NY State Senate Bill 2019-S852

Senate Bill S852

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes a pilot program for peace/conflict resolution centers; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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2019-S852 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7274
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 25 §1220, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S7625
2011-2012: S1875
2013-2014: S1706
2015-2016: S3552
2017-2018: S794
2021-2022: S497

2019-S852 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a pilot program for peace/conflict resolution centers; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2019-S852 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S852

SPONSOR: BENJAMIN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a pilot
program for peace/conflict resolution centers; and providing for the
repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE:

To establish a pilot program for peace/conflict resolution centers in
schools.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. The education law is amended to add a new article 25 that
establishes a pilot program for peace/conflict resolution centers within
schools. School districts may apply to participate in the pilot program
by submitting a proposal that has an overall goal of facilitating peace-
ful resolutions to student conflicts. The commissioner of education may

select up to five school districts to participate in the pilot program,
at least one of which must be located in a city with a population of one
million or more.

Section 2. Effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

No Such Program.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The mission of this pilot program is to enable students to resolve
conflicts peacefully in order to promote mutual understanding of indi-
viduals and groups throughout the school. The goal of the pilot program
is to enhance the climate of the school by providing each person oppor-
tunities to learn that conflict is natural and the appropriate means to
peaceful solutions. As a result, students will develop skills to better
achieve resolutions in a mature and respectful manner.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: S.794

2015-16: S.3552

2013-14: S.1706

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determinied

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be deemed
repealed July 31, 2020.

2019-S852 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    852
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- 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 establishing  a  pilot
   program  for  peace/conflict resolution centers; 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.  Title  1  of the education law is amended by adding a new
 article 25 to read as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 25
                         PEACE/CONFLICT RESOLUTION
                           CENTERS PILOT PROGRAM
 SECTION 1220. PEACE/CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTERS PILOT PROGRAM.
   § 1220.  PEACE/CONFLICT  RESOLUTION  CENTERS  PILOT  PROGRAM.  1.  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH A PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE PEACE/CONFLICT
 RESOLUTION CENTERS  WITHIN  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 SELECT  UP TO FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PILOT PROGRAM,
 PROVIDED AT LEAST ONE CENTER ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION  SHALL
 BE  LOCATED  IN  A  CITY  WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.  THE
 PILOT PROGRAM SHALL BEGIN WITH THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL YEAR.
   2.  TO  BE  CONSIDERED  FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM, A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
 SUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO THE COMMISSIONER  WITH  THE  GOAL  OF  FACILITATING
 PEACEFUL  RESOLUTIONS  TO  STUDENT  CONFLICTS,  AND  INCLUDE  METHODS TO
 ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING GOALS: (A) PROVIDE FOR THE SUPERVISED  PEER  MEDI-
 ATION OF CONFLICTS; (B) DEVELOP PUPIL LEADERSHIP SKILLS; AND (C) PROMOTE
 PEACEFUL  ATMOSPHERES IN SCHOOLS AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.  NOTH-
 ING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL PREVENT A  PROPOSAL  FOR  A  COLLABORATION  TO
 PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES IN COLLABORATION WITH BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCA-
 TIONAL  SERVICES.  EACH PEACE/CONFLICT RESOLUTION SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO
 OPERATE FOR AT LEAST TWO FULL SCHOOL YEARS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD06073-01-9

 S. 852                              2
 
   3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT ON  OR  BEFORE  JULY
 THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY AND ON OR BEFORE THE SAME DATE EVERY
 YEAR THEREAFTER TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE. SUCH  REPORT  SHALL
 INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED TO, THE NUMBER OF CASES AND RESOLUTIONS,
 DETAILS  ON  THE  SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASES, THE COMMISSIONER'S EVALU-
 ATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM  AND  LEGISLATIVE  RECOMMENDA-
 TIONS  ON  WHETHER  TO  CONTINUE,  EXPAND  OR  MAKE CHANGES TO THE PILOT
 PROGRAM.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS  NECES-
 SARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed July 31, 2022.

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