NY State Senate Bill 2019-S7078

Senate Bill S7078

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to classroom safety mechanisms, emergency medical equipment, and evidence-based best practices for school safety planning and training

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2019-S7078 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4484
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§409-m & 923, amd §2801-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A11363
2021-2022: A2642
2023-2024: A4534

2019-S7078 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to classroom safety mechanisms, emergency medical equipment, and evidence-based best practices for school safety planning and training.

2019-S7078 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7078

SPONSOR: MARTINEZ
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to classroom safety mech-
anisms, emergency medical equipment, and evidence-based best practices
for school safety planning and training

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill would amend the education law by adding a new section 409-m as
follows:

Section 1 - for the safety of all, to equip every door in every school
building with a locking device that a minimum, all door locks comply
with guidelines under section 2.19 of the United States department of
homeland security primer.

Section 2 - Where possible, to provide hardening options for windows and
doors, such as ballistic classroom doors; ballistic or shatter proof
safety film on ground floor classroom windows and classroom door view

panels.

Section 3 - School administrators to consult with local police depart-
ments for the purposes of appropriate installation of security cameras
supported by artificial intelligence; where appropriate.

Section 4 - Devices outlined in this section. to comply with life safe-
ty, fire codes, the Americans with disability act and all other applica-
ble laws.

This bill would amend education law by adding new section 923 as
follows:

1. "Public bleeding control equipment" and it definition for purposes of
this section.

2. Public school administrators and staff are to consult with the
commissions; of health and commissioner of education to utilize best
practices for untrained bystanders to become immediate responders for
purposes of:

a. Selection of products;

b. Components to be color and numbered coded for easy identification

c. Products to include a user app that:

i. Provides easy product selection and instructions;

ii. Records useful activity and informing information for first respon-
ders;

iii. Provides emergency care guidance for common use;

d. Policies and procedures for response to emergency situations such as
evacuations, sheltering, and lock-down;

e. Designation of an emergency response team and the required personnel
to be included;

f. Floor plans, blueprints, schematics or other maps of the school inte-
rior and grounds, as well as the immediate surrounding areas;

g. Establishment of internal and external communication systems in emer-
gencies;

h. Defining the chain of command to be consistent with the national
interagency incident management system/incident command system;

i. Coordination of an emergency response plan to include state-wide plan
for mental health services to assure each school has access to all
levels of government health resources in the event of a violent inci-
dent;

j. Procedures for review and conduction of drills and other exercises to
test components of emergency response plan.

k. Policies and procedures for securing and restricting access to the
crime scene for evidence preservation.

1. Effective date.

3. In the deployment of public bleed control equipment, public school
administrators and staff, with the consultation of the commissioner of
health and commissioner of education, shall ensure:

a. Mobile units;

b. Public access bleeding control station for every automated external;
defibrillator as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision 1

Section 3000-b of the public health law;

c. Individual kits in every classroom for emergency or lock-down
purposes;

d. Proper placement of equipment.

4. Each district-wide school safety team shell be appointed by the board
of election or chancellor in the case of New York City, and the inclu-
sion of other representatives of other staff, boards, and personnel; not
limited to include a student. This paragraph will also give each princi-
pal authority to appoint building-level emergency response team.

5. Time parameters for the district-wide safety plan and building-level
emergency response plans.

6. Each board of education, chancellor, or other governing body shall
make plans accessible to public for comment 30 days prior to adoption.

7. Ensuring proper distribution for copies of the emergency response
plans and any amendments; with the exclusion of the confidential plans.

8. Annual reporting to governor and the legislature of implementation
and compliance.
9. Provisions of the commissioner when a district has not satisfied the
requirements of Section 2801 of this chapter, or a district-wide safety
plan or building-level emergency response plan required of this section.

