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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S07719Strengthens protections against discrimination, harassment, and bullying based on actual or perceived immigration status, and to improve implementation and oversight under the Dignity for All Students Act.
Expands school protections and reporting requirements for incidents based on actual or perceived immigration status, including for mixed-status families, which limits school cooperation with immigration enforcement by reducing data-sharing risks and shielding students from related bullying or access
Acts of harassment and bullying shall include, but not be limited to, those acts based on a person's actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, immigration status, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender or sex.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends the Dignity for All Students Act to explicitly add 'immigration status' (including DACA, undocumented, mixed-status families) as a protected category against school harassment, bullying, and discrimination; requires dedicated coordinators, training, guidance, and disaggregated reporting with privacy safeguards. These provisions substantively restrict immigration enforcement in schools by creating barriers to data sharing or cooperation with federal authorities and protecting affected students, with no provisions on other tracked topics like firearms, transgender issues, or the
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