Senate Bill S7007

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to providing for security hardware and software safety technology

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee


  • 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-S7007 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§753, 751 & 3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7790
2021-2022: S2829
2023-2024: S4992

2019-S7007 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing for security hardware and software safety technology; defines technology equipment; relates to providing aid for computer software purchases; and relates to providing building aid for security hardware and software safety technology.

2019-S7007 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7007 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   7007
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  JORDAN -- 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 providing for security
   hardware and software safety technology
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 753 of the educa-
 tion law, as added by section 7-a of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of
 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   c. "Technology equipment", for the purposes  of  this  article,  shall
 mean  (1)  equipment  with  a useful life used in conjunction with or in
 support of educational programs including  but  not  limited  to  video,
 solar  energy, robotic, satellite, laser and such other equipment as the
 commissioner shall approve OR, (2) SECURITY AND SAFETY HARDWARE TECHNOL-
 OGY provided that expenses for the purchase or lease of  such  equipment
 shall  not  be eligible for aid under any other provisions of this chap-
 ter.
   § 2. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 751 of the education law,  subdi-
 vision 1 as added by chapter 53 of the laws of 1984 and subdivision 2 as
 amended  by section 3 of part A-1 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, are
 amended to read as follows:
   1. In the several cities and school districts of the state, boards  of
 education, trustees or such body or officers as perform the functions of
 such boards, shall designate software programs to be used in conjunction
 with  computers  of  the school district OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH SECURITY
 AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS.
   2. A software program, for the purposes of this article shall mean (a)
 a computer program which a pupil is required to use as a learning aid in
 a particular class in the school the pupil legally attends, or  (b)  for
 expenses incurred after July first, two thousand nine, any content-based
 instructional  materials  in  an electronic format that are aligned with
 state standards which are accessed or  delivered  through  the  internet
 based  on  a  subscription  model.  Such electronic format materials may
 
              

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