Assembly Bill A286

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the safe schools by design act

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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-A286 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2629
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §408-c, amd §§2801-a, 2814 & 3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10014
2021-2022: A824, S6338

2023-A286 - Summary

Enacts the safe schools by design act; directs the use of design principles and strategies, pursuant to guidance issued by the commissioner of education, as part of a comprehensive approach to provide a safe, secure and healthy school environment.

2023-A286 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    286
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PAULIN, SIMON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  enacting  the  "safe
   schools  by  design  act";  directing  the use of certain professional
   design services for school security and safety improvements

   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
 the "safe schools by design act".
   § 2. Legislative intent. The legislature  acknowledges  that  measures
 taken  to  enhance school safety through investments in facility harden-
 ing,  violence  intervention  services,  and  school  resource  officers
 contribute to a broader strategy to mitigate and prevent violent acts on
 school grounds.
   The  legislature  further acknowledges that schools are intended to be
 communities and should be planned without sacrificing the inherent posi-
 tive qualities of school environments we all desire  for  our  children,
 and  that  design  solutions  can  help  address  social, psychological,
 economic, environmental, and safety factors while maintaining a  healthy
 and productive learning environment.
   The legislature intends to provide school districts with the flexibil-
 ity  to  adapt  to  differing  and  evolving community concerns, support
 student health and safety, and create productive learning environments.
   § 3. The education law is amended by adding a  new  section  408-c  to
 read as follows:
   § 408-C. SCHOOL SAFETY DESIGN AND PLANNING. A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL FACIL-
 ITIES  PLAN, AS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 SECTION FOUR HUNDRED NINE-D OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL CONSIDER THE INCORPO-
 RATION OF DESIGN ELEMENTS AND STRATEGIES  AS  PART  OF  A  COMPREHENSIVE
 APPROACH  TO  PROVIDE A SECURE AND SAFE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. ON OR BEFORE
 JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE GUID-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00492-01-3
              

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2023-A286A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2629
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §408-c, amd §§2801-a, 2814 & 3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10014
2021-2022: A824, S6338

2023-A286A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the safe schools by design act; directs the use of design principles and strategies, pursuant to guidance issued by the commissioner of education, as part of a comprehensive approach to provide a safe, secure and healthy school environment.

2023-A286A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  286--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PAULIN, SIMON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to enacting the "safe
   schools by design act"

   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
 the "safe schools by design act".
   § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 6 of  section  3602  of  the
 education law, as amended by chapter 355 of the laws of 2016, is amended
 to read as follows:
   Any  apportionment  to  a school district pursuant to this subdivision
 shall be based upon base year approved expenditures for capital  outlays
 incurred  prior  to  July first, two thousand one from its general fund,
 capital fund or reserved funds and current  year  approved  expenditures
 for  debt  service,  including  debt  service  for refunding bond issues
 eligible for an apportionment pursuant to paragraph g of  this  subdivi-
 sion and lease or other annual payments to the New York city educational
 construction  fund created by article ten of this chapter or the city of
 Yonkers educational construction fund created by article ten-B  of  this
 chapter which have been pledged to secure the payment of bonds, notes or
 other obligations issued by the fund to finance the construction, acqui-
 sition,  reconstruction,  rehabilitation  or  improvement  of the school
 portion of combined occupancy structures, or for lease or  other  annual
 payments  to the New York state urban development corporation created by
 chapter one hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred  sixty-
 eight,  pursuant  to  agreement  between  such  school district and such
 corporation relating to the construction,  acquisition,  reconstruction,
 rehabilitation  or  improvement  of  any  school building, or for annual
 payments to the dormitory authority pursuant to any lease,  sublease  or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00492-02-3
              

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