Dignity for All Students Act(DASA)
Dignity for All Students Act (DASA)
The Dignity for All Students Act applies to behavior on school property (including athletic fields, playgrounds and parking lots), in school buildings, on a school bus/vehicle, as well as at school-sponsored events or activities.
According to the law, “the legislature finds that students’ ability to learn and to meet high academic standards, and a school’s ability to educate its students, are compromised by incidents of discrimination or harassment including bullying, taunting or intimidation.”
The law is intended to protect students from discrimination or harassment through “conduct, verbal threats, intimidation or abuse based on a person’s actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender or sex.”
The law also includes protection of people who report discrimination or harassment.
Dignity for All Students Act Coordinators:
Hilton High School - Michael LeGault, Assistant Principal, (585) 392-1000, ext. 2300
Merton Williams Middle School - Christina Wallace, Assistant Principal, (585) 392-1000, ext. 3097
Northwood Elementary School - Sadie Beeman, Assistant Principal, (585) 392-1000, ext. 4522
Quest Elementary School - Valerie Pond, School Counselor, (585) 392-1000, ext 6119
Village Elementary School - Caitlin Law, Assistant Principal, (585) 392-1000, ext. 5250
Related Documents
Related Links
- Dignity for All Students Act Policy
- NYS Dept. of Education - The Dignity Act
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
- StopBullying
- Stop Bullying Blog
Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) Translated Resources
- موارد مترجمة - قانون الكرامة حق لجميع الطلاب (DASA resources translated into Arabic)
- Переведенные материалы — Закон о достойном отношении ко всем учащимся (DASA resources translated into Russian)
- Recursos traducidos - Ley de Dignidad para Todos los Estudiantes (DASA resources translated into Spanish)