Assembly Bill A1646

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the school district cyber crime prevention services program

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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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2023-A1646 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2563
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §115, Ed L; amd §16-m, UDC Act; amd §837, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7003
2021-2022: A4567, S349

2023-A1646 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the school district cyber crime prevention services program to provide school districts with information on strategies, best practices and programs offering training and assistance in the prevention of cyber crimes in school districts or otherwise affecting school districts; provides that information on eligibility and applications for financial assistance be made available to school districts; authorizes the New York state urban development corporation to provide loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and grants to school districts for the purpose of preventing cyber crimes against school districts.

2023-A1646 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1646
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, the New York state urban development
   corporation act and the executive law, in relation to school  district
   cyber crime prevention services

   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 115 to
 read as follows:
   § 115. SCHOOL DISTRICT CYBER CRIME  PREVENTION  SERVICES  PROGRAM.  1.
 THERE  IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  WITHIN  THE DEPARTMENT A SCHOOL DISTRICT
 CYBER CRIME PREVENTION SERVICES PROGRAM.
   2. THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  CYBER  CRIME  PREVENTION  SERVICES  PROGRAM,
 DIRECTLY  AND  IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES OF THE
 STATE, FEDERAL AGENCIES  OR  LOCAL  GOVERNMENTS,  SHALL  PROVIDE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS WITH ACCESS TO THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:
   (A)  INFORMATION  ON  STRATEGIES, BEST PRACTICES AND PROGRAMS OFFERING
 TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE IN THE PREVENTION  OF  CYBER  CRIMES  IN  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS  OR  OTHERWISE  AFFECTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO: HACKING, PHISHING AND THE USE OF VIRUSES,  MALWARE  AND  DOS
 ATTACKS;
   (B)  INFORMATION ON ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSIST-
 ANCE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT CYBER CRIME PREVENTION SERVICES UNDER PARAGRAPH
 (P) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION SIXTEEN-M OF SECTION  ONE  OF  CHAPTER
 ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT;
   (C)  INFORMATION ON ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATIONS FOR OTHER PROGRAMS OF
 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT CYBER CRIME PREVENTION THAT MAY
 FROM TIME TO TIME BE AVAILABLE FROM THE STATE, FEDERAL AGENCIES OR LOCAL
 GOVERNMENTS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02344-01-3
 A. 1646                             2
 
              

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