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, is amended as
follows:

2. Comprehensive district-wide safety plan to be developed by district-
wide school safety team to include at minimum:

a. Evidence-based policies and procedures for responding to implied or
direct threats of violence;

b. Evidence-based policies and procedures for responding to acts of
violence;

c. Evidence-based prevention and intervention strategies such as:

i. collaborative efforts with state and local law enforcement officials.

ii. non-violent conflict resolution training programs;

iii. peer mediation programs and youth programs;

iv. extended day and other school safety programs;

d. Policies and procedures for contacting appropriate law enforcement
officials in the event of a violent incident;

e. Evidence-based policies and procedures for the contacting of parents,
guardians, etc;

f. Evidence-based policies and procedures relating to school building
security, including appropriate use of school safety offers and/or
devices;

g. Evidence-based policies and procedures for the dissemination of mate-
rials for the early detection of potentially violent behaviors;

h. Evidence-based policies and procedures for annual school safety
training for staff and student, and the certification of all to commis-
sioner all staff have attended annual training, which shall include:

i. evidence-based professional development and training programs;

ii. instruction from professionally credentialed instructors;

iii. instructional methodology that includes interactive delivery, exer-
cises, with professional instructional protocol.;

iv. same training for all school personnel;

v. site-specific and customizable training curriculums adapted for a
school site's specific risk;

i. Protocols for responses to bomb threat, hostage-takings, intrusions,
and kidnappings;
j. Evidence-based strategies for improving communications with and
between students and staff and reporting potentially violent incidents;

k. Description of duties of hall monitors and all other school safety
personnel and their training;

1. Designation of superintendent or the designee of, as the district
chief emergency officer and the responsibility for coordination of
communication and ensuring updating to the building-level emergency
response plans.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

For the mental, physical, and emotionally safety of our school children
and those employed in school buildings, it is imperative school-building
safety is increased, as well as the preparation for mass school-vio-
lence. Mass school-violence has been increasingly plaguing our country
recently. This bill addresses this need on a proactive and reactive
measure.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-2018

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill shall take effect 120 days after becoming law. Effective imme-
diately. The addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
necessary for the implementation of this act on or before its effective
date authorized to be made and completed on or before the effective
date.

2019-S7078 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7078
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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 classroom safety mech-
   anisms, emergency medical equipment, and evidence-based best practices
   for school safety planning and training

   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 409-m
 to read as follows:
   § 409-M. QUICK ACTION SCHOOL SECURITY DEVICES. 1. TO ENSURE SAFETY FOR
 CHILDREN, ADMINISTRATORS, AND STAFF,  EVERY  DOOR  IN  SCHOOL  BUILDINGS
 SHALL  BE EQUIPPED WITH A LOCKING DEVICE THAT FOLLOWS, AT A MINIMUM, THE
 GUIDELINES UNDER SECTION 2.19 OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT  OF  HOME-
 LAND  SECURITY  PRIMER, WHICH STATES THAT DOOR LOCKS SHALL LOCK AUTOMAT-
 ICALLY OR WITH A SIMPLE LOCKING MECHANISM IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT IT CAN
 BE QUICKLY LOCKED FROM EITHER SIDE.
   2. WHEREVER POSSIBLE, ADVANCED HARDENING OPTIONS FOR WINDOWS AND DOORS
 ON SCHOOL PREMISES SHALL BE CONSIDERED AND APPLIED,  SUCH  AS  BALLISTIC
 CLASSROOM  DOORS, BALLISTIC OR SHATTER PROOF SAFETY FILM ON GROUND FLOOR
 CLASSROOM WINDOWS, AND CLASSROOM DOOR VIEW PANELS.
   3. SCHOOL  ADMINISTRATORS,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  LOCAL  POLICE
 DEPARTMENT,  SHALL  INSTALL  SECURITY  CAMERAS  SUPPORTED  BY ARTIFICIAL
 INTELLIGENCE AND BE INSTALLED WHERE APPROPRIATE.
   4. DEVICES OUTLINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE COMPLIANT WITH LIFE SAFE-
 TY, FIRE CODES, THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND ALL OTHER APPLI-
 CABLE LAWS.
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 923 to  read
 as follows:
   §  923.  PUBLIC BLEEDING CONTROL. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE
 TERM "PUBLIC BLEEDING CONTROL EQUIPMENT" SHALL MEAN A FIRST AID RESPONSE
 KIT THAT CONTAINS EQUIPMENT  SUCH  AS  TOURNIQUETS,  PRESSURE  DRESSING,
 SCISSORS,  PROTECTIVE  GLOVES,  AND GAUZE BANDAGES MEANT TO HELP CONTROL
 AND STOP BLEEDING UNTIL TRAINED EMERGENCY RESPONDERS  ARRIVE,  THAT  ARE

