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In addition to conducting an investigation into the allegations, Rep. The Act protects New York students while promoting increased tolerance and lessons in diversity, and provides broad and meaningful protections for all students against harassment based on a person's actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, or sex. The Dignity for All Students Act, which was signed into law on Septemis New York's first comprehensive statewide anti-bullying legislation and stands as a powerful tool against discrimination and harassment in public elementary and secondary schools.
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Last November, Attorney General Schneiderman’s Civil Rights Bureau launched an investigation after receiving complaints that Jewish students enrolled in the Pine Bush Central School District - which covers seven townships located in Ulster, Sullivan and Orange Counties – were subjected to pervasive harassment and discrimination.
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Building on the investigation that the Attorney General’s Civil Rights Bureau has been conducting, we are committed to ensuring a full state, federal and local response that both addresses this matter and protects students across our state from hate and anti-Semitism.” These allegations, lodged by students in the Pine Bush Central School District and their families are deeply troubling. Schools should be a safe haven for students to learn and grow, not a place of hatred and persecution. We will not turn a blind eye to instances of bullying that leave physical or psychological scars on children of all ages. “School students must be protected from illegal bullying and discrimination regardless of their faith or their religious practices. Representative Maloney and Attorney General Schneiderman issued the following joint statement: Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) today warned that violation of laws that prohibit discrimination and harassment will not be tolerated, and pledged to pursue a full state and federal response to the allegations of bullying and pervasive harassment of and discrimination against Jewish students in the Pine Bush Central School District. NEW YORK - Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and U.S.