSOCI-
ATION WITH ANOTHER PRIMARILY CHARACTERIZED BY THE EXPECTATION OF  AFFEC-
TIONATE INVOLVEMENT WHETHER CASUAL, SERIOUS OR LONG-TERM.
  (III)  "AT SCHOOL" MEANS IN A CLASSROOM, ON OR IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO
SUCH SCHOOL PREMISES, ON A SCHOOL BUS OR OTHER  SCHOOL-RELATED  VEHICLE,
AT  AN  OFFICIAL SCHOOL BUS STOP, OR AT ANY SCHOOL-SPONSORED ACTIVITY OR
EVENT WHETHER OR NOT IT IS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
  (C) TO ASSIST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN DEVELOPING A DATING VIOLENCE  EDUCA-
TION  PROGRAM,  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE GRADE LEVEL
TOPICS RELATING TO DATING VIOLENCE AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.
  2. UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL,  A  PARENT  OR  LEGAL
GUARDIAN OF A PUPIL LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, WITHIN A REASONABLE
PERIOD  OF TIME AFTER THE REQUEST IS MADE, SHALL BE PERMITTED TO EXAMINE
THE DATING VIOLENCE  EDUCATION  PROGRAM  INSTRUCTION  MATERIALS  AT  THE
SCHOOL IN WHICH HIS OR HER CHILD IS ENROLLED.
  S 4. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2803 to read
as follows:
  S 2803. DATING VIOLENCE POLICY.  1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
  (A)  "DATING  VIOLENCE"  MEANS  A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR WHERE ONE PERSON
USES THREATS OF, OR ACTUALLY USES, PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, VERBAL OR EMOTIONAL
ABUSE TO CONTROL HIS OR HER DATING PARTNER.
  (B) "DATING PARTNER" MEANS ANY PERSON, REGARDLESS OF GENDER,  INVOLVED
IN  AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER PRIMARILY CHARACTERIZED BY THE
EXPECTATION OF  AFFECTIONATE  INVOLVEMENT  WHETHER  CASUAL,  SERIOUS  OR
LONG-TERM.
  (C)  "AT  SCHOOL"  MEANS IN A CLASSROOM, ON OR IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO
SCHOOL PREMISES, ON A SCHOOL BUS OR OTHER SCHOOL-RELATED VEHICLE, AT  AN
OFFICIAL  SCHOOL  BUS STOP, OR AT ANY SCHOOL-SPONSORED ACTIVITY OR EVENT
WHETHER OR NOT IT IS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
  2. THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE FOR  THE  PREVENTION
OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE,  SHALL DEVELOP A MODEL DATING VIOLENCE POLICY TO
ASSIST SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES  AND
COUNTY  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION BOARDS IN DEVELOPING POLICIES
FOR DATING VIOLENCE REPORTING AND RESPONSE. THE MODEL  POLICY  SHALL  BE
ISSUED ON OR BEFORE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN.
  3. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND
COUNTY  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION  BOARD  SHALL  ESTABLISH A
SPECIFIC POLICY  TO  ADDRESS  INCIDENTS  OF  DATING  VIOLENCE  INVOLVING
STUDENTS  AT  SCHOOL  BY  DECEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN.   EACH
SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  AND  COUNTY
VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION BOARD SHALL VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH
THE DEPARTMENT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THROUGH  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  REPORT
CARDS  OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES REPORT CARD REQUIRED
BY THIS CHAPTER.
  (A) SUCH POLICY SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A STATEMENT THAT
DATING VIOLENCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED, DATING VIOLENCE REPORTING  PROCE-
DURES,  GUIDELINES  TO  RESPONDING  TO  AT-SCHOOL  INCIDENTS  OF  DATING
VIOLENCE AND DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES SPECIFIC TO SUCH INCIDENTS.
  (B) TO ENSURE NOTICE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S,  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE
EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES'  AND  COUNTY  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION AND EXTENSION
BOARD'S DATING VIOLENCE POLICY, THE POLICY SHALL  BE  PUBLISHED  IN  ANY
SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  BOARD  OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND COUNTY