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06264-04-9

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 BUNDLED  TOGETHER  IN  INDIVIDUAL  KITS,  CONSPICUOUSLY LABELED WITH THE
 WORDS "BLEEDING CONTROL".
   2.  WHEN  ASSEMBLING  AND SELECTING PUBLIC BLEEDING CONTROL EQUIPMENT,
 PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF HEALTH  AND  COMMISSIONER  OF  EDUCATION,  SHALL  UTILIZE  THE
 FOLLOWING  BEST PRACTICES TO ENABLE UNTRAINED BYSTANDERS TO BECOME IMME-
 DIATE RESPONDERS:
   A. SELECT PRODUCTS THAT ARE EASILY APPLIED BY UNTRAINED PROFESSIONALS;
   B. ENSURE COMPONENTS ARE COLOR AND NUMBER-CODED FOR  EASY  IDENTIFICA-
 TION;
   C. PRODUCTS COME WITH A USER APP THAT:
   (I)   PROVIDES  EASY  TO  FOLLOW  PRODUCT  SELECTION  AND  APPLICATION
 INSTRUCTIONS;
   (II) RECORDS USEFUL ACTIVITY AND INFORMATION  THAT  CAN  INFORM  FIRST
 RESPONDERS, TRAUMA STAFF, AND INCIDENT MANAGEMENT RECORDING; AND
   (III) PROVIDES EMERGENCY CARE GUIDANCE FOR COMMON USES, SUCH AS BLEED-
 ING,  CHOKING,  SEIZURES,  BREATHING, EPIPEN AND ASTHMA INHALER APPLICA-
 TION, AND NARCAN;
   D. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS,  SUCH
 AS THOSE REQUIRING EVACUATION, SHELTERING, AND LOCK-DOWN. THESE POLICIES
 SHALL  INCLUDE,  AT  A  MINIMUM,  EVACUATION  ROUTES, SHELTER SITES, AND
 PROCEDURES FOR ADDRESSING MEDICAL NEEDS, TRANSPORTATION,  AND  EMERGENCY
 NOTIFICATION OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS;
   E.  DESIGNATION  OF  AN  EMERGENCY  RESPONSE  TEAM COMPRISED OF SCHOOL
 PERSONNEL, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, FIRE OFFICIALS AND REPRESENTATIVES
 FROM LOCAL REGIONAL AND/OR  STATE  EMERGENCY  RESPONSE  AGENCIES,  OTHER
 APPROPRIATE  INCIDENT  RESPONSE TEAMS, AND A POST-INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM
 THAT INCLUDES APPROPRIATE SCHOOL PERSONNEL,  MEDICAL  PERSONNEL,  MENTAL
 HEALTH  COUNSELORS,  AND  OTHERS  WHO CAN ASSIST THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY IN
 COPING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF A VIOLENT INCIDENT;
   F. FLOOR PLANS, BLUEPRINTS, SCHEMATICS OR OTHER  MAPS  OF  THE  SCHOOL
 INTERIOR,  SCHOOL  GROUNDS,  AND  ROAD MAPS OF THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING
 AREA;
   G. ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNAL AND  EXTERNAL  COMMUNICATION  SYSTEMS  IN
 EMERGENCIES;
   H.  DEFINITION OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE
 NATIONAL INTERAGENCY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM/INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM;
   I. COORDINATION OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE  PLAN  WITH  THE  STATE-WIDE
 PLAN  FOR  DISASTER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO ASSURE THAT THE SCHOOL HAS
 ACCESS TO FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES IN THE EVENT
 OF A VIOLENT INCIDENT;
   J. PROCEDURES FOR REVIEW AND THE CONDUCTING OF DRILLS AND OTHER  EXER-
 CISES TO TEST COMPONENTS OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN; AND
   K.  POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR SECURING AND RESTRICTING ACCESS TO THE
 CRIME SCENE IN ORDER TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE IN CASES OF VIOLENT CRIMES  ON
 SCHOOL PROPERTY.
   3. WHEN DEPLOYING PUBLIC BLEED CONTROL EQUIPMENT, PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMIN-
 ISTRATORS AND STAFF, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AND
 COMMISSIONER  OF  EDUCATION,  SHALL UTILIZE THE FOLLOWING BEST PRACTICES
 FOR PLACEMENT AND QUANTITIES:
   A. MOBILE UNITS - TO BE UTILIZED FOR SCHOOL  NURSES,  SCHOOL  RESOURCE
 OFFICERS, ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS, SCHOOL BUSES, PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPART-
 MENTS, AND ALL AFTER-SCHOOL AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES;
   B.  PUBLIC  ACCESS  BLEEDING  CONTROL  STATION  -  FOR EVERY AUTOMATED
 EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE

