Text of NY S 3718 (2004)

Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie Assembly Members Legislative Info Public Hearings Speaker's Press Assembly Reports Committees & More Bill Search Home Laws Legislative Calendar Public Hearing Schedule Assembly Calendars Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: Summary Actions Floor Votes Memo Text S03718 Summary: BILL NOS03718 SAME ASNo same as SPONSOROPPENHEIMER COSPNSRANDREWS, BRESLIN, BROWN, DILAN, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUGER, MONTGOMERY, ONORATO, PARKER,SAMPSON, SMITH A, SMITH M, STACHOWSKI MLTSPNSR Amd S356, Ed L Amends provisions regarding prescriptions for and supervision over student housing and safety by councils of SUNY state-operated institutions: provides that councils shall (in prescribing for and exercising supervision over student housing and safety) explicitly provide for training for campus security and other institutional personnel, including campus disciplinary or judicial boards, that addresses issues of rape, sexual harassment and other gender-motivated offenses; the development of support services and programs, including medical or psychological counseling, specifically targeted to assist victims of rape or other gender-related offenses; the creation, dissemination and provision of assistance and information about options available to such victims regarding the bringing of disciplinary or other legal action; and implementation of rape education and prevention programs; defines gender-motivated offense.Go to top S03718 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3718 2003-2004 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 1, 2003 ___________ Introduced by Sens. OPPENHEIMER, ANDREWS, BRESLIN, BROWN, DILAN, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUGER, MONTGOMERY, ONORATO, PARKER, SAMPSON, A. SMITH, M. SMITH, STACHOWSKI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the powers and duties regarding student housing and safety of councils of state-operated institutions The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph h of subdivision 3 of section 356 of the educa- 2 tion law, as amended by chapter 552 of the laws of 1985, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 h. prescribe for and exercise supervision over student housing and 5 safety including explicitly providing for (1) training for campus secu- 6 rity and other institution personnel, including campus disciplinary or 7 judicial boards, that addresses issues of rape, sexual harassment, and 8 other gender-motivated offenses; (2) the development of support services 9 and programs, including medical or psychological counseling, specif- 10 ically targeted to assist victims recovering from rape or other gender- 11 motivated offenses; (3) the creation, dissemination, and provision of 12 assistance and information about options available on and off-campus to 13 victims of rape or other gender-motivated offenses to bring disciplinary 14 or other legal action; and (4) implementation of rape education and 15 prevention programs, including mandatory orientation on such topics for 16 incoming students, regular workshops and symposia for current students, 17 faculty and staff, and peer education programs on rape and other 18 gender-motivated offenses. For the purpose of this paragraph, "gender- 19 motivated offense" means any conduct that harasses, intimidates or 20 otherwise injures a person that is motivated, at least in part, by such 21 person's sex, sexual orientation, or perceived sexual orientation, 22 regardless of whether such conduct constitutes a crime under the law of 23 this state; 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06177-01-3 Go to top Sitemap Request Information Directions and Maps