2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 55 - Regulation by Boards of Education of Conduct on School District Property › 2801 - Codes of Conduct on School Property.

§  2801.  Codes of conduct on school property. 1. For purposes of this
  section, school property means in or  within  any  building,  structure,
  athletic playing field, playground, parking lot or land contained within
  the  real  property  boundary  line  of a public elementary or secondary
  school; or in or on a school bus, as  defined  in  section  one  hundred
  forty-two  of  the  vehicle and traffic law; and a school function shall
  mean a school-sponsored or school-authorized extra-curricular  event  or
  activity  regardless  of  where  such  event  or  activity  takes place,
  including any event or activity that may take place in another state.
2. The board of education or the trustees, as defined in  section  two
  of  this  chapter,  of  every  school district within the state, however
  created, and every board of cooperative educational services and  county
  vocational  extension  board,  shall  adopt and amend, as appropriate, a
  code of conduct  for  the  maintenance  of  order  on  school  property,
  including a school function, which shall govern the conduct of students,
  teachers  and  other  school  personnel  as  well  as visitors and shall
  provide for the enforcement thereof. Such policy may be adopted  by  the
  school  board  or  trustees  only after at least one public hearing that
  provides for the participation of school  personnel,  parents,  students
  and any other interested parties. Such code of conduct shall include, at
  a minimum:
a. provisions regarding conduct, dress and language deemed appropriate
  and  acceptable  on  school  property,  including a school function, and
  conduct, dress and language deemed  unacceptable  and  inappropriate  on
  school  property,  including a school function, and provisions regarding
  acceptable  civil  and  respectful   treatment   of   teachers,   school
  administrators,  other school personnel, students and visitors on school
  property, including a school function, including the  appropriate  range
  of  disciplinary  measures  which  may  be imposed for violation of such
  code, and the roles of teachers, administrators, other school personnel,
  the board of education and parents;
b. standards and procedures to assure security and safety of  students
  and school personnel;
c.  provisions  for  the  removal  from  the classroom and from school
  property, including a school function, of students and other persons who
  violate the code;
d. disciplinary measures  to  be  taken  in  incidents  involving  the
  possession  or use of illegal substances or weapons, the use of physical
  force, vandalism,  violation  of  another  student's  civil  rights  and
  threats of violence;
e. provisions for detention, suspension and removal from the classroom
  of students, consistent with section thirty-two hundred fourteen of this
  chapter  and  other  applicable  federal, state and local laws including
  provisions  for  the  school  authorities  to  establish  policies   and
  procedures  to ensure the provision of continued educational programming
  and activities for  students  removed  from  the  classroom,  placed  in
  detention, or suspended from school;
f. procedures by which violations are reported, determined, discipline
  measures imposed and discipline measures carried out;
g.  provisions  ensuring  such code and the enforcement thereof are in
  compliance with  state  and  federal  laws  relating  to  students  with
  disabilities;
h.  provisions  setting  forth  the  procedures  by  which  local  law
  enforcement  agencies  shall  be  notified  of  code  violations   which
  constitute a crime;
i.  provisions setting forth the circumstances under and procedures by
  which persons in parental relation to the student shall be  notified  of
  code violations;
j.  provisions setting forth the circumstances under and procedures by
  which a complaint in criminal court, a juvenile delinquency petition  or
  person  in need of supervision petition as defined in articles three and
  seven of the family court act will be filed;
k. circumstances under and procedures by which referral to appropriate
  human service agencies shall be made;
l.  a  minimum  suspension  period,  for  students  who repeatedly are
  substantially disruptive of the  educational  process  or  substantially
  interfere with the teacher's authority over the classroom, provided that
  the  suspending authority may reduce such period on a case by case basis
  to be consistent with any other state and federal law. For  purposes  of
  this   section,   the   definition   of  "repeatedly  are  substantially
  disruptive" shall be determined in accordance with  the  regulations  of
  the commissioner;
m.  a  minimum suspension period for acts that would qualify the pupil
  to be defined as a violent pupil pursuant to paragraph a of  subdivision
  two-a  of  section thirty-two hundred fourteen of this chapter, provided
  that the suspending authority may reduce such period on a case  by  case
  basis to be consistent with any other state and federal law; and
n. provisions to comply with article two of this chapter.
* 3.  The district code of conduct shall be developed in collaboration
  with student, teacher, administrator, and parent  organizations,  school
  safety personnel and other school personnel and shall be approved by the
  board of education, or other governing body, or by the chancellor of the
  city school district in the case of the city school district of the city
  of  New  York. In the city school district of the city of New York, each
  community district education council shall be authorized  to  adopt  and
  implement  additional  policies,  which  are  consistent  with  the city
  district's district-wide code of  conduct,  to  reflect  the  individual
  needs  of  each  community school district provided that such additional
  policies shall require the approval of the chancellor.
* NB Effective until June 30, 2026
* 3. The district code of conduct shall be developed in  collaboration
  with  student,  teacher, administrator, and parent organizations, school
  safety personnel and other school personnel and shall be approved by the
  board of education, or other governing body, or by the chancellor of the
  city school district in the case of the city school district of the city
  of New York. In the city school district of the city of New  York,  each
  community  school  district  board  shall  be  authorized  to  adopt and
  implement additional  policies,  which  are  consistent  with  the  city
  district's  district-wide  code  of  conduct,  to reflect the individual
  needs of each community school district provided  that  such  additional
  policies shall require the approval of the chancellor.
* NB Effective June 30, 2026
4.  The  board  of education, chancellor or other governing body shall
  provide copies of a summary of the code of conduct to all students at  a
  general assembly held at the beginning of the school year and shall make
  copies of the code available to persons in parental relation to students
  at  the  beginning  of each school year, and shall mail a plain language
  summary of such code to all persons in  parental  relation  to  students
  before  the  beginning  of  each  school  year,  and  make  it available
  thereafter upon request. The board of  education,  chancellor  or  other
  governing body shall take reasonable steps to ensure community awareness
  of the code provisions.
5. a. The board of education, chancellor or other governing body shall
  annually review and update the district's codes of conduct if necessary,
  taking  into  consideration the effectiveness of code provisions and the
  fairness and consistency of its administration. Each school district  is

  authorized  to establish a committee and to facilitate the review of the
  code  of  conduct  and  the  district's  response  to  code  of  conduct
  violations. Any such committee shall be comprised of similar individuals
  described  in  subdivision  three  of  this  section.  The school board,
  chancellor, or other governing body shall  reapprove  any  such  updated
  code  only  after  at  least  one  public  hearing that provides for the
  participation of school  personnel,  parents,  students  and  any  other
  interested parties.
b.  Each  district  shall file a copy of its codes of conduct with the
  commissioner and all amendments to such code shall  be  filed  with  the
  commissioner no later than thirty days after their adoption.