Senate Bill S7132A

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes school boards to include information regarding the installation of a panic alarm system in any school in the district in the district-wide safety plan

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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-S7132 - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2801-a, Ed L

2021-S7132 - Summary

Enacts "Alyssa's law"; authorizes school boards to include information regarding the installation of a panic alarm system in any school in the district in the district-wide safety plan; defines "panic alarm system".

2021-S7132 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7132 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7132
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 2, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  school
   boards  to  include  information regarding the installation of a panic
   alarm system in any school in the district in the district-wide safety
   plan

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  f  of  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 to read as follows:
   f.  policies  and  procedures  relating  to  school building security,
 including where appropriate the use of  school  safety  officers  and/or
 security devices, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE INSTALLATION OF PANIC
 ALARM  SYSTEMS,  WHICH  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION SHALL MEAN A SILENT
 SECURITY SYSTEM SIGNAL GENERATED BY THE MANUAL ACTIVATION  OF  A  DEVICE
 INTENDED TO SIGNAL A LIFE-THREATENING OR EMERGENCY SITUATION REQUIRING A
 RESPONSE  FROM  LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WHICH MAY INCLUDE ONE OR MORE OF THE
 FOLLOWING: WIRED PANIC BUTTON  OR  BUTTONS,  WIRELESS  PANIC  BUTTON  OR
 BUTTONS OR A MOBILE OR COMPUTER APPLICATION, or procedures;
   §  2.  Paragraph d of subdivision 3 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 to read as follows:
   d.  establishment  of  internal  and external communication systems in
 emergencies INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE  INSTALLATION  OF  A  PANIC
 ALARM SYSTEM;
   §  3.   This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11301-02-1

              

2021-S7132A - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2801-a, Ed L

2021-S7132A - Summary

Enacts "Alyssa's law"; authorizes school boards to include information regarding the installation of a panic alarm system in any school in the district in the district-wide safety plan; defines "panic alarm system".

2021-S7132A - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7132A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7132--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 2, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  authorizing  school
   boards  to  include  information regarding the installation of a panic
   alarm system in any school in the district in the district-wide safety
   plan
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  f  of  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 to read as follows:
   f.  policies  and  procedures  relating  to  school building security,
 including where appropriate the use of  school  safety  officers  and/or
 security  devices  or  procedures, WHICH MAY INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF
 PANIC ALARM SYSTEMS, WHICH FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION  SHALL  MEAN  A
 SILENT  SECURITY SYSTEM SIGNAL GENERATED BY THE MANUAL ACTIVATION  OF  A
 DEVICE INTENDED TO SIGNAL  A  LIFE-THREATENING  OR  EMERGENCY  SITUATION
 REQUIRING  A  RESPONSE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WHICH MAY INCLUDE ONE OR
 MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: WIRED PANIC BUTTON  OR  BUTTONS,  WIRELESS  PANIC
 BUTTON OR BUTTONS OR A MOBILE OR COMPUTER APPLICATION;
   §  2.  Paragraph d of subdivision 3 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 to read as follows:
   d.  establishment  of  internal  and external communication systems in
 emergencies WHICH MAY INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF A PANIC ALARM SYSTEM;
   § 3.  This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11301-03-1

              

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2021-S7132B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2801-a, Ed L

2021-S7132B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Alyssa's law"; authorizes school boards to include information regarding the installation of a panic alarm system in any school in the district in the district-wide safety plan; defines "panic alarm system".

2021-S7132B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7132B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7132--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 2, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on  Education
   in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  authorizing  school
   boards  to  include  information regarding the installation of a panic
   alarm system in any school in the district in the district-wide safety
   plan
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 "Alyssa's Law".
   § 2. Paragraph f of 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 to read as follows:
   f. policies and  procedures  relating  to  school  building  security,
 including  where  appropriate  the  use of school safety officers and/or
 security devices or procedures. DISTRICT-WIDE SCHOOL SAFETY TEAMS  SHALL
 CONSIDER,  AS  PART  OF  ITS  REVIEWS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT-WIDE
 SAFETY PLAN, THE INSTALLATION OF A PANIC ALARM SYSTEM. FOR  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS PARAGRAPH, "PANIC ALARM SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN A SILENT SECURITY SYSTEM
 SIGNAL GENERATED BY THE MANUAL ACTIVATION OF A DEVICE INTENDED TO SIGNAL
 A  LIFE-THREATENING  OR  EMERGENCY  SITUATION  REQUIRING A RESPONSE FROM
 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR, IN THE CASE OF A SCHOOL BUILDING LOCATED IN  A
 MUNICIPALITY  IN  WHICH  THERE  IS  NO  MUNICIPAL  POLICE  DEPARTMENT, A
 LOCATION DESIGNATED BY  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  STATE  POLICE  AND  MAY
 INCLUDE  ONE  OR  MORE  OF THE FOLLOWING: WIRED PANIC BUTTON OR BUTTONS,
 WIRELESS PANIC BUTTON OR BUTTONS OR A MOBILE OR COMPUTER APPLICATION;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11301-04-2
              

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