§ 2802. Uniform violent incident reporting system. 1. The\ncommissioner, in conjunction with the division of criminal justice\nservices, shall promulgate regulations defining "violent or disruptive\nincidents" for the purposes of this section.\n 2. The commissioner, in conjunction with the division of criminal\njustice services, shall establish a statewide uniform violent incident\nreporting system which public school districts, boards of cooperative\neducational services and county vocational education and extension\nboards shall follow.\n 3. The uniform violent incident reporting system shall require public\nschool districts, boards of cooperative educational services and county\nvocational education and extension boards to annually report to the\ncommissioner in a form and by a date prescribed by the commissioner, the\nfollowing information concerning violent and disruptive incidents that\noccurred in the prior school year:\n a. the type of offenders;\n b. if any offender is a student, the age and grade of the student;\n c. the location at which the incident occurred;\n d. the type of incident;\n e. whether the incident occurred during or outside of regular school\nhours;\n f. where the incident involves a weapon, whether the weapon was a\nfirearm, knife or other weapon;\n g. the actions taken by the school in response to the incident,\nincluding when the incident was reported to law enforcement officials\nand whether disciplinary action was taken against the offenders;\n h. any student discipline or referral action taken against a\nstudent/offender, including but not limited to an out-of-school\nsuspension, an involuntary transfer to an alternative placement, an\nin-school suspension, a referral for community service, a referral for\ncounseling, or a referral to the juvenile justice system, and the\nduration of such action; and\n i. the nature of the victim and the victim's age and grade where\nappropriate.\n 4. The commissioner shall require a summary of such information to be\nincluded, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, in the school\ndistrict report cards or board of cooperative educational services\nreport cards required by this chapter.\n 5. By April first of each year, the commissioner shall report to the\ngovernor, the legislature and the regents concerning the prevalence of\nviolence and disruptive incidents in the public schools, and the\neffectiveness of school programs undertaken to reduce violence and\nassure the safety and security of students and school personnel. The\nreport shall summarize the information available from the incident\nreporting system, and compare the incidence of violent and disruptive\nincidents of schools and school districts and boards with other schools\nand school districts and boards based on similarity in size and grade\nlevels and other characteristics, including student need and resources,\nas determined by the commissioner. The report shall also, to the extent\npossible, relate the results available from the incident reporting\nsystem, together with such other analysis and information as the\ncommissioner determines is appropriate, to the effectiveness of school\nviolence measures undertaken by participating schools and school\ndistricts, including the school codes and school safety plans required\nby sections twenty-eight hundred one and twenty-eight hundred one-a of\nthis article.\n 6. The commissioner, in conjunction with the commissioner of the\ndivision of criminal justice services, shall promulgate regulations to\nimplement the provisions of this section and to assure to the extent\npracticable that the reports used by school districts are uniform and\ncomparable with respect to the types of incidents reported and the\nresponses of the schools and the school districts. Such regulations\nshall provide for the confidentiality of all personally identifiable\ninformation and shall ensure that any personally identifiable\ninformation which is collected is us
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