Assembly Actions -
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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to education |
Mar 17, 2017 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A6760
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CUSICK
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-A6760 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A6760 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6760 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 17, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting school district employees from having contact with children under the age of eighteen on social media THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3037 to read as follows: § 3037. PROHIBITION OF CONTACT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 1. NO TEACHER, TEACH- ER'S AIDE, ADMINISTRATOR, OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE FRIENDS WITH, FOLLOW, OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATE WITH A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN UNLESS SUCH CHILD IS A FAMILY MEMBER; PROVIDED, HOWEV- ER, THAT THIS SECTION SHALL NOT PREVENT A TEACHER, TEACHER'S AIDE, ADMINISTRATOR, OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM INTERACTING WITH OR ASSOCIATING WITH A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN ON A WEBSITE OR SOCIAL MEDIA WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL TO BE USED FOR EDUCA- TIONAL PURPOSES. 2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: A. THE TERM "FAMILY MEMBER" SHALL MEAN A SON, DAUGHTER, AUNT, UNCLE, NIECE, NEPHEW, OR GRANDCHILD OF THE TEACHER OR A SON, DAUGHTER, AUNT, UNCLE, NIECE, NEPHEW, OR GRANDCHILD OF THE SPOUSE OR PARTNER OF SUCH TEACHER, TEACHER'S AIDE, ADMINISTRATOR, OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT. B. THE TERM "SOCIAL MEDIA" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO, FORMS OF COMMUNICATION THROUGH WHICH USERS PARTICIPATE IN ONLINE COMMU- NITIES TO SHARE INFORMATION, IDEAS, PERSONAL MESSAGES, AND OTHER CONTENT. SOCIAL MEDIA SHALL ALSO INCLUDE TEXT MESSAGES AND THE TRANS- MISSION OF IMAGES VIA ELECTRONIC FORMS OF COMMUNICATION. § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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