Senate Bill S6629B

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to grants to cover the costs of school resource officers and authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with local police entities to provide school resource officers

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 20, 2024	print number 6629b
Mar 20, 2024	amend and recommit to education
Jan 03, 2024	referred to education
May 19, 2023	print number 6629a
May 19, 2023	amend and recommit to education
May 02, 2023	referred to education

Bill Amendments

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2023-S6629 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1526
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§3641 & 1950, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: A10601
2025-2026: S4814, A703

2023-S6629 - Summary

Relates to grants to cover the costs of school resource officers; authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with local police entities to provide school resource officers.

2023-S6629 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6629

SPONSOR: MANNION
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to grants to cover the
costs of school resource officers and authorizing boards of cooperative
educational services to enter into contracts with local police entities
to provide school resource officers

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to provide grants to cover the costs of
school resource officers authorizes boards of cooperative educational
services to enter into contracts with local police entities to provide
school resource officers.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

The purpose of this bill is to provide grants to cover the costs of
school resource officers and authorizes boards of cooperative educa-
tional services to enter into contracts with local police entities to

provide school resource officers.

Section 1 of this bill would require that eligible school districts
receive grants in aid equal to one hundred percent of the combined annu-
al salaries paid to school resource officers employed at schools in the
district and define such eligible employees.

Section 2 of this bill would authorize a board of cooperative educa-
tional services to enter into a contract with local police entities to
provide school resource officers, provided that such officers' salary
shall be eligible for the grant salary coverage program.

Section 3 of this bill provides that this bill shall take effect imme-
diately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

School resource officers are an essential asset to school safety. With
the rise in school shootings across the nation, it is vital to have a
school resource officer or a special patrol officer in all school build-
ings throughout all school districts in New York State. These officers
are more than a security guard as they are trained and certified in law
enforcement and have specialized knowledge to help with safety planning,
school-safety policy, and most importantly emergency response prepared-
ness.

This bill seeks to alleviate budget burdens on school districts when
hiring a resource officer or special patrol officer. School districts
would be reimbursed at 100% when hiring an officer to serve and protect
the children of the State while they are at school. This bill also
creates an option for local school districts to enter into contracts
with local police entities to provide school resource officers in
schools. Families in the State should know that their children are safe
when going to school.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S6629 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6629
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to grants  to  cover  the
   costs  of  school  resource officers and authorizing boards of cooper-
   ative educational services to enter into contracts with  local  police
   entities to provide school resource officers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3641 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
   18.    SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER GRANT.  A. FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR AND SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEARS,
 ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL RECEIVE  GRANTS  IN  AID  EQUAL  TO  ONE
 HUNDRED  PERCENT OF THE COMBINED ANNUAL SALARIES PAID TO SCHOOL RESOURCE
 OFFICERS EMPLOYED AT SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.
   B. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM  "SCHOOL  RESOURCE  OFFICER"
 SHALL  MEAN  A  SCHOOL  RESOURCE  OFFICER, SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICER, SCHOOL
 SECURITY OFFICER, OR ANY OTHER SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR POSITION OR OFFICE,
 THAT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE IMPROVED PUBLIC SAFETY  AND/OR  SECURITY  ON
 SCHOOL  GROUNDS.  SUCH  SCHOOL  RESOURCE OFFICER MAY BE A RETIRED POLICE
 OFFICER, A RETIRED STATE TROOPER, A  RETIRED  DEPUTY  SHERIFF,  A  STATE
 TROOPER,  A POLICE OFFICER IN THE ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE OF A TOWN, CITY OR
 VILLAGE, OR A DEPUTY SHERIFF FROM A COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
   § 2. Paragraph h of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the education law
 is amended by adding a new subparagraph 14 to read as follows:
   (14) TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH LOCAL  POLICE  ENTITIES  TO  PROVIDE
 SCHOOL  RESOURCE  OFFICERS, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION EIGH-
 TEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS  CHAPTER,  PROVIDED
 THAT  THE  COSTS  OF SUCH SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR
 GRANTS TO THE SAME EXTENT AND ON  THE  SAME  BASIS  AS  ELIGIBLE  SCHOOL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05185-01-3
 S. 6629                             2

