Assembly Bill A4498

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to compliance with federal reporting standards for incidences of sexual assault on SUNY and CUNY campuses

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A4498 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4422
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6433, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7954
2015-2016: A5148, S1772
2017-2018: A5839, S3082
2019-2020: A2834, S4374
2023-2024: A1230, S5149

2021-A4498 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to compliance with federal reporting standards for incidences of sexual assault on SUNY and CUNY campuses.

2021-A4498 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4498
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. WALKER, DICKENS, WILLIAMS, McDONOUGH -- Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, SOLAGES -- read once  and  referred  to
   the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to documenting campus
   sexual assault and related complaints at SUNY and CUNY institutions

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 6433 of the education law, as added by chapter 597
 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   § 6433. Campus crime reporting and statistics.  1. Each  college  that
 receives state aid shall indicate in their campus catalog, student hand-
 book  and  viewbook  how  to access the campus crime statistics that are
 filed annually  with  the  United  States  Department  of  Education  as
 required  under  Title 20 of the U.S. Code Section 1092(f). Every campus
 catalog, student handbook and viewbook shall state  that  "The  Advisory
 Committee  on  Campus  Safety will provide upon request all campus crime
 statistics as reported to the United States Department of Education."
   The information in the campus catalog, student handbook  and  viewbook
 shall  include  the  United  States  Department  of Education's web site
 address for campus crime statistics and a  campus  phone  number  for  a
 designated  college  campus  contact  who  is authorized to provide such
 statistics for that college. Whenever an individual requests such campus
 crime statistics, the college shall provide a hard copy  mailed  to  the
 individual  within  ten  days  of  the request and that information will
 include all of the statistics that the campus is required  to  ascertain
 under Title 20 of the U.S. Code Section 1092(f).
   2.  The  president  or  chief  administrative  officer of each college
 shall, working with the advisory committee on campus safety, take  steps
 to  inform  students  and  prospective  students of the existence of the
 campus crime statistics on an annual basis and other campus safety poli-
 cies and procedures of the school.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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