Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 24, 2010 |
held for consideration in education |
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to education |
Feb 04, 2009 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A4478
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ESPAILLAT
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A4478 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง2801-a, Ed L
2009-A4478 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes the chancellor of the city school district of the city of New York to include in school safety plans provisions for the installation of entry door alarms and intruder detection systems in senior high schools; provides further for the response to activations, conducting of drills, and for record keeping of any unauthorized opening of school building doors.
2009-A4478 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4478 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ESPAILLAT, V. LOPEZ, WEISENBERG -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the city school district of the city of New York to install school safety alarms and intruder detection systems in senior high schools THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 2801-a of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 6-a to read as follows: 6-A. A. IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION, THE CHANCELLOR OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL POLICIES, WHICH ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT'S DISTRICT-WIDE SCHOOL SAFETY PLANS AND BUILDING-LEVEL SCHOOL SAFETY PLANS, FOR THE INSTALLATION AND MONITORING OF SCHOOL SAFETY ALARMS AND INTRUDER DETECTION SYSTEMS IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. THE CHANCELLOR SHALL PRESCRIBE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE PURCHASE, INSTALLATION, MONITORING, AND MAINTE- NANCE OF SUCH SYSTEMS. B. SUCH SCHOOL SAFETY ALARMS AND INTRUDER DETECTION SYSTEMS SHALL AT A MINIMUM INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING FEATURES: (I) A SELECTIVELY AUDIBLE OR SILENT ALARM SYSTEM FOR ALERTING APPRO- PRIATE SECURITY PERSONNEL OR ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL TO ANY UNAUTHOR- IZED OPENING OF AN EXTERIOR DOOR FOR INGRESS TO OR EGRESS FROM A SCHOOL BUILDING; (II) VIDEO CAMERA SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING OF EXTERIOR ENTRANCES AND EXITS VIEWABLE FROM A CENTRAL LOCATION; (III) AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING PANEL THAT INDICATES, AT A MINIMUM, THE LOCATION OF ANY DOOR THAT HAS BEEN OPENED AND THE DATE AND TIME OF THE OPENING; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07768-01-9
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