N.Y. Education Law § 15: Reporting by commissioner

§ 15. Reporting by commissioner. The commissioner shall create a

procedure under which material incidents of harassment, bullying and

discrimination on school grounds or at a school function are reported to

the department at least on an annual basis. Such procedure shall provide

that such reports shall, wherever possible, also delineate the specific

nature of such incidents of harassment, bullying and discrimination,

provided that the commissioner may comply with the requirements of this

section through use of the existing uniform violent incident reporting

system. In addition the department may conduct research or undertake

studies to determine compliance throughout the state with the provisions

of this article.