Senate Bill S2629

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the safe schools by design act

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Current Bill Status Via A286 - Signed by Governor


  • 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-S2629 - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §408-c, amd §§2801-a, 2814 & 3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S6338

2023-S2629 - 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-S2629 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2629 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2629
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MAY,  COONEY,  MANNION  -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Educa-
   tion
 
 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

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00492-01-3
              

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2023-S2629A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §408-c, amd §§2801-a, 2814 & 3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S6338

2023-S2629A (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-S2629A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2629A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2629--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MAY,  COONEY,  MANNION  -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Educa-
   tion  --  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

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00492-03-3
              

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