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                                   5258
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to providing critical
   incident mapping data relating to school safety plans
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The opening paragraph and paragraphs c and h 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, are amended and  a  new  para-
 graph i is added to read as follows:
   A  building  level emergency response plan, developed by the building-
 level emergency response  team  defined  in  subdivision  four  of  this
 section,  shall  be  kept confidential, including but not limited to the
 floor plans, blueprints, schematics or other maps of the school  interi-
 or,  school grounds and road maps of the immediate surrounding area, AND
 CRITICAL INCIDENT MAPPING DATA and shall  not  be  disclosed  except  to
 authorized department or school staff, and law enforcement officers, and
 shall include the following elements:
   c.  floor  plans,  blueprints,  schematics or other maps of the school
 interior, school grounds and road  maps  of  the  immediate  surrounding
 area, AND CRITICAL INCIDENT MAPPING DATA;
   h.  policies and procedures for securing and restricting access to the
 crime scene in order to preserve evidence in cases of violent crimes  on
 school property[.]; AND
   I.  CRITICAL  INCIDENT MAPPING DATA PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION SHALL:
   (I) BE COMPATIBLE WITH SOFTWARE PLATFORMS USED BY A LOCAL,  STATE,  OR
 FEDERAL PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY THAT PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICES;
   (II) BE PROVIDED IN A PRINTABLE FORMAT; AND
   (III)  BE  VERIFIED  FOR  ACCURACY  THROUGH AN ANNUAL WALKTHROUGH OF A
 SCHOOL BUILDING AND SCHOOL GROUNDS.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08107-02-3
              

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   § 2. Section 2801-a of the education law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, "CRITICAL INCIDENT MAPPING DATA"
 MEANS INFORMATION PROVIDED IN AN ELECTRONIC OR DIGITAL FORMAT TO  ASSIST
 LAW   ENFORCEMENT   OR  EMERGENCY  FIRST  RESPONDERS  IN  AN  EMERGENCY.
 DISTRICTS SHALL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PROVIDE:
   A. AERIAL IMAGERY OF A SCHOOL BUILDING;
   B. SITE SPECIFIC LABELING THAT MATCHES THE  STRUCTURE  OF  THE  SCHOOL
 BUILDING,  INCLUDING BUILDING ACCESS POINTS, ROOM LABELS, HALLWAY NAMES,
 EXTERNAL DOOR OR STAIRWELL NUMBERS, LOCATIONS OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND
 UTILITY SHUT OFFS, KEY BOXES,  AUTOMATED  EXTERNAL  DEFIBRILLATORS,  AND
 TRAUMA KITS; AND
   C.  SITE  SPECIFIC LABELING THAT MATCHES THE SCHOOL GROUNDS, INCLUDING
 PARKING AREAS, ATHLETIC FIELDS, SURROUNDING ROADS, AND NEIGHBORING PROP-
 ERTIES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.