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The city’s plan to let unruly kids get away with bullying and vandalism

A mayor-appointed committee on school safety is eyeing new rules that would bar the NYPD from arresting students for crimes that include graffiti, vandalism and harassment inside the buildings, documents show.

School administrators also would be prohibited from notifying school safety agents about other incidents of student misconduct — including bullying, disorderly conduct and refusal to provide identification — which are referred to in a draft proposal as “normative child and adolescent behaviors.”

“This is the most stupid thing I’ve ever heard of,” said New York City Parents Union vice president Sam Pirozzolo.

“If you can be arrested outside schools for this type of behavior, you should be arrested inside school as well.”

Even in cases where busts are allowed — such as felony assault — an arresting officer would need the permission of a principal before cuffing a kid, except in cases of “imminent danger to students or others,” according to a copy of the proposed initiative obtained by The Post.

The documents are under review by a 27-member working group on school safety that’s also considering removing metal detectors from schools.

Greg Floyd, president of Teamsters Local 237 — which represents school safety agents and has a representative on the committee — warned that the proposal would lead to chaos in the schools if adopted.

“You can’t tell children we’re not going to punish you for vandalism and graffiti,” he told The Post. “You don’t put that on paper because then you give children the impression they can’t get arrested. That’s absurd to tell students what you’re not going to do.”

Asked about the proposal, City Hall spokesman Wiley Norvell said the working group has been discussing ways to keep school safety agents from having to resolve student disciplinary issues, but that no formal recommendations have been made yet.

“The administration does not support barring schools from notifying police of crimes,” he said.

But Floyd said his representative in the working group — which includes members of the administration — has so far been the only one to express any reservations about the proposal.

Norvell, however, says others have been opposed to elements of it.

The working group is part of the Mayor’s Leadership Team on School Climate and Discipline, which Mayor Bill de Blasio convened in February as part of a push to reduce punitive measures in schools. It includes members of law enforcement, educators and a host of nonprofit advocacy groups.

It’s not clear when the working group will submit its final recommendations.