The Dignity Act News
2023
- Memo: Guidance on Dignity for All Students Act & Education Law 2-d Online Report or Complaint Submission Forms (July)
- Creating a Safe, Supportive, and Affirming School Environment for Transgender and Gender Expansive Students: 2023 Legal Update and Best Practices (June)
2022
2021
- Understanding the CROWN ActÌý(°¿³¦³Ù´Ç²ú±ð°ù)
2020
- : Model training materials to assist districts in training school employees on a variety of topics, including the nature of harassment, bullying, and discrimination; how to identify such behavior; and school employees’ duties concerning the reporting, investigation, and documenting of alleged incidents of harassment, bullying, and discrimination. (originally posted in August 2016, updated in July 2020)
2019
- (October)
- Governor Cuomo signs into law the CROWN Act to amend the Dignity for All Students Act to make clear that discrimination based on race includes hairstyles and traits associated with race. (July)
2018
- Memo RE:ÌýRecent Amendments to Commissioner’s Regulation 100.2 (kk) (1) Regarding Reports of Incidents of Harassment, Bullying, and/or Discrimination Pursuant to the Dignity for All Students Act (June)
- Letter to Schools from State Education Commissioner Elia and Attorney General Schneiderman Reminding Schools that New York State Protects Transgender Students (February)
2017
- UPDATED: The New York State Dignity for All Students Act: A Resource and Promising Practices Guide for School Administrators & Faculty (December)
- Guidance on Rights of Immigrant Students and Dignity for All Students Act Students Act is Now Available in 20 Languages
- Memorandum from Jhone Ebert Senior Deputy Commissioner: Guidance and Resources to Combat Harassment, Bullying and Discrimination in Schools in Light of Recent Immigration-related Actions (February)
- Reminder from Attorney General Schneiderman and Education Commissioner Elia that New York State Protects Transgender StudentsÌý(¹ó±ð²ú°ù³Ü²¹°ù²â)
2016
- Addressing Bullying, Harassment, Intimidation, and Discrimination in our Schools: includes information on how to create a school environment where students are free to learn without fear of discrimination, harassment or intimidation (November)
- (August 21, 2016)
- Memorandum from NYS Education Department Assistant Commissioner, Renee Rider and NYS Office of the Attorney General Civil Rights Bureau Chief, Lourdes Rosado: Results of Statewide School District Survey and Guidance on Implementation (August)