N.Y. EDN Law § 3021-A

§ 3021-a. Notification of accusatory instrument alleging a sex\noffense. 1. For purposes of this section:\n (a) The term "employee" means any person receiving compensation from a\nschool district, charter school, board of cooperation educational\nservices, private elementary or secondary school, special education\nschools, or employee of a contracted service provider or worker placed\nwithin the school under a public assistance employment program pursuant\nto title nine-B of article five of the social services law, and\nconsistent with the provisions of such title for the provision of\nservices to such district or school, its students or employees, directly\nor through contract, whereby such services performed by such person\ninvolved direct student contact.\n (b) The term "sex offense" means an offense for which registration as\na sex offender is required pursuant to article six-C of the correction\nlaw.\n 2. When an accusatory instrument has been filed alleging the\ncommission of a sex offense by a person known to be an employee of a\nschool district, charter school, board of cooperative educational\nservices, private elementary or secondary school, or special education\nschools, it is the responsibility of the district attorney to\nimmediately notify the superintendent of schools or school administrator\nthat employs such employee of the accusatory instrument and the sex\noffense or offenses alleged therein.\n 3. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to diminish the rights,\nprivileges, or remedies of any employee contained within section three\nthousand twenty-a of this article, or section seventy-five of the civil\nservice law, or under any collective bargaining agreement or employment\ncontract.\n