 
 DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHTEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED
 FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2023-S6629A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1526
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§3641 & 1950, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: A10601
2025-2026: S4814, A703

2023-S6629A - Summary

2023-S6629A - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6629A

SPONSOR: MANNION
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to grants to cover the
costs of school resource officers and authorizing boards of cooperative
educational services to enter into contracts with local police entities
to provide school resource officers

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to provide grants to cover the costs of
school resource officers and authorizes boards of cooperative educa-
tional services to enter into contracts with local police entities to
provide school resource officers.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill would require that eligible school districts
receive grants in aid equal to one hundred percent of the combined annu-
al salaries paid to school resource officers, and other similar posi-

tions, employed at schools in the district and define such eligible
employees.

Section 2 of this bill would authorize a board of cooperative educa-
tional services to enter into a contract with local police entities to
provide school resource officers, provided that such officers' salary
shall be eligible for the grant salary coverage program.

Section 3 of this bill provides that this bill shall take effect imme-
diately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

School resource officers are an essential asset to school safety. With
the rise in school shootings across the nation, it is vital to have a
school resource officer or a special patrol officer in all school build-
ings throughout all school districts in New York State. These officers
are more than a security guard as they are trained and certified in law
enforcement and have specialized knowledge to help with safety planning,
school-safety policy, and most importantly emergency response prepared-
ness.

This bill seeks to alleviate budget burdens on school districts when
hiring a resource officer or special patrol officer. School districts
would be reimbursed at 100% when hiring an officer to serve and protect
the children of the State while they are at school. This bill also
creates an option for local school districts to enter into contracts
with local police entities to provide school resource officers in
schools. Families in the State should know that their children are safe
when going to school.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S6629A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6629--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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 grants to cover the
   costs of school resource officers and authorizing  boards  of  cooper-
   ative  educational  services to enter into contracts with local police
   entities to provide school resource officers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3641 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
   18.  SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER GRANT.  A. FOR THE TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR AND SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEARS,
 ELIGIBLE  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  SHALL  RECEIVE  GRANTS  IN AID EQUAL TO ONE
 HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COMBINED ANNUAL SALARIES PAID TO SCHOOL  RESOURCE
 OFFICERS EMPLOYED AT SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.
   B.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER"
 SHALL MEAN A SCHOOL RESOURCE  OFFICER,  SCHOOL  SAFETY  OFFICER,  SCHOOL
 SECURITY  OFFICER,  SCHOOL  POLICE  OFFICER,  OR ANY OTHER SUBSTANTIALLY
 SIMILAR POSITION OR OFFICE, THAT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE IMPROVED  PUBLIC
 SAFETY  AND/OR  SECURITY ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. SUCH SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER
 MAY BE A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER, A  RETIRED  STATE  TROOPER,  A  RETIRED
 DEPUTY  SHERIFF,  A  STATE  TROOPER, A POLICE OFFICER IN THE ACTIVE DUTY
 SERVICE OF A TOWN, CITY OR VILLAGE, OR A DEPUTY SHERIFF  FROM  A  COUNTY
 SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
   § 2. Paragraph h of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the education law
 is amended by adding a new subparagraph 14 to read as follows:
   (14)  TO  ENTER  INTO  CONTRACTS WITH LOCAL POLICE ENTITIES TO PROVIDE
 SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION  EIGH-
 TEEN  OF  SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, PROVIDED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05185-03-3

 S. 6629--A                          2
 
 THAT THE COSTS OF SUCH SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR
 GRANTS  TO  THE  SAME  EXTENT  AND  ON THE SAME BASIS AS ELIGIBLE SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHTEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED
 FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2023-S6629B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1526
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§3641 & 1950, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: A10601
2025-2026: S4814, A703

