Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Nov 20, 2019 |
signed chap.525 |
Nov 08, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 19, 2019 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.508 substituted for a7538a |
Jun 12, 2019 |
referred to education delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 04, 2019 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 03, 2019 |
2nd report cal. |
May 30, 2019 |
1st report cal.1054 |
May 13, 2019 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S5705
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 37th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
(D) 42nd Senate District
2019-S5705 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S5705 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5705 SPONSOR: MAYER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to including bus drivers and monitors as school personnel for policies and procedures concerning school safety plans PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This act specifies that school district bus drivers and monitors are included in the definition of school personnel for purposes of inclusion in school district safety policies and plans. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision 2 of section 2801-a of education law to ensure school bus drivers and monitors are included in school district safety policies on responding to implied or direct threats of violence, acts of violence and dissemination of informative materials for early detection of potential violent behaviors.
2019-S5705 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5705 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 13, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- 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 including bus drivers and monitors as school personnel for policies and procedures concern- ing school safety plans THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs a, b, and g of subdivision 2 of section 2801-a of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, are amended to read as follows: a. policies and procedures for responding to implied or direct threats of violence by students, teachers, other school personnel INCLUDING BUS DRIVERS AND MONITORS, as well as visitors to the school, including threats by students against themselves, which for the purposes of this section shall include suicide; b. policies and procedures for responding to acts of violence by students, teachers, other school personnel INCLUDING BUS DRIVERS AND MONITORS, as well as visitors to the school, including consideration of zero-tolerance policies for school violence; g. policies and procedures for the dissemination of informative mate- rials regarding the early detection of potentially violent behaviors, including but not limited to the identification of family, community and environmental factors, to teachers, administrators, school personnel INCLUDING BUS DRIVERS AND MONITORS, persons in parental relation to students of the district, students and other persons deemed appropriate to receive such information; § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 2801-a of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 4. Each district-wide school safety team shall be appointed by the board of education, or the chancellor in the case of the city school EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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