2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 23-B - Child Abuse in an Educational Setting › 1132 - Duties of the Commissioner; Child Abuse in an Educational Setting.

§  1132.  Duties  of  the  commissioner; child abuse in an educational
  setting. 1. The commissioner shall prepare a form for the recording  and
  transmitting  of  allegations  of child abuse in an educational setting.
  Such form shall include: (i) all definitions set out in  section  eleven
  hundred  twenty-five  of  this  article; and (ii) adequate space for the
  inclusion of any other information which the person making or filing the
  report believes  would  be  helpful  in  describing  or  explaining  the
  circumstances surrounding an allegation of child abuse in an educational
  setting in accordance with the provisions of this article.
2.  The  commissioner  shall  promulgate  rules  and  regulations  for
  training necessary for the implementation of this article  provided  all
  employees specifically described in section eleven hundred twenty-six of
  this  article  shall  be  required to complete training pursuant to such
  rules and regulations.  Such  training  shall  include,  at  a  minimum,
  information  regarding  the  physical and behavioral indicators of child
  abuse and maltreatment and the statutory reporting requirements set  out
  in  sections  four hundred thirteen, four hundred fourteen, four hundred
  fifteen, four hundred sixteen,  four  hundred  seventeen,  four  hundred
  eighteen,  four  hundred  nineteen and four hundred twenty of the social
  services law, including but not limited to, when and how a  report  must
  be  made,  what  other actions the reporter is mandated or authorized to
  take, the legal protections afforded reporters, and the consequences for
  failing to report.
3. All persons employed on or after July first, two thousand  nineteen
  by  a  school,  other than a school district or public school, in titles
  equivalent to a teacher or administrator as defined in  the  regulations
  of  the  commissioner, and any school bus driver employed by a school or
  any  person  or  entity  that  contracts  with  a  school   to   provide
  transportation  services  to  children shall be required to complete two
  hours  of  coursework  or  training  regarding  the  identification  and
  reporting  of  child  abuse and maltreatment. The coursework or training
  shall be obtained from an institution or provider that has been approved
  by the department to provide such coursework or training. The coursework
  or  training  shall  include  information  regarding  the  physical  and
  behavioral  indicators of child abuse and maltreatment and the statutory
  reporting requirements set out in sections four hundred thirteen through
  four hundred twenty of  the  social  services  law,  including  but  not
  limited  to,  when and how a report must be made, what other actions the
  reporter is mandated  or  authorized  to  take,  the  legal  protections
  afforded  reporters,  and  the  consequences for failing to report. Each
  employee in such titles shall provide the school  administrator  of  the
  school  with documentation showing that he or she completed the required
  training. In addition, each school bus driver shall provide such  school
  or  contracting  person  or entity with documentation showing that he or
  she completed the required training. The department shall be  authorized
  to  request  such  records on a periodic basis and may publish a list of
  any persons or schools who are not in compliance with  this  subdivision
  on its website.
4. The coursework or training required by this section shall not apply
  to  those  persons  already  required  to undergo coursework or training
  regarding  the  identification  and  reporting  of   child   abuse   and
  maltreatment  pursuant  to  sections  three  thousand  three  and  three
  thousand four of this chapter.