S. 3909                             3

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION BOARD POLICY AND HANDBOOK  THAT  SETS
FORTH  THE  COMPREHENSIVE RULES, PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR
STUDENTS AT SCHOOL.
  4. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND
COUNTY  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION BOARD SHALL PROVIDE DATING
VIOLENCE TRAINING TO ALL ADMINISTRATORS,  TEACHERS,  NURSES  AND  MENTAL
HEALTH  STAFF AT THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS. UPON THE RECOMMENDA-
TION OF THE ADMINISTRATOR, OTHER STAFF MAY BE INCLUDED OR MAY ATTEND THE
TRAINING ON A  VOLUNTEER  BASIS.  THE  DATING  VIOLENCE  TRAINING  SHALL
INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED TO, BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DATING VIOLENCE,
WARNING SIGNS OF  DATING  VIOLENCE  AND  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT'S  DATING
VIOLENCE  POLICY,  TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO APPROPRIATELY RESPOND
TO INCIDENTS OF DATING VIOLENCE AT  SCHOOL.  THEREAFTER,  THIS  TRAINING
SHALL  BE PROVIDED YEARLY TO ALL NEWLY HIRED STAFF DEEMED APPROPRIATE TO
RECEIVE THE TRAINING BY THE SCHOOL'S ADMINISTRATION.
  5. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND
COUNTY  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION  BOARD  SHALL  INFORM  THE
STUDENTS'  PARENTS  OR LEGAL GUARDIANS OF THE DATING VIOLENCE POLICY. IF
REQUESTED,  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE   EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES  OR  COUNTY  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION  BOARD SHALL
PROVIDE THE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S DATING
VIOLENCE POLICY AND RELEVANT INFORMATION.  IT  IS  STRONGLY  RECOMMENDED
THAT  THE  SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OR
COUNTY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION BOARD PROVIDE PARENT AWARENESS
TRAINING.
  6. THIS SECTION DOES NOT PREVENT A VICTIM FROM SEEKING  REDRESS  UNDER
ANY OTHER AVAILABLE LAW, EITHER CIVIL OR CRIMINAL. THIS SECTION DOES NOT
CREATE OR ALTER ANY TORT LIABILITY.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S3909A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§817 & 2803, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2537
2011-2012: S138
2013-2014: S1048
2017-2018: S186

2015-S3909A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S3909A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3909A

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the education law, in relation to providing dating
violence education and dating violence policies in school districts,
boards of cooperative educational services and county vocational
education and extension boards

 PURPOSE :

To require that school systems in the State provide dating violence
education in their health curriculum in order to avoid tragedies such
as the murder of Kari Ann Gonnan of Wilson central High School in
Wilson, New York after which this act is named.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 titles this act the "Kari Ann Gorman Act".

Section 2 outlines the legislative findings and legislative intent.

Section 3 amends the education law by adding a new section numbered
817.

Section 4 amends the education law by adding a new section numbered

2803.

Section 5 contains the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Teenagers often experience violence in dating relationships.
Statistics show that one in three teenagers has experienced violence
in a dating relationship. In dating violence, one partner tries to
maintain power and control over the other through abuse. Dating
violence crosses all racial, economic and social lines. Most victims
are young women, who are also at greater risk for serious injury.
Teenagers can choose better relationships when they learn to identify
the early warning signs of an abusive relationship, understand that
they have choices, and believe they are valuable people who deserve to
be treated with respect. Rhode Island enacted legislation in 2007
which mandates the state school system provide dating violence
education in their health curriculum.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

S.1048 /A.515 of 2013-2014 referred to Education;
138A/A.2404A of 2011-2012 referred to Education;
S.2537/A.819 of 2009-2010 referred to Education.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2015-S3909A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 3909--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Education -- recommitted
  to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to providing dating
  violence education and dating violence policies in  school  districts,
  boards  of  cooperative  educational  services  and  county vocational
  education and extension boards

