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Senate Bill S7504

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Includes policies and procedures for responding to students having mental health crises in school safety plans

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2025-S7504 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A335
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2801-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A6243
2023-2024: S5103, A3903

2025-S7504 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes policies and procedures for responding to students having mental health crises in a manner that does not include contacting law enforcement unless implied or direct threats of violence or other criminal activity is involved in school safety plans.

2025-S7504 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7504 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7504
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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 including policies and
   procedures for responding to students having mental health  crises  in
   school safety plans

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs l and m of subdivision 2 of  section  2801-a  of
 the  education  law,  as  amended by chapter 30 of the laws of 2021, are
 amended to read as follows:
   l. the designation of the superintendent, or  superintendent's  desig-
 nee,  as the district chief emergency officer responsible for coordinat-
 ing communication between school staff and  law  enforcement  and  first
 responders, and ensuring staff understanding of the district-level safe-
 ty  plan.  The  chief  emergency  officer  shall also be responsible for
 ensuring the completion and yearly updating of building-level  emergency
 response plans; [and]
   m.  protocols  for  responding  to a declared state disaster emergency
 involving a communicable disease that are substantially consistent  with
 the provisions of section twenty-seven-c of the labor law; AND
   N.  POLICES  AND  PROCEDURES  FOR RESPONDING TO STUDENTS HAVING MENTAL
 HEALTH CRISES IN A MANNER THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE CONTACTING LAW  ENFORCE-
 MENT  UNLESS  IMPLIED  OR  DIRECT  THREATS OF VIOLENCE OR OTHER CRIMINAL
 ACTIVITY IS INVOLVED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00973-01-5

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