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 OF  SECTION  THREE  THOUSAND-B OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, THAT SHALL BE A
 WALL-MOUNTED STATION CONTAINING FOUR INDIVIDUAL KITS;
   C.  INDIVIDUAL KITS IN EVERY CLASSROOM IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES OR LOCK-
 DOWNS; AND
   D. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, PROPER PLACEMENT OF EQUIPMENT  SHOULD
 FOLLOW  THE  THREE-MINUTE  RULE,  WHICH MEANS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL MUST BE
 ABLE TO RETRIEVE THE EQUIPMENT AND BEGIN TREATMENT WITHIN THREE MINUTES.
   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
 DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT  BE  LIMITED
 TO  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE  SCHOOL  BOARD, TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR, AND
 PARENT ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOL SAFETY PERSONNEL, AND OTHER SCHOOL  PERSON-
 NEL.  AT  THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, OR THE CHANCELLOR IN
 THE CASE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, A STUDENT MAY BE  ALLOWED  TO  PARTIC-
 IPATE  ON THE SAFETY TEAM, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT NO PORTION OF A CONFI-
 DENTIAL BUILDING-LEVEL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN SHALL BE SHARED WITH SUCH
 STUDENT NOR SHALL SUCH STUDENT BE PRESENT WHERE DETAILS OF  A  CONFIDEN-
 TIAL  BUILDING-LEVEL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN OR CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS OF
 A DISTRICT-WIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE STRATEGY ARE DISCUSSED.  EACH  BUILD-
 ING-LEVEL  EMERGENCY  RESPONSE  TEAM  SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE BUILDING
 PRINCIPAL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS OR  GUIDELINES  PRESCRIBED  BY
 THE  BOARD OF EDUCATION, CHANCELLOR OR OTHER GOVERNING BODY. SUCH BUILD-
 ING-LEVEL TEAMS SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO  REPRESENTATIVES  OF
 TEACHER,  ADMINISTRATOR, AND PARENT ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOL SAFETY PERSON-
 NEL AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-
 CIALS, FIRE OFFICIALS OR ANY OTHER EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCIES, AND  ANY
 OTHER  REPRESENTATIVES  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION,  CHANCELLOR, OR OTHER
 GOVERNING BODY DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
   5. THE DISTRICT-WIDE SAFETY PLAN AND BUILDING-LEVEL EMERGENCY RESPONSE
 PLANS SHALL BE REVIEWED BY THE  APPROPRIATE TEAM ON AT LEAST  AN  ANNUAL
 BASIS AND UPDATED AS NEEDED.
   6.  EACH  BOARD OF EDUCATION, CHANCELLOR OR OTHER GOVERNING BODY SHALL
 MAKE EACH DISTRICT-WIDE SAFETY PLAN  AVAILABLE  FOR  PUBLIC  COMMENT  AT
 LEAST THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO ITS ADOPTION. SUCH DISTRICT-WIDE PLANS MAY BE
 ADOPTED  BY THE SCHOOL BOARD ONLY AFTER AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC HEARING THAT
 PROVIDES FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL,  PARENTS,  STUDENTS,
 AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES. EACH DISTRICT SHALL FILE A COPY OF ITS
 DISTRICT-WIDE  SAFETY  PLAN  WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND ALL AMENDMENTS TO
 SUCH PLAN SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS
 AFTER THEIR ADOPTION.
   7. EACH BOARD OF EDUCATION, CHANCELLOR  OR  OTHER  GOVERNING  BODY  OR
 OFFICER  SHALL  ENSURE  A COPY OF EACH BUILDING-LEVEL EMERGENCY RESPONSE
 PLAN AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, SHALL BE  FILED  WITH  THE  APPROPRIATE
 LOCAL  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY  AND WITH THE STATE POLICE WITHIN THIRTY
 DAYS OF ITS ADOPTION. BUILDING-LEVEL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS  SHALL  BE
 CONFIDENTIAL AND SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE UNDER ARTICLE SIX OF
 THE  PUBLIC  OFFICERS LAW OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW. IF THE BOARD OF
 EDUCATION, CHANCELLOR OR OTHER GOVERNING BODY  OR  CHANCELLOR  FAILS  TO
 FILE  SUCH PLAN AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER MAY, IN AN
 AMOUNT DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, WITHHOLD PUBLIC  MONEY  FROM  THE
 DISTRICT UNTIL THE DISTRICT IS IN COMPLIANCE.
   8.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ANNUALLY  REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE
 LEGISLATURE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS SECTION.
   9. WHENEVER IT SHALL HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE
 COMMISSIONER  THAT  A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  HAS  FAILED  TO ADOPT A CODE OF