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "Kari Ann Gorman act."
  S 2. Legislative findings and intent.  The legislature  finds,  deter-
mines  and  declares that when a student is a victim of dating violence,
his or her academic life suffers and his or  her  safety  at  school  is
jeopardized.  The  legislature finds that a policy to create an environ-
ment free of dating violence shall be a part of each school district. It
is the intent of the legislature to enact legislation that would require
each school district to establish a policy for responding  to  incidents
of dating violence and to provide dating violence education to students,
parents,  staff,  faculty and administrators, in order to prevent dating
violence and to address incidents involving dating violence.
  S 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 817 to  read
as follows:
  S  817.  DATING  VIOLENCE  EDUCATION.    1. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
INCORPORATE DATING VIOLENCE EDUCATION THAT IS AGE-APPROPRIATE  INTO  THE
ANNUAL  HEALTH CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES SEVEN THROUGH
TWELVE.
  (A) DATING VIOLENCE EDUCATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,
DEFINING  DATING VIOLENCE, RECOGNIZING DATING VIOLENCE WARNING SIGNS AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08863-02-6

S. 3909--A                          2

CHARACTERISTICS OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. ADDITIONALLY,  STUDENTS  SHALL
BE  PROVIDED  WITH  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT'S  DATING  VIOLENCE  POLICY AS
PROVIDED IN SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
  (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
  (I)  "DATING  VIOLENCE"  MEANS  A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR WHERE ONE PERSON
USES THREATS OF, OR ACTUALLY USES, PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, VERBAL OR EMOTIONAL
ABUSE TO CONTROL HIS OR HER DATING PARTNER.
  (II) "DATING PARTNER" MEANS ANY PERSON INVOLVED IN AN INTIMATE ASSOCI-
ATION WITH ANOTHER PRIMARILY CHARACTERIZED BY THE EXPECTATION OF  AFFEC-
TIONATE INVOLVEMENT WHETHER CASUAL, SERIOUS OR LONG-TERM.
  (III)  "AT SCHOOL" MEANS IN A CLASSROOM, ON OR IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO
SUCH SCHOOL PREMISES, ON A SCHOOL BUS OR OTHER  SCHOOL-RELATED  VEHICLE,
AT  AN  OFFICIAL SCHOOL BUS STOP, OR AT ANY SCHOOL-SPONSORED ACTIVITY OR
EVENT WHETHER OR NOT IT IS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
  (C) TO ASSIST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN DEVELOPING A DATING VIOLENCE  EDUCA-
TION  PROGRAM,  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE GRADE LEVEL
TOPICS RELATING TO DATING VIOLENCE AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.
  2. UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL,  A  PARENT  OR  LEGAL
GUARDIAN OF A PUPIL LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, WITHIN A REASONABLE
PERIOD  OF TIME AFTER THE REQUEST IS MADE, SHALL BE PERMITTED TO EXAMINE
THE DATING VIOLENCE  EDUCATION  PROGRAM  INSTRUCTION  MATERIALS  AT  THE
SCHOOL IN WHICH HIS OR HER CHILD IS ENROLLED.
  S 4. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2803 to read
as follows:
  S 2803. DATING VIOLENCE POLICY.  1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
  (A)  "DATING  VIOLENCE"  MEANS  A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR WHERE ONE PERSON
USES THREATS OF, OR ACTUALLY USES, PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, VERBAL OR EMOTIONAL
ABUSE TO CONTROL HIS OR HER DATING PARTNER.
  (B) "DATING PARTNER" MEANS ANY PERSON, REGARDLESS OF GENDER,  INVOLVED
IN  AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER PRIMARILY CHARACTERIZED BY THE
EXPECTATION OF  AFFECTIONATE  INVOLVEMENT  WHETHER  CASUAL,  SERIOUS  OR
LONG-TERM.
  (C)  "AT  SCHOOL"  MEANS IN A CLASSROOM, ON OR IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO
SCHOOL PREMISES, ON A SCHOOL BUS OR OTHER SCHOOL-RELATED VEHICLE, AT  AN
OFFICIAL  SCHOOL  BUS STOP, OR AT ANY SCHOOL-SPONSORED ACTIVITY OR EVENT
WHETHER OR NOT IT IS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
  2. THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE FOR  THE  PREVENTION
OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE,  SHALL DEVELOP A MODEL DATING VIOLENCE POLICY TO
ASSIST SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES  AND
COUNTY  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION BOARDS IN DEVELOPING POLICIES
FOR DATING VIOLENCE REPORTING AND RESPONSE. THE MODEL  POLICY  SHALL  BE
ISSUED ON OR BEFORE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN.
  3. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND
COUNTY  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION  BOARD  SHALL  ESTABLISH A
SPECIFIC POLICY  TO  ADDRESS  INCIDENTS  OF  DATING  VIOLENCE  INVOLVING
STUDENTS  AT  SCHOOL  BY  DECEMBER  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN.   EACH
SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  AND  COUNTY
VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION BOARD SHALL VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH
THE DEPARTMENT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THROUGH  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  REPORT
CARDS  OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES REPORT CARD REQUIRED
BY THIS CHAPTER.
  (A) SUCH POLICY SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A STATEMENT THAT
DATING VIOLENCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED, DATING VIOLENCE REPORTING  PROCE-
DURES,  GUIDELINES  TO  RESPONDING  TO  AT-SCHOOL  INCIDENTS  OF  DATING
VIOLENCE AND DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES SPECIFIC TO SUCH INCIDENTS.

