Bill Text: NY A03131 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the viewing of photo or video footage captured by a camera installed inside a school bus, by a parent or guardian of a pupil, when such parent, guardian or pupil reports any incident of physical harm, harassment, intimidation or bullying occurring against the pupil while such pupil travelled on such school bus.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-23 - referred to education [A03131 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A03131-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3131

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 23, 2025
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SIMPSON, BRABENEC, DURSO, ANGELINO, GALLAHAN,
          WALSH, DeSTEFANO, BENDETT, HAWLEY -- read once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Education

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to providing for the
          viewing of footage captured  by  an  interior  school  bus  camera  in
          certain circumstances

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  3639
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  3639.  Access to school bus camera footage. 1. Each board of educa-
     4  tion or board of trustees shall adopt policies to allow for the  viewing
     5  of photo or video footage captured by a camera installed inside a school
     6  bus,  as  such  term  is defined in section one hundred forty-two of the
     7  vehicle and traffic law, by a parent or  guardian  of  a  pupil  who  is
     8  transported  to  and  from school or to and from school-sponsored activ-
     9  ities by such school bus, when such parent, guardian  or  pupil  reports
    10  any  incident  of  physical  harm,  harassment, intimidation or bullying
    11  occurring against the pupil while such pupil travelled  on  such  school
    12  bus.
    13    2.  The  policies adopted by each board of education or board of trus-
    14  tees shall require footage to be viewed under  the  supervision  of  the
    15  director  of  schools,  the  school principal or a school official. Such
    16  policies shall comply with  applicable  state  regulations  and  federal
    17  privacy  laws.    Such  policies may establish a process or timeframe by
    18  which a parent or guardian shall request access to  view  the  photo  or
    19  video footage in accordance with this section.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03751-01-5