Assembly Bill A6665A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the frequency and implementation of lock-down drills in schools

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co-Sponsors

2023-A6665 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6537
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §807, Ed L

2023-A6665 - Summary

Decreases the frequency of lock-down drills in schools; directs that such drills shall be implemented with a trauma-informed approach; permits parents to opt their children out of such drills.

2023-A6665 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6665
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. SIMON, EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to lock-down drills
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  807 of the education law, as
 amended by section 2 of part B of chapter 54 of the  laws  of  2016,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  It shall be the duty of the principal or other person in charge of
 every public or private school or  educational  institution  within  the
 state,  other  than  colleges or universities, to instruct and train the
 pupils by means of drills, so that they may in  a  sudden  emergency  be
 able  to respond appropriately in the shortest possible time and without
 confusion or panic. Such drills shall be held  at  least  [twelve]  NINE
 times in each school year, [eight] SIX of which required drills shall be
 held  between  September  first  and  December thirty-first of each such
 year. Eight of all such drills shall be evacuation drills, four of which
 shall be through use of the fire escapes on buildings where fire escapes
 are provided or through the use of identified secondary means of egress.
 [Four of all such] ONE required [drills]  DRILL  shall  be  A  lock-down
 [drills]  DRILL.    Drills  shall be conducted at different times of the
 school day. Pupils shall be instructed in the procedure to  be  followed
 in  the  event  that  a fire occurs during the lunch period or assembly,
 provided however, that such additional instruction may be waived where a
 drill is held during the regular school lunch period or  assembly.  Four
 additional  drills  shall  be  held in each school year during the hours
 after sunset and before sunrise in school buildings  in  which  students
 are  provided  with  sleeping  accommodations.  At  least two additional
 drills shall be held during summer  school  in  buildings  where  summer
 school  is  conducted,  and  one of such drills shall be held during the
 first week of summer school.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10751-02-3
              

co-Sponsors

2023-A6665A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6537
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §807, Ed L

2023-A6665A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Decreases the frequency of lock-down drills in schools; directs that such drills shall be implemented with a trauma-informed approach; permits parents to opt their children out of such drills.

2023-A6665A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6665--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON, EPSTEIN, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, BURGOS, CUNNING-
   HAM, WALKER, ALVAREZ, ZACCARO, DAVILA, REYES, THIELE, ARDILA, SHIMSKY,
   SIMONE, DARLING, BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education  in  accordance
   with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to lock-down drills
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  807 of the education law, as
 amended by section 2 of part B of chapter 54 of the  laws  of  2016,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  It shall be the duty of the principal or other person in charge of
 every public or private school or  educational  institution  within  the
 state,  other  than  colleges or universities, to instruct and train the
 pupils by means of drills, so that they may in  a  sudden  emergency  be
 able  to respond appropriately in the shortest possible time and without
 confusion or panic. Such drills shall be  held  at  least  [twelve]  TEN
 times in each school year, [eight] SIX of which required drills shall be
 held  between  September  first  and  December thirty-first of each such
 year. Eight of all such drills shall be evacuation drills, four of which
 shall be through use of the fire escapes on buildings where fire escapes
 are provided or through the use of identified secondary means of egress.
 [Four of all such]  TWO  required  drills  shall  be  lock-down  drills.
 Drills  shall  be conducted at different times of the school day. Pupils
 shall be instructed in the procedure to be followed in the event that  a
 fire  occurs during the lunch period or assembly, provided however, that
 such additional instruction may be waived where a drill is  held  during
 the  regular  school  lunch  period  or assembly. Four additional drills
 shall be held in each school year during  the  hours  after  sunset  and
 before  sunrise  in school buildings in which students are provided with
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10751-08-4
              

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