Senate Bill S5117

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to critical mapping data and school safety plans

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee


  • 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-S5117 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5258
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2801-a, Ed L

2023-S5117 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the provision of critical incident mapping data with school safety plans.

2023-S5117 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5117 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5117
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- 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  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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