ยง 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.
Structure New York Laws
Article 23-B - Child Abuse in an Educational Setting
1127 - Confidentiality of Records.
1128-A - Additional Duties of School Administrators and Superintendents.
1129 - Penalties for Failure to Comply.
1130 - Notification by District Attorney.
1131 - Actions Upon Criminal Conviction of a Licensed or Certified School Employee.
1132 - Duties of the Commissioner; Child Abuse in an Educational Setting.