A 8827: Requires the school of a child who has their parent, guardian, or other person legally charged with the care or custody of such child arrested or whose house has been visited by police be informed of such arrest or visitation and the school establish procedures to best help such child.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8827 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY June 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the executive law and the education law, in relation to requiring the school of a child who has their parent, guardian, or other person legally charged with the care or custody of such child arrested or whose house has been visited by police be informed of such arrest or visitation and the school establish procedures to best help such child The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 214-i of the executive law, as added by chapter 648 2 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 214-i. Child-sensitive [arrests] police interactions. The super- 4 intendent, in consultation with the office of children and family 5 services and the division of criminal justice services, shall develop, 6 maintain and disseminate to all members of the state police, including 7 new and veteran officers, written policies and procedures, regarding 8 child-sensitive [arrest] police interaction practices. Such policies and 9 procedures shall ensure the identification and safety of a child less 10 than eighteen years old when such child's parent, guardian, or other 11 person legally charged with the care or custody of such child is 12 arrested or is interacting with a state police officer at such child's 13 home. Such policies and procedures shall include, but not be limited to: 14 (a) procedures to ensure that state police officers inquire and docu- 15 ment whether an arrestee is the parent, guardian or person legally 16 charged with the care or custody of a child; 17 (b) procedures to allow for the arrangement of temporary care for the 18 child of an arrested parent, guardian or other person legally charged 19 with the care or custody of such child to ensure such child's safety and 20 well-being, which may include allowing the arrested parent, guardian or EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06975-02-5 
 A. 8827 2 1 other person legally charged with the care or custody of such child to 2 place additional phone calls to arrange for child care; 3 (c) education on how witnessing violence causes emotional harm to 4 children and how law enforcement can assist in minimizing the impact of 5 such harm; [and] 6 (d) information on the availability of access to community-based 7 providers of crisis intervention, child protection and other supportive 8 resources that could aid the child of an arrested parent, guardian or 9 other person legally charged with the care or custody of such child[.]; 10 (e) procedures to ensure that designated school personnel are informed 11 of the arrest of a parent, guardian or person legally charged with the 12 care or custody of a child who attends the school; and 13 (f) procedures to ensure that designated school personnel are informed 14 when a state police officer visits a child who attends the school's 15 home. 16 § 2. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding two new 17 subdivisions 63 and 64 to read as follows: 18 63. The commissioner shall require each school district provide trauma 19 sensitive intervention training to all school employees. Such training 20 shall be developed by the commissioner and shall include procedures to 21 alert appropriate school staff of a child's exposure to violence. 22 64. The commissioner shall require each school district to designate 23 certain personnel to be informed of the arrest of a parent, guardian or 24 person legally charged with the care or custody of a child who attends 25 the school and when a state police officer visits a child who attends 26 the school's home. Upon a school district being made aware of such 27 arrest or such visitation, the teachers and counselors of such child 28 shall be made aware of the arrest or visitation and shall observe the 29 child for behavioral and academic changes using trauma sensitive inter- 30 ventions where appropriate. Where a teacher notices changes in the 31 child's behavior or academic performance, they shall refer the student 32 to the school's counselor who shall assess the child's needs to deter- 33 mine if counseling/services are needed and make a recommendation to the 34 child's parent, guardian or person legally charged with the care or 35 custody of a child. 36 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 37 the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however, that if 38 chapter 648 of the laws of 2024 shall not have taken effect on or before 39 such date then this act shall take effect on the same date and in the 40 same manner as such chapter of the laws of 2024 takes effect. Effective 41 immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regu- 42 lation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective 43 date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective 44 date.