2. An age-appropriate version of the policy outlined in subdivision one of this section, written in plain-language, shall be included in the code of conduct adopted by boards of education and the trustees or sole trustee pursuant to section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter and a summary of such policy shall be included in any summaries required by such section twenty-eight hundred one.
New York School Discipline Laws & Regulations: Communication of Policy
New York School Discipline Laws & Regulations: Communication of Policy
Category: Codes of Conduct
Subcategory: Communication of Policy
State: New York
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LAWS
12. Discrimination and harassment prohibited.
13. Policies and guidelines.
The board of education and the trustees or sole trustee of every school district shall create policies, procedures and guidelines that shall include, but not be limited to:
1. Policies and procedures intended to create a school environment that is free from harassment, bullying and discrimination, that include but are not limited to provisions which:
k. require each school, at least once during each school year, to provide all school employees, students and parents with a written or electronic copy of the school district's policies created pursuant to this section, or a plain-language summary thereof, including notification of the process by which students, parents and school employees may report harassment, bullying and discrimination. This subdivision shall not be construed to require additional distribution of such policies and guidelines if they are otherwise distributed to school employees, students and parents;
l. maintain current versions of the school district's policies created pursuant to this section on the school district's internet website, if one exists.
2801. Codes of conduct on school property.
4. The board of education, chancellor or other governing body shall provide copies of a summary of the code of conduct to all students at a general assembly held at the beginning of the school year and shall make copies of the code available to persons in parental relation to students at the beginning of each school year, and shall mail a plain language summary of such code to all persons in parental relation to students before the beginning of each school year, and make it available thereafter upon request. The board of education, chancellor or other governing body shall take reasonable steps to ensure community awareness of the code provisions.
REGULATIONS
100.2 (l)(1). Policy on school conduct and discipline.
(i) On or before January 1, 1986 each school district shall adopt and implement a written policy on school conduct and discipline designed to promote responsible behavior, which policy, and any amendments thereto, shall remain in effect until the adoption of a code of conduct pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subdivision, at which time it shall be deemed to be superseded by such code of conduct. The City School District of the City of New York shall adopt and implement a separate written policy for each community school district and for Central Board-administered programs. Such a policy shall be developed locally in consultation with teachers, administrators, other school service professionals, students and parents and shall include:
(a) a bill of rights and responsibilities of students which focuses upon positive student behavior, and which shall be publicized and explained to all students on an annual basis;
(b) a discipline code for student behavior setting forth prohibited student conduct and the range of penalties which may be imposed for violation of such code, which shall be publicized and explained to all students and provided in writing to all parents on an annual basis. Such code shall describe the roles of teachers, administrators, board of education members, and parents.
100.2 (l)(2). Code of conduct.
(iii) Additional responsibilities.
(b) Each board of education and board of cooperative educational services shall ensure community awareness of its code of conduct by:
(1) posting the complete code of conduct, respectively, on the Internet website of the school or school district, or of the board of cooperative educational services, including any annual updates to the code made pursuant to clause (a) of this subparagraph and any other amendments to the code;
(2) providing copies of a summary of the code of conduct to all students, in an age-appropriate version, written in plain-language, at a school assembly to be held at the beginning of each school year;
(3) mailing a plain language summary of the code of conduct to all persons in parental relation to students before the beginning of each school year and making such summary available thereafter upon request;
(4) providing each teacher with a copy of the complete code of conduct and a copy of any amendments to the code as soon as practicable following initial adoption or amendment of the code, and providing new teachers with a complete copy of the current code upon their employment; and
(5) making complete copies available for review by students, parents or persons in parental relation to students, other school staff and other community members.
104.1. Pupil attendance recordkeeping.
(i)(4) Each board of education, board of cooperative educational services, charter school board, county vocational education and extension board, and nonpublic school shall promote necessary community awareness of its comprehensive attendance policy by:
(i) providing a plain language summary of the policy to the parents or persons in parental relation to students at the beginning of each school year and taking such other steps deemed necessary to promote the understanding of such policy by students and their parents or persons in parental relation;
(ii) providing each teacher with a copy of the policy and any amendments thereto as soon as practicable following initial adoption or amendment of the policy, and providing new teachers with a copy of the policy upon their employment; and
(iii) making copies of the policy available to any other member of the community upon request.