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N.Y. Education Law § 1130: Notification by district attorney

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  1. Education Law
  2. Title 1. General Provisions Article 1 Short Title and Definitions (§§
  3. Article 23-B. Child Abuse In an Educational Setting

§ 1130. Notification by district attorney. Where a criminal

investigation of an allegation of child abuse by an employee or

volunteer is undertaken in response to a report forwarded by a school

administrator or superintendent to law enforcement authorities pursuant

to section eleven hundred twenty-eight of this article, and where law

enforcement authorities have provided such report to the district

attorney and have requested assistance, as soon as practicable, it shall

be the responsibility of the district attorney to notify the

superintendent of schools of the district where the acts of child abuse

allegedly occurred and of the school district where the child is

attending, if different, of an indictment or the filing of an accusatory

instrument against the employee or volunteer against whom an allegation

of child abuse in an educational setting was made. The district attorney

shall notify the superintendent of schools of the district where the

acts of child abuse allegedly occurred and of the school district, if

different, where the child is attending of the disposition of the

criminal case against such employee or volunteer or the suspension or

termination of the criminal investigation of such employee or volunteer.

The aforementioned notifications to the superintendent of schools shall

be made to the appropriate school administrator where the acts of child

abuse allegedly occurred in a school other than a school district or

public school.

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