Senate Bill S667

                            
 
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                                    667
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- 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 requiring  all  school
   districts  within  the state to conduct a threat assessment and report
   the results of such assessment to the department of education and  the
   division  of  homeland  security and emergency services; and providing
   for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2801-c
 to read as follows:
   §  2801-C.  SCHOOL  THREAT  ASSESSMENTS.  1. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR
 TRUSTEES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THIS  CHAPTER,  OF  EVERY  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  WITHIN  THE STATE, HOWEVER CREATED, AND EVERY BOARD OF COOPER-
 ATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND COUNTY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION
 BOARD AND THE CHANCELLOR OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF  NEW
 YORK  SHALL  CONDUCT  A COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT-WIDE SCHOOL AND BUILDING-
 LEVEL THREAT ASSESSMENT, PROVIDED THAT IN THE CITY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OF
 THE  CITY  OF NEW YORK, SUCH THREAT ASSESSMENT SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY THE
 CHANCELLOR OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. SUCH THREAT ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE
 CONDUCTED BY THE DISTRICT-WIDE SCHOOL  SAFETY  TEAM  AND  BUILDING-LEVEL
 EMERGENCY  RESPONSE  TEAM  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF
 SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE-A OF THIS ARTICLE IN CONSULTATION  WITH
 APPROPRIATE  EXPERTS,  AND  SHALL  BE COMPLETED WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. THE RESULTS OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE
 REPORTED TO THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  DIVISION  OF
 HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.
   2.  SUCH  DISTRICT-WIDE SCHOOL AND BUILDING-LEVEL THREAT ASSESSMENT AS
 REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL AT A MINIMUM INCLUDE:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD04561-01-9

 S. 667                              2
 
   A. AN EVALUATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT-WIDE SAFETY AND  BUILD-
 ING-LEVEL  EMERGENCY  RESPONSE  PLANS  REQUIRED  BY SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT
 HUNDRED ONE-A OF THIS ARTICLE; AND
   B.  AN  ASSESSMENT  OF  DISTRICT-WIDE AND BUILDING-LEVEL PROTOCOLS FOR
 RESPONDING TO AN ACTIVE SHOOTER OR OTHER LETHAL ATTACKER.
   § 2. Funding for school threat  assessments  established  pursuant  to
 section  2801-c  of  the education law, made by section one of this act,
 shall be paid from the state treasury upon the audit and warrant of  the
 comptroller out of funds made available from the general fund.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed 1 year after such date.