Int 1638-2017
Requiring the DOE to report on gay-straight or gender-sexuality alliance organizations.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Educationintroduced 2017-06-06Local Law 2017/231
Enacted as Local Law 2017/231.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2017-06-06Passed: 2017-12-01Enacted: 2017-12-01
Summary
This bill would require the DOE to report, for each middle and high school, whether such school has a gay-straight alliance or gender-sexuality alliance (GSA); the number of teachers and administrators who have received trainings related to supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning and gender non-conforming (LGBTQGNC) students; and a narrative description of the training offered by the department to support LGBTQGNC students, including whether any such training includes training related to GSAs.
Committee on Education — Department of Education, School Construction Authority, and charter schools.
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Sponsors (12)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2017-06-06 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2017-06-06 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-09-14 · Committee on Education
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2017-09-14 · Committee on Education
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-10-30 · Committee on Education
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2017-10-30 · Committee on Education
ActionAmended by Committee
2017-10-30 · Committee on Education
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2017-10-30 · Committee on Education
AdvancedApproved by Council
2017-10-31 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2017-10-31 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Mayor
2017-11-20 · Mayor
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2017-12-01 · City Council
Votes (67)
Aye (57)
Vanessa L. GibsonMelissa Mark-ViveritoBrad S. LanderCarlos MenchacaDeborah L. RoseBen KallosPaul A. ValloneJames G. Van BramerJumaane D. WilliamsCosta G. ConstantinidesJoseph C. BorelliMargaret S. ChinAndrew CohenRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Daniel Dromm Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.Mathieu EugeneDaniel R. GarodnickVincent J. GentileBarry S. GrodenchikCorey D. JohnsonPeter A. KooRory I. LancmanStephen T. LevinMark LevineAlan N. MaiselSteven MatteoRosie MendezI. Daneek MillerBill PerkinsDonovan J. RichardsYdanis A. RodriguezHelen K. RosenthalRafael Salamanca, Jr.Ritchie J. TorresMark TreygerInez D. BarronDarlene MealyAnnabel PalmaKaren KoslowitzAntonio ReynosoEric A. UlrichJames VaccaAndy L. KingVincent J. GentileBen KallosMargaret S. ChinDeborah L. RoseInez D. BarronMark LevineAlan N. MaiselAntonio ReynosoMark TreygerYdanis A. RodriguezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Daniel R. GarodnickDaniel Dromm
Nay (2)
Chaim M. DeutschChaim M. Deutsch
Abstain (1)
David G. Greenfield
Absent (5)
Elizabeth S. CrowleyJulissa Ferreras-CopelandFernando Cabrera Andy L. KingHelen K. Rosenthal
Not voting (1)
Stephen T. Levin
Excused (1)
Laurie A. Cumbo
Heard at (5)
City Council · 2017-10-31 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Education · 2017-10-30 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Education · 2017-09-14 · 1:00 PM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Education · 2017-09-12 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2017-06-06 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (19)
- Summary of Int. No. 1638-A
- Summary of Int. No. 1638
- Int. No. 1638
- June 6, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Committee Report 9/14/17
- Hearing Testimony 9/14/17
- Hearing Transcript 9/14/17
- Proposed Int. No. 1638-A - 10/30/17
- Committee Report 10/30/17
- Hearing Testimony 10/30/17
- Hearing Transcript 10/30/17
- October 31, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Committee Report - Stated Meeting
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-31-17
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Int. No. 1638-A (FINAL)
- Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
- Local Law 231
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 31, 2017
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new chapter 14 to title 21-A to read as follows:
Chapter 14. Reporting on GSAs
� 21-976 Reporting on GSAs. a. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
GSA. The term "GSA" means student-led groups that focus on issues of sexual and gender orientation, including but not limited to, combating homophobia and transphobia. These groups are commonly referred to as gay-straight alliances or gender-sexuality alliances.
LGBTQGNC training. The term "LGBTQGNC training" means training or professional development provided by the department that relates to supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning and gender non-conforming students.
School. The term "school" means a school of the city school district of
the city of New York that contains any combination of grades from grade six up to and including grade twelve.
b. No later than June 1, 2019, and annually thereafter on or before June 1, the department shall submit to the council and post online a report for the current academic year regarding the status of GSAs at each school. The report shall contain the following information for each school:
1. Whether such school has a GSA;
2. The number of teachers at such school that have received LGBTQGNC training;
3. The number of administrators, including the principal, at such school that have received LGBTQGNC training; and
4. A narrative description of the LGBTQGNC training offered to teachers and administrators, including whether any such training includes training related to GSAs.
c. No information that is otherwise required to be reported pursuant to this section shall be reported in a manner that would violate any applicable provision of federal, state or local law relating to the privacy of student information or that would conflict with the interests of law enforcement or the safety of students.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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