Bill Text: NY A05839 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to higher education [A05839 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05839-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5839
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 16, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- 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:
     1    Section  1. Section 6433 of the education law, as added by chapter 597
     2  of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 6433. Campus crime reporting and statistics.  1. Each  college  that
     4  receives state aid shall indicate in their campus catalog, student hand-
     5  book  and  viewbook  how  to access the campus crime statistics that are
     6  filed annually  with  the  United  States  Department  of  Education  as
     7  required  under  Title 20 of the U.S. Code Section 1092(f). Every campus
     8  catalog, student handbook and viewbook shall state  that  "The  Advisory
     9  Committee  on  Campus  Safety will provide upon request all campus crime
    10  statistics as reported to the United States Department of Education."
    11    The information in the campus catalog, student handbook  and  viewbook
    12  shall  include  the  United  States  Department  of Education's web site
    13  address for campus crime statistics and a  campus  phone  number  for  a
    14  designated  college  campus  contact  who  is authorized to provide such
    15  statistics for that college. Whenever an individual requests such campus
    16  crime statistics, the college shall provide a hard copy  mailed  to  the
    17  individual  within  ten  days  of  the request and that information will
    18  include all of the statistics that the campus is required  to  ascertain
    19  under Title 20 of the U.S. Code Section 1092(f).
    20    2.  The  president  or  chief  administrative  officer of each college
    21  shall, working with the advisory committee on campus safety, take  steps
    22  to  inform  students  and  prospective  students of the existence of the
    23  campus crime statistics on an annual basis and other campus safety poli-
    24  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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     1    3. The president or administrative  officer  of  each  SUNY  and  CUNY
     2  institution shall appoint or designate an employee with at least a bach-
     3  elor's degree in nursing, psychology or social work who shall be respon-
     4  sible  for coordinating compliance with title IX of the Education Amend-
     5  ments  of  1972  (20 U.S.C. section 1681, et.  seq.) and title 20 of the
     6  U.S. Code Section 1092(f), and creating  and/or  managing  a  searchable
     7  database  cataloguing  the  status  of all complaints, reviews, investi-
     8  gations, and resolutions brought to such institution's  attention  under
     9  these  provisions.  Such database shall be made available on the student
    10  life web page of every SUNY and CUNY institution, and shall be  accessi-
    11  ble  by an active link from such institution's home page between Septem-
    12  ber first and May first of each year.
    13    4. The chancellor of the state university of New York shall develop  a
    14  standardized, anonymous survey of incidences of on-campus sexual assault
    15  that shall be distributed to each SUNY institution and shall be adminis-
    16  tered  by such institutions each mid-semester.  For the purposes of this
    17  subdivision, "sexual assault" shall mean any sex offense in article  one
    18  hundred thirty of the penal law.
    19    5.  The  chancellor of the city university of New York shall develop a
    20  standardized, anonymous survey of incidences of on-campus sexual assault
    21  that shall be distributed to each CUNY institution and shall be adminis-
    22  tered by such institutions each mid-semester.  For the purposes of  this
    23  subdivision,  "sexual assault" shall mean any sex offense in article one
    24  hundred thirty of the penal law.
    25    6. Failure of a SUNY or CUNY institution to comply with the provisions
    26  of this section shall result in the  suspension  of  administrative  and
    27  operations  funds contributed by the state provided, however, that in no
    28  case shall such suspension result in a reduction or in  any  way  affect
    29  the  portion of such institution's budget allocated for student services
    30  and all faculty salary.
    31    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    32  have become a law.