Establishes a competitive emergency mapping grant program which will provide grants to school districts or boards of cooperative educational services to upgrade their floor plans, blueprints, schematics or other maps of their school interior, school grounds and road maps of the immediate surrounding area included in their building level emergency response plans.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
February 2, 2026
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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 establishing a compet-
itive emergency mapping grant program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2801-c
to read as follows:
§ 2801-C. EMERGENCY MAPPING GRANT PROGRAM. 1. SUBJECT TO APPROPRI-
ATION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A COMPETITIVE EMERGENCY MAPPING
GRANT PROGRAM WHICH SHALL PROVIDE GRANTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR BOARDS
OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO UPGRADE THEIR FLOOR PLANS, BLUE-
PRINTS, SCHEMATICS OR OTHER MAPS OF THEIR SCHOOL INTERIOR, SCHOOL
GROUNDS AND ROAD MAPS OF THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREA INCLUDED IN
THEIR BUILDING LEVEL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS AS REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH C
OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE-A OF THIS ARTI-
CLE, AND FOR OTHER SCHOOL SAFETY RELATED PURPOSES AS DETERMINED BY THE
COMMISSIONER.
2. DISTRICTS OR BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES WHICH
RECEIVE FUNDS SHALL ENSURE THEIR MAPS ARE IN A FORMAT COMPATIBLE WITH
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS USED BY LOCAL, STATE, COUNTY, AND FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICES TO THE SPECIFIC
SCHOOL FOR WHICH THE DATA IS PROVIDED WITHOUT REQUIRING SUCH LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE OR REQUIRING THE
INTEGRATION OF THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE TO VIEW THE DATA, AND COMPATIBLE
WITH SECURITY SOFTWARE PLATFORMS IN USE BY THE SPECIFIC SCHOOL FOR WHICH
THE DATA IS PROVIDED WITHOUT REQUIRING SUCH SCHOOL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE OR REQUIRING THE INTEGRATION OF
THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE TO VIEW THE DATA. SUCH SITE MAPS SHALL BE VERIFIED
FOR ACCURACY THROUGH AN INITIAL AND ANNUAL WALKTHROUGH OF ALL SCHOOL
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
3. IN AWARDING SUCH GRANTS, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRIORITIZE HIGH
NEED DISTRICTS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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