Assembly Bill A2043

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes a commission to study how to make schools in New York safer from school shootings and bombers; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

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  • 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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2021-A2043 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10108
2019-2020: A2342
2023-2024: A4180

2021-A2043 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a commission to study how to make schools in New York safer from school shootings and bombers.

2021-A2043 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2043
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BARNWELL, BARRON, BRABENEC, COOK, FERNANDEZ,
   GALEF, HEVESI, HYNDMAN, KIM, D. ROSENTHAL, MIKULIN, SEAWRIGHT,  STERN,
   TAYLOR,  THIELE,  VANEL  -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Education
 
 AN ACT to establish a commission to study how to  make  schools  in  New
   York  safer  from  school shootings and bombers; and providing for the
   repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  A  commission,  to be known as the make our schools safer
 commission, is hereby created to study the  effectiveness  of  different
 technologies  on reducing casualties in a school shooter or bomber event
 including, but not limited to, bulletproof glass and doors, auto locking
 technologies, lockdown systems and barricades. The commission shall also
 study the feasibility and cost to implement such technology in schools.
   § 2. The commission shall be composed of  ten  members,  appointed  as
 follows:  two  members  shall  be appointed by the governor; two members
 shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly; two members shall  be
 appointed  by  the minority leader of the assembly; two members shall be
 appointed by the temporary president of  the  senate;  and  two  members
 shall  be appointed by the minority leader of the senate. The commission
 shall be chaired by a person chosen by a  majority  vote  at  the  first
 meeting  of the commission. The vice-chairperson of the commission shall
 be appointed by the chairperson. Vacancies  in  the  membership  of  the
 commission  shall be filled in the manner provided for original appoint-
 ments.
   § 3. The commission shall be made up of at least  one  member  of  law
 enforcement  who  specializes  in school shooting and bombing events, at
 least one teacher, at least one parent of a student at a New York public
 school, at least one school administrator, at  least  one  engineer  who

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06918-01-1
              

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