15 – Reporting by Commissioner.

§  15.  Reporting  by  commissioner.  The  commissioner shall create a
  procedure under which material incidents  of  harassment,  bullying  and
  discrimination on school grounds or at a school function are reported to
  the department at least on an annual basis. Such procedure shall provide
  that  such reports shall, wherever possible, also delineate the specific
  nature of such incidents of  harassment,  bullying  and  discrimination,
  provided  that the commissioner may comply with the requirements of this
  section through use of the existing uniform violent  incident  reporting
  system.  In  addition  the  department may conduct research or undertake
  studies to determine compliance throughout the state with the provisions
  of this article.