2023-S6629B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S6629B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6629B

SPONSOR: MANNION
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to grants to cover the
costs of school resource officers and authorizing boards of cooperative
educational services to enter into contracts with local police entities
to provide school resource officers

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to provide grants to cover the costs of
school resource officers and authorizes boards of cooperative educa-
tional services to enter into contracts with local police entities to
provide school resource officers.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill would require that for the 2024-2025 school year
and subsequent school years, eligible school districts receive grants in
aid equal to one hundred percent of the combined annual salaries paid to

school resource officers, and other similar positions, employed at
schools in the district and define such eligible employees.

Section 2 of this bill would authorize a board of cooperative educa-
tional services to enter into a contract with local police entities to
provide school resource officers, provided that such officers' salary
shall be eligible for the grant salary coverage program.

Section 3 of this bill provides that this bill shall take effect imme-
diately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

School resource officers are an essential asset to school safety. With
the rise in school shootings across the nation, it is vital to have a
school resource officer or a special patrol officer in all school build-
ings throughout all school districts in New York State. These officers
are more than a security guard as they are trained and certified in law
enforcement and have specialized knowledge to help with safety planning,
school-safety policy, and most importantly emergency response prepared-
ness.

This bill seeks to alleviate budget burdens on school districts when
hiring a resource officer or special patrol officer. School districts
would be reimbursed at 100% when hiring an officer to serve and protect
the children of the State while they are at school. This bill also
creates an option for local school districts to enter into contracts
with local police entities to provide school resource officers in
schools. Families in the State should know that their children are safe
when going to school.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S6629B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6629--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MANNION, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Education  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on
   Education  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec. 8 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to grants  to  cover  the
   costs  of  school  resource officers and authorizing boards of cooper-
   ative educational services to enter into contracts with  local  police
   entities to provide school resource officers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3641 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
   18.    SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER GRANT.  A. FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 FOUR--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE SCHOOL YEAR AND SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL  YEARS,
 ELIGIBLE  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  SHALL  RECEIVE  GRANTS  IN AID EQUAL TO ONE
 HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COMBINED ANNUAL SALARIES PAID TO SCHOOL  RESOURCE
 OFFICERS EMPLOYED AT SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.
   B.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER"
 SHALL MEAN A SCHOOL RESOURCE  OFFICER,  SCHOOL  SAFETY  OFFICER,  SCHOOL
 SECURITY  OFFICER,  SCHOOL  POLICE  OFFICER,  OR ANY OTHER SUBSTANTIALLY
 SIMILAR POSITION OR OFFICE, THAT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE IMPROVED  PUBLIC
 SAFETY  AND/OR  SECURITY ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. SUCH SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER
 MAY BE A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER, A  RETIRED  STATE  TROOPER,  A  RETIRED
 DEPUTY  SHERIFF,  A  STATE  TROOPER, A POLICE OFFICER IN THE ACTIVE DUTY
 SERVICE OF A TOWN, CITY OR VILLAGE, OR A DEPUTY SHERIFF  FROM  A  COUNTY
 SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
   § 2. Paragraph h of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the education law
 is amended by adding a new subparagraph 14 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05185-04-4

 S. 6629--B                          2
 
   (14)  TO  ENTER  INTO  CONTRACTS WITH LOCAL POLICE ENTITIES TO PROVIDE
 SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION  EIGH-
 TEEN  OF  SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, PROVIDED
 THAT THE COSTS OF SUCH SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR
 GRANTS  TO  THE  SAME  EXTENT  AND  ON THE SAME BASIS AS ELIGIBLE SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHTEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED
 FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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John W. Mannion

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

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2023-S6629 - Bill Text download pdf

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Pamela Helming

2023-S6629A - Details

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2023-S6629B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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