New York A.B. 3661

New York A.B. 3661

Dignity for All Students Act

Enacts the ''Dignity For All Students Act". Directs school trustees to establish (1) policies and procedures to create a school environment free of harassment and discrimination; (2) guidelines to be used in school training programs to discourage the development of discrimination or harassment, raise employee awareness and sensitivity to, and enable employees to respond to discrimination or harassment; (3) guidelines for the development of nondiscriminatory instructional and counseling methods, and requiring that at least one staff member in every school be thoroughly trained to handle human relations in the areas of race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion and religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender and sex.

Directs the commissioner of education to (1) provide direction on preventing discrimination and harassment, which may include development of model policies; (2) provide grants to local school districts to help them implement the guidelines in this provision and (3) promulgate regulations, including but not limited to regulations to assist districts in developing measured, balanced and age-appropriate responses to violations of this policy, with remedies and procedures focusing on intervention and education. Directs the commissioner to create a process by which incidents of discrimination and harassment are reported to the state on at least an annual basis. Provides protections to those who report discrimination or harassment by an employee or student. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&bn=A3661&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y

Source:
assembly.state.ny.us

Status: Signed into law Status Date: 09/08/2010

New York A.B. 3661
Dignity for All Students Act
Enacts the ''Dignity For All Students Act". Directs school trustees to establish (1) policies and procedures to create a school environment free of harassment and discrimination; (2) guidelines to be used in school training programs to discourage the development of discrimination or harassment, raise employee awareness and sensitivity to, and enable employees to respond to discrimination or harassment; (3) guidelines for the development of nondiscriminatory instructional and counseling methods, and requiring that at least one staff member in every school be thoroughly trained to handle human relations in the areas of race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion and religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender and sex. Directs the commissioner of education to (1) provide direction on preventing discrimination and harassment, which may include development of model policies; (2) provide grants to local school districts to help them implement the guidelines in this provision and (3) promulgate regulations, including but not limited to regulations to assist districts in developing measured, balanced and age-appropriate responses to violations of this policy, with remedies and procedures focusing on intervention and education. Directs the commissioner to create a process by which incidents of discrimination and harassment are reported to the state on at least an annual basis. Provides protections to those who report discrimination or harassment by an employee or student. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&bn=A3661&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
Status: Signed into law	Status Date: 09/08/2010