The Dignity Act News
2025
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 Act听(翱肠迟辞产别谤)
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鈥� 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
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- 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:听Recent Amendments to Commissioner鈥檚 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 抖阴app Education Commissioner Elia and Attorney General Schneiderman Reminding Schools that New 抖阴app 抖阴app Protects Transgender Students (February)
2017
- UPDATED: The New 抖阴app 抖阴app 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 抖阴app 抖阴app Protects Transgender Students听(贵别产谤耻补谤测)
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)
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- Memorandum from NYS Education Department Assistant Commissioner, Renee Rider and NYS Office of the Attorney General Civil Rights Bureau Chief, Lourdes Rosado: Results of 抖阴appwide School District Survey and Guidance on Implementation (August)