S. 3909--A                          3

  (B) TO ENSURE NOTICE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S,  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE
EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES'  AND  COUNTY  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION AND EXTENSION
BOARD'S DATING VIOLENCE POLICY, THE POLICY SHALL  BE  PUBLISHED  IN  ANY
SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  BOARD  OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND COUNTY
VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND EXTENSION BOARD POLICY AND HANDBOOK THAT SETS
FORTH THE COMPREHENSIVE RULES, PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS OF  CONDUCT  FOR
STUDENTS AT SCHOOL.
  4. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND
COUNTY  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION BOARD SHALL PROVIDE DATING
VIOLENCE TRAINING TO ALL ADMINISTRATORS,  TEACHERS,  NURSES  AND  MENTAL
HEALTH  STAFF AT THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS. UPON THE RECOMMENDA-
TION OF THE ADMINISTRATOR, OTHER STAFF MAY BE INCLUDED OR MAY ATTEND THE
TRAINING ON A  VOLUNTEER  BASIS.  THE  DATING  VIOLENCE  TRAINING  SHALL
INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED TO, BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DATING VIOLENCE,
WARNING SIGNS OF  DATING  VIOLENCE  AND  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT'S  DATING
VIOLENCE  POLICY,  TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO APPROPRIATELY RESPOND
TO INCIDENTS OF DATING VIOLENCE AT  SCHOOL.  THEREAFTER,  THIS  TRAINING
SHALL  BE PROVIDED YEARLY TO ALL NEWLY HIRED STAFF DEEMED APPROPRIATE TO
RECEIVE THE TRAINING BY THE SCHOOL'S ADMINISTRATION.
  5. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND
COUNTY  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION  BOARD  SHALL  INFORM  THE
STUDENTS'  PARENTS  OR LEGAL GUARDIANS OF THE DATING VIOLENCE POLICY. IF
REQUESTED,  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE   EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES  OR  COUNTY  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION  AND  EXTENSION  BOARD SHALL
PROVIDE THE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S DATING
VIOLENCE POLICY AND RELEVANT INFORMATION.  IT  IS  STRONGLY  RECOMMENDED
THAT  THE  SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OR
COUNTY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION BOARD PROVIDE PARENT AWARENESS
TRAINING.
  6. THIS SECTION DOES NOT PREVENT A VICTIM FROM SEEKING  REDRESS  UNDER
ANY OTHER AVAILABLE LAW, EITHER CIVIL OR CRIMINAL. THIS SECTION DOES NOT
CREATE OR ALTER ANY TORT LIABILITY.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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