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 CONDUCT WHICH FULLY SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS OF  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT
 HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THIS CHAPTER, OR A DISTRICT-WIDE SAFETY PLAN OR BUILD-
 ING-LEVEL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN WHICH SATISFIES  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF
 THIS  SECTION,  OR TO FAITHFULLY AND COMPLETELY IMPLEMENT ALL THREE, THE
 COMMISSIONER MAY, ON THIRTY DAYS NOTICE TO THE DISTRICT,  WITHHOLD  FROM
 THE  DISTRICT  MONIES TO BE PAID TO SUCH DISTRICT FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL
 YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  NINE-A  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,
 EXCLUSIVE  MONIES TO BE PAID IN RESPECT OF OBLIGATIONS TO THE RETIREMENT
 SYSTEMS FOR  SCHOOL  AND  DISTRICT  STAFF  AND  PURSUANT  TO  COLLECTIVE
 BARGAINING  AGREEMENTS,  OR  THE COMMISSIONER MAY DIRECT THE DISTRICT TO
 EXPEND UP TO SUCH AMOUNT UPON THE DEVELOPMENT AND  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  A
 CODE  OF  CONDUCT  AND A SCHOOL DISTRICT SAFETY PLAN AS REQUIRED BY SUCH
 SECTIONS. PRIOR TO SUCH WITHHOLDING  OR  REDIRECTION,  THE  COMMISSIONER
 SHALL  PROVIDE THE DISTRICT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE OF EXTEN-
 UATING CIRCUMSTANCES; WHEN COMBINED  WITH  EVIDENCE  THAT  THE  DISTRICT
 SHALL PROMPTLY COMPLY WITHIN SHORT TIME FRAMES THAT SHALL BE ESTABLISHED
 BY THE COMMISSIONER AS PART OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE
 COMMISSIONER,  THE  COMMISSIONER MAY TEMPORARILY STAY THE WITHHOLDING OR
 REDIRECTION OF FUNDS PENDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF  SUCH  AGREEMENT.  IF
 THE  DISTRICT  PROMPTLY  AND FULLY COMPLIES WITH THE AGREEMENT AND IS IN
 FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION AND SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED  ONE
 OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL ABATE THE WITHHOLDING IN ITS
 ENTIRETY. ANY FAILURE TO MEET THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE  COMPLIANCE  AGREE-
 MENT BY THE DISTRICT WITHIN THE TIME FRAMES ESTABLISHED SHALL BE CONSID-
 ERED A WILLFUL VIOLATION OF A COMMISSIONER'S ORDER BY THE MEMBERS OF THE
 DISTRICT  BOARD FOR PURPOSES OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 SIX OF THIS TITLE.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE  OR  REGULATION,
 SUCH TRANSFER SHALL TAKE EFFECT UPON FILING OF A NOTICE THEREOF WITH THE
 DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET AND THE CHAIRS OF THE SENATE FINANCE AND ASSEMBLY
 WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEES.
   §  3. 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, paragraphs  a,
 b  and  g  as  amended by chapter 525 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
 read as follows:
   2. Such comprehensive district-wide safety plan shall be developed  by
 the district-wide school safety team and shall include at a minimum:
   a. EVIDENCE-BASED 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. EVIDENCE-BASED 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;
   c.  EVIDENCE-BASED  appropriate prevention and intervention strategies
 such as:
   (i) collaborative arrangements with state and  local  law  enforcement
 officials,  designed  to  ensure  that  school safety officers and other
 security personnel are adequately trained, including  being  trained  to
 de-escalate  potentially  violent  situations,  and  are effectively and
 fairly recruited;
   (ii) non-violent conflict resolution training programs;
   (iii) peer mediation programs and youth courts; and
   (iv) extended day and other school safety programs;

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   d. EVIDENCE-BASED policies and procedures for  contacting  appropriate
 law enforcement officials in the event of a violent incident;
   e.  EVIDENCE-BASED  policies  and  procedures  for contacting parents,
 guardians or persons  in  parental  relation  to  the  students  of  the
 district  in the event of a violent incident and policies and procedures
 for contacting parents, guardians or persons in parental relation to  an
 individual  student of the district in the event of an implied or direct
 threat of  violence  by  such  student  against  themselves,  which  for
 purposes of this section shall include suicide;
   f.  EVIDENCE-BASED policies and procedures relating to school building
 security, including where appropriate the use of school safety  officers
 and/or  security  devices  or procedures, AS FURTHER OUTLINED IN SECTION
 FOUR HUNDRED NINE-M OF THIS CHAPTER;
   g. EVIDENCE-BASED policies and procedures  for  the  dissemination  of
 informative  materials  regarding  the  early  detection  of potentially
 violent behaviors, including but not limited to  the  identification  of
 family,  community  and  environmental factors, to teachers, administra-
 tors, 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;
   h. EVIDENCE-BASED policies and procedures  for  annual  school  safety
 training for staff and students; provided that the district must certify
 to the commissioner that all staff have undergone annual training on the
 emergency  response  plan,  and  that the school safety training include
 components on violence prevention and mental health, such  training  may
 be  implemented  and conducted in conjunction with existing professional
 development and training; provided  however  that  new  employees  hired
 after  the start of the school year shall receive training within thirty
 days of such hire or as part of a district's existing new hire  training
 program, whichever is sooner, AND SHALL INCLUDE;
   (I) EVIDENCE-BASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT
 ARE  ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIRD-PARTY VALIDATION, SUCH AS CURRICULUM ACCREDI-
 TATION FROM AN INDEPENDENT HIGHER EDUCATION LEARNING INSTITUTION;
   (II) INSTRUCTION FROM  PROFESSIONALLY  CREDENTIALED  INSTRUCTORS  WITH
 FUNCTIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE, SKILL LEVEL, AND CREDENTIALING;
   (III)  INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGY THAT INCLUDES AN INTERACTIVE DELIVERY
 MODEL INCLUSIVE OF GROUP DISCUSSIONS, SCENARIO BASED AND TABLETOP  EXER-
 CISE, AND FOLLOWS PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROTOCOL;
   (IV)  THE SAME TRAINING FOR ALL SCHOOL PERSONNEL INCLUDING ADMINISTRA-
 TORS, TEACHERS, AND STAFF AT ALL LEVELS, INCLUDING SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFI-
 CERS, TO OFFSET THEIR OWN SEPARATE TRAINING FOCUSED ON THREAT MITIGATION
 NEUTRALIZATION, AND TO ENSURE FAMILIARITY, CONTINUITY, AND  CONSISTENCY;
 AND
   (V)  SITE-SPECIFIC  AND  CUSTOMIZABLE  TRAINING CURRICULUM THAT CAN BE
 ADAPTED TO EACH SCHOOL SITE'S SPECIFIC RISK PROFILE  AND  THREAT  LEVEL,
 AND  SHOULD  INCLUDE  PARTICIPATION  IN ORDER TO FAMILIARIZE THEM WITH A
 SCHOOL'S APPROACH;
   i. protocols for responding to bomb threats,  hostage-takings,  intru-
 sions and kidnappings;
   j.   EVIDENCE-BASED   strategies  for  improving  communication  among
 students and between students and staff  and  reporting  of  potentially
 violent incidents, such as the establishment of youth-run programs, peer
 mediation, conflict resolution, creating a forum or designating a mentor
 for students concerned with bullying or violence and establishing anony-
 mous reporting mechanisms for school violence;

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   k.  a  description of the duties of hall monitors and any other school
 safety personnel, the training required of all  personnel  acting  in  a
 school  security  capacity, and the hiring and screening process for all
 personnel acting in a school security capacity; and
   l.  the  designation of the superintendent, or superintendent's desig-
 nee, as the district chief emergency officer responsible for  coordinat-
 ing  communication  between  school  staff and law enforcement and first
 responders, and ensuring staff understanding of the district-level safe-
 ty plan. The chief emergency  officer  shall  also  be  responsible  for
 ensuring  the completion and yearly updating of building-level emergency
 response plans.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of this act on or before its effective date are authorized to be
 made and completed on or before such effective date.

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