New York Assembly Bill A03752

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 1/30/25
• Refer: 1/30/25
• Refer: 1/7/26

Caption

Expands the monitoring of student incidents within the online occurrence reporting system to maintain and store data for the entirety of a student's elementary and secondary education, in order to allow school principals to identify repeated incidents of behavior and determine if additional support or intervention is needed.

Summary

A03752 would amend the New York City administrative code to expand how student incident reports are handled in the Department of Education’s online occurrence reporting system (OORS). The bill requires documented incidents involving individual students to be stored and maintained for the full span of a student’s elementary and secondary education, rather than only for a shorter period, and to remain accessible to school principals during that time. The bill also directs that incidents be tracked using students’ OSIS numbers to protect privacy, while allowing principals to be notified when the same student is involved in repeated incidents across schools or over time. The stated purpose is to help principals identify patterns of behavior and determine whether a student may need additional intervention, support, or other measures to promote safer and more inclusive school environments. The bill specifically references incidents such as bullying, harassment, intimidation, discrimination, and fighting, but is written broadly enough to cover other documented student behavior incidents as well.

Impact

If enacted, the bill would add a new section to the administrative code of the City of New York and require the Department of Education to maintain a long-term incident history in OORS for each student through grades K-12. It would expand principals’ access to prior incident records and require the system to flag matching OSIS numbers across separate incidents so current school leaders can see possible behavior patterns. The measure would affect NYC school recordkeeping practices, student discipline and intervention processes, and data-management obligations for the Department of Education.

Sentiment

The bill’s framing suggests generally supportive intent around school safety, student support, and early intervention, with an emphasis on helping principals respond to repeated misconduct and create more inclusive learning environments. No committee transcript or vote record is provided, so there is no direct evidence of formal support or opposition in the available materials. Based on the text alone, the proposal appears to be presented as a student-safety and administrative tool rather than a punitive measure.

Contention

The main potential point of contention is the balance between improved monitoring and student privacy or data retention concerns. Although the bill uses OSIS numbers to avoid exposing names, it still requires maintaining incident records for the entirety of a student’s K-12 education and sharing pattern information with principals, which could raise concerns about long-term tracking, stigmatization, or the use of disciplinary records in school decision-making. Another possible issue is whether the expanded reporting and storage requirements would impose additional administrative burdens on the Department of Education and schools.