New York Assembly Bill A09687 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9687  IN ASSEMBLY April 3, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting students from possessing cellphones during classroom instruction The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 2801 of the educa- 2 tion law, as amended by chapter 380 of the laws of 2001, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 a. provisions regarding conduct, dress and language deemed appropriate 5 and acceptable on school property, including a school function, and 6 conduct, dress and language deemed unacceptable and inappropriate on 7 school property, including a school function, and provisions regarding 8 acceptable civil and respectful treatment of teachers, school adminis- 9 trators, other school personnel, students and visitors on school proper- 10 ty, including a school function, including the appropriate range of 11 disciplinary measures which may be imposed for violation of such code, 12 and the roles of teachers, administrators, other school personnel, the 13 board of education and parents, and provisions prohibiting students from 14 possessing cellphones during classroom instruction; 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 16 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the 17 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 18 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 19 to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11824-02-3