S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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902
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, BUTTENSCHON, McDONOUGH -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing site mapping
for emergency response 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 paragraph c 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 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,]
SITE MAPPING FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH C OF THIS
SUBDIVISION and shall not be disclosed except to authorized department
or school staff, and law enforcement officers, and shall include the
following elements:
c. SITE MAPPING FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE, INCLUDING floor plans, blue-
prints, schematics or other maps of the school interior, school grounds
and road maps of the immediate surrounding area. SUCH SITE MAPS SHALL BE
PROVIDED IN A FORMAT COMPATIBLE WITH SOFTWARE PLATFORMS USED BY LOCAL,
STATE, COUNTY, AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE EMER-
GENCY SERVICES TO THE SPECIFIC SCHOOL FOR WHICH THE DATA IS PROVIDED
WITHOUT REQUIRING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL SOFT-
WARE 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
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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SITE MAPS SHALL BE PROVIDED IN A PRINTABLE FORMAT, ORIENTED TRUE NORTH,
BE OVERLAID WITH GRIDDED X/Y COORDINATES, AND BE VERIFIED FOR ACCURACY
THROUGH AN INITIAL AND ANNUAL WALKTHROUGH OF ALL SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND
GROUNDS. DISTRICTS SHALL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PROVIDE:
I. UP-TO-DATE FLOOR PLANS OVERLAID ON CURRENT AERIAL IMAGERY OF A
SCHOOL BUILDING AND GROUPS;
II. SITE SPECIFIC LABELING THAT MATCHES THE STRUCTURE OF THE SCHOOL
BUILDING, INCLUDING BUILDING ACCESS POINTS, ROOM LABELS, HALLWAY NAMES,
EXTERNAL DOOR OR STAIRWELL NUMBERS, LOCATIONS OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND
UTILITY SHUT OFFS, KEY BOXES, AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS, AND
TRAUMA KITS; AND
III. SITE SPECIFIC LABELING THAT MATCHES THE SCHOOL GROUNDS, INCLUDING
PARKING AREAS, ATHLETIC FIELDS, SURROUNDING ROADS, AND NEIGHBORING PROP-
ERTIES.
§ 2. Section 2801-a of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 11 to read as follows:
11. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SITE MAPPING FOR EMERGENCY
RESPONSE" MEANS INFORMATION PROVIDED IN AN ELECTRONIC OR DIGITAL FORMAT
TO ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONDERS IN AN EMERGENCY.
§ 3. Subdivision 6-c of section 3602 of the education law, as amended
by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, and paragraph b as amended by section
9 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
6-c. a. Building aid for metal detectors, [and] safety devices for
electrically operated partitions, room dividers and doors, AND SITE
MAPPING FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE. In addition to the apportionments paya-
ble to a school district pursuant to subdivision six of this section,
the commissioner is hereby authorized to apportion to any school
district additional building aid pursuant to this subdivision for its
approved expenditures in the base year for the purchase of stationary
metal detectors, security cameras, safety devices for electrically oper-
ated partitions and room dividers required pursuant to section four
hundred nine-f of this chapter, or other security devices approved by
the commissioner that increase the safety of students and school person-
nel, AND FOR FURNISHING SITE MAPPING FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE AS REQUIRED
BY SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED ONE-A OF THIS
CHAPTER, provided, however, that funds apportioned to school districts
pursuant to this section shall not supplant funds for existing district
expenditures or for existing contractual obligations of the district for
stationary metal detectors, security cameras, partition and room divider
safety devices, [or] security devices, OR SITE MAPPING FOR EMERGENCY
RESPONSE. Portable or [hand held] HANDHELD metal detectors shall not be
eligible for aid pursuant to this subdivision. Such additional aid shall
equal the product of the building aid ratio computed for use in the
current year pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision six of this section
and the actual approved expenditures incurred in the base year pursuant
to this subdivision, provided that the limitations on cost allowances
prescribed by paragraph a of subdivision six of this section shall not
apply. The commissioner shall annually prescribe a special cost allow-
ance for metal detectors, and security cameras, and the approved expend-
itures shall not exceed such cost allowance. The commissioner shall
annually prescribe a special cost allowance for partition and room
divider safety devices, and the approved expenditures shall not exceed
such cost allowance. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ANNUALLY PRESCRIBE A
SPECIAL COST ALLOWANCE FOR SITE MAPPING FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND THE
APPROVED EXPENDITURES SHALL NOT EXCEED SUCH COST ALLOWANCE.
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b. For projects approved by the commissioner authorized to receive
additional building aid pursuant to this subdivision for the purchase of
stationary metal detectors, security cameras or other security devices
approved by the commissioner that increase the safety of students and
school personnel, provided that for purposes of this paragraph such
other security devices shall be limited to electronic security systems
and hardened doors, and provided that for projects approved by the
commissioner on or after the first day of July two thousand thirteen
such additional aid shall equal the product of (i) the building aid
ratio computed for use in the current year pursuant to paragraph c of
subdivision six of this section plus ten percentage points, except that
in no case shall this amount exceed one hundred percent, and (ii) the
actual approved expenditures incurred in the base year pursuant to this
subdivision, provided that the limitations on cost allowances prescribed
by paragraph a of subdivision six of this section shall not apply, and
provided further that any projects aided under this paragraph must be
included in a district's school safety plan. The commissioner shall
annually prescribe a special cost allowance for metal detectors, and
security cameras, and the approved expenditures shall not exceed such
cost allowance.
§ 4. This act shall take effect six months after it shall have become
a law.