Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 15, 2014 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S7525
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education 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
2013-S7525 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9524
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง3641, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
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A6472
2013-S7525 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to special apportionments and grants-in-aid to school districts; adds the purchase and installation of carbon monoxide detectors to the definition of school safety and security technology project and requires the costs of the project be included in the smart schools investment plan submitted by a school district.
2013-S7525 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7525 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to special apportionments and grants-in-aid to school districts PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This legislation amends the Smart Schools Bond Act and will allow school districts applying for funding to include the purchase and installation of life-saving carbon monoxide detectors. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends Chapter 56 of the laws of 2014 to allow for the purchase and installation of carbon monoxide detectors in schools applying for Smart Schools grants under the School Safety and Security Technology Project. Section 2: Sets effective date for legislation. JUSTIFICATION: On June 18, 2013, the same day both houses of the New York State Legislature passed legislation asking for a study on the cost of installing carbon monoxide detectors in schools, an elementary school in Yonkers had to be evacuated because of a gas leak. The
2013-S7525 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7525 I N S E N A T E May 15, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to special apportionments and grants-in-aid to school districts THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph 8 of paragraph (a) and subparagraph 2 of para- graph (b) of subdivision 16 of section 3641 of the education law, as added by section 2 of part C of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, are amended to read as follows: (8) "School safety and security technology project" shall mean a capi- tal project to PURCHASE AND install high-tech security features in school buildings and on school campuses, including but not limited to video surveillance, emergency notification systems, CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS and physical access controls, for enhanced educational oppor- tunity in the state. (2) No school district shall be entitled to a smart schools grant until such district shall have submitted a smart schools investment plan to the smart schools review board and received such board's approval of such investment plan. In developing such investment plan, school districts shall consult with parents, teachers, students, community members and other stakeholders. ALL PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION COSTS OF A SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROJECT SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE SMART SCHOOLS INVESTMENT PLAN SUBMITTED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT. S 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as section 2 of part C of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15010-01-4
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