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S7988 • 2025

Relates to retention of records relating to certain acts of alleged misconduct

Relates to retention of records relating to certain acts of alleged misconduct

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Sponsor
Shelley Mayer
Last action
2026-06-05
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to retention of records relating to certain acts of alleged misconduct

Relates to retention of records relating to certain acts of alleged misconduct Relates to retention of records relating to certain acts of alleged misconduct for the duration of the statute of limitations.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to retention of records relating to certain acts of alleged misconduct Relates to retention of records relating to certain acts of alleged misconduct for the duration of the statute of limitations.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-05 Senate

    COMMITTED TO RULES

  2. 2026-05-21 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  3. 2026-05-20 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. 2026-05-19 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.1178

  5. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

  6. 2025-06-13 Senate

    COMMITTED TO RULES

  7. 2025-06-04 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  8. 2025-05-29 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  9. 2025-05-28 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.1404

  10. 2025-05-15 Senate

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

Official Summary Text

Relates to retention of records relating to certain acts of alleged misconduct
Relates to retention of records relating to certain acts of alleged misconduct for the duration of the statute of limitations.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7988

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 15, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  retaining  records
          relating to certain acts of alleged misconduct

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1128-a of the  education  law,  as
     2  added by chapter 180 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
     3    2. A report which is made pursuant to this article and does not, after
     4  investigation,  result  in  a criminal conviction shall be expunged from
     5  any record which may be kept by a school or school district with respect
     6  to the subject of such a report after a period of five  years  from  the
     7  date  of  the  making  of  such  report  or at such earlier time as such
     8  school, or school district, as the case  may  be,  determines,  PROVIDED
     9  THAT  SUCH  SCHOOL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY RETAIN SUCH RECORDS RELATED TO
    10  ALLEGED MISCONDUCT COVERED BY PARAGRAPH  (F)  OF  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF
    11  SECTION  30.10  OF  THE  CRIMINAL  PROCEDURE  LAW  OR SUBDIVISION (B) OF
    12  SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHT OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND  RULES  FOR  THE
    13  DURATION OF THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13073-01-5