Assembly Bill A10014

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the safe schools by design act

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A10014 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §408-c, amd §§409-d, 2801-a, 2814 & 3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A824
2023-2024: A286

2019-A10014 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the safe schools by design act; directs the use of professional design services for school security and safety improvements.

2019-A10014 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10014
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to enacting the "safe
   schools by design act"; directing  the  use  of  certain  professional
   design services for school security and safety improvements
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "safe schools by design act".
   §  2.  Legislative  intent. The legislature acknowledges that measures
 taken to enhance school safety through investments in  facility  harden-
 ing,  violence  intervention  services,  and  school  resource  officers
 contribute to a broader strategy to mitigate and prevent violent acts on
 school grounds.
   The legislature further acknowledges that schools are intended  to  be
 communities and should be planned without sacrificing the inherent posi-
 tive  qualities  of  school environments we all desire for our children,
 and that  design  solutions  can  help  address  social,  psychological,
 economic,  environmental, and safety factors while maintaining a healthy
 and productive learning environment.
   The legislature intends to provide school districts with the flexibil-
 ity to adapt to  differing  and  evolving  community  concerns,  support
 student health and safety, and create productive learning environments.
   §  3.  The  education  law is amended by adding a new section 408-c to
 read as follows:
   § 408-C. SCHOOL SAFETY DESIGN AND PLANNING. 1.  ANY  PROJECT  FOR  THE
 DESIGN,   PLANNING,  CONSTRUCTION,  RECONSTRUCTION,  REHABILITATION,  OR
 IMPROVEMENT OF SCHOOL  PROPERTY,  AS  DEFINED  BY  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT
 HUNDRED  ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL TO THE BEST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S
 ABILITY, INCORPORATE PASSIVE SECURITY DESIGN FEATURES TO IMPROVE  SCHOOL
 SAFETY.    FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, "PASSIVE SECURITY DESIGN
 FEATURES" SHALL MEAN A DESIGN FEATURE WHICH DETERS THREATS WHILE REMAIN-
 ING LARGELY UNDETECTABLE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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