Requires institutions of higher education make available their policy on notifying the parent, guardian, or emergency contact of a student under twenty-one of certain controlled substance or alcohol violations, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  3390--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on Higher Education --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring each insti-
   tution of higher education to make publicly available  its  policy  on
   notifying  the  parent,  guardian,  or  emergency contact of a student
   under twenty-one years old of certain controlled substance or  alcohol
   violations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 "Beau's law".
   §  2.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 6438-d to
 read as follows:
   § 6438-D. NOTIFICATION OF ALCOHOL OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE  VIOLATIONS.
 1.  EVERY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL MAKE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE
 ITS POLICY ON NOTIFYING A PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR EMERGENCY  CONTACT  OF  A
 VIOLATION  BY  A  STUDENT  UNDER  THE  AGE  OF TWENTY-ONE FOR THE USE OR
 POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL OR A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.   SUCH  VIOLATIONS  MAY
 INCLUDE  BUT  SHALL  NOT  BE LIMITED TO, RULE INFRACTIONS, VIOLATIONS OF
 FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAW, OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OR ALCOHOL RELATED
 HOSPITALIZATIONS OR OVERDOSES.
   2. ALL INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL CONDUCT REGULAR TRAINING
 ON THE PROVISIONS OF THE FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY  ACT  (20
 U.S.C. § 1232G; 34 CFR PART 99) RELATED TO HEALTH AND SAFETY EMERGENCIES
 AND  ITS  IMPACT  ON  SUCH  INSTITUTIONS' RESPONSE TO STUDENT ALCOHOL OR
 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE RELATED HOSPITALIZATIONS OR OVERDOSES. THESE TRAIN-
 INGS SHALL BE CONDUCTED FOR RELEVANT ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF AS IDENTI-
 FIED BY THE INSTITUTION.  SUCH INSTITUTIONS MAY SET THE  TIME  INTERVALS
 AND PARAMETERS FOR SUCH TRAININGS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02969-03-5
 S. 3390--A                          2
 
   §  3.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.