| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 15, 2025 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S7999
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 23rd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
Actions
2025-S7999 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §409-o, Ed L
2025-S7999 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7999
SPONSOR: SCARCELLA-SPANTON
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the instal-
lation of a master key box at each school building for building access
by law enforcement and emergency responders
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Amends Article 9 of the education law by adding title 409-0.
The newly added title establishes a date by which administrators and
staff alike are responsible for installing.a master key box outside
every public and private school, or educational institution. It grants
authorization for local law enforcement and emergency responders to have
access to the master key boxes. It also a list of required materials to
be in the master box.
§ 2. Relates to the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
2025-S7999 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7999
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 15, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 requiring the instal-
lation of a master key box at each school building for building access
by law enforcement and emergency responders
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 409-o
to read as follows:
§ 409-O. MASTER KEY BOX. 1. NOT LATER THAