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A 7700: Requires schools report certain threats and acts of violence to the federal bureau of investigation, the state police, and the office of mental health.
What A 7700 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed law aims to improve school safety in New York by requiring schools to report certain threats and acts of violence to the federal authorities, state police, and the Office of Mental Health. Schools must establish policies and procedures for responding to implied or direct threats of violence by students, teachers, and visitors, including reporting such threats to the relevant authorities. The law also requires schools to consider zero-tolerance policies for school violence and report acts of violence to the authorities. The law takes effect on July 1st, and schools are authorized to make necessary rule changes before its effective date.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to education (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7700
- What is the current status of A 7700?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7700 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to education".
- Did A 7700 pass?
- Not yet. A 7700 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7700, and where is it now?
- A 7700 was authored by Asm. Steve Stern with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Education.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to education |
| Apr. 08, 2025 | referred to education |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 8, 2025 · 362 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7700 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STERN, K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring schools report certain threats and acts of violence to the federal bureau of investigations, the state police, and the office of mental health The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 2 of section 2801-a of 2 the education law, as amended by chapter 525 of the laws of 2019, are 3 amended to read as follows: 4 a. policies and procedures for responding to implied or direct threats 5 of violence by students, teachers, other school personnel including bus 6 drivers and monitors, as well as visitors to the school, including 7 threats by students against themselves, which for the purposes of this 8 section shall include suicide, including, but not limited to, reporting 9 such implied or direct threats of violence to the federal bureau of 10 investigations, the state police, and the office of mental health; 11 b. policies and procedures for responding to acts of violence by 12 students, teachers, other school personnel including bus drivers and 13 monitors, as well as visitors to the school, including consideration of 14 zero-tolerance policies for school violence, including, but not limited 15 to, reporting such acts of violence to the federal bureau of investi- 16 gations, the state police, and the office of mental health; 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 18 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the 19 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 20 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 21 to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04334-01-5
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