New York State’s Dignity for All Students Act (The Dignity Act) seeks to provide the State’s public elementary and secondary school students with a safe and supportive environment free from discrimination, intimidation, taunting, harassment, and bullying on school property, a school bus and/or at a school function.

The Dignity Act was signed into law on September 13, 2010 and took effect on July 1, 2012. Amendments to the act are effective as of July 1, 2013

Each school district is required to submit Violent and Disruptive Incident Reports (VADIR) for each school building on an annual basis. Information on this page provides links to VADIR data reported by the schools, and provides resource documents to help school staff complete the necessary forms.

View School Safety and the Educational Climate (Ssec)

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Data Collection for 2019-20 School Year Incidents

Data Collection Period: SSEC incident data may be submitted to the Department via the SED Online Portal beginning June 26, 2020 and July 24, 2020 .

Documentation: Further information, including directions for completing the data collection forms, glossary and FAQ documents can be found at the following locations:

• View Part1 (VADIR)

• View Part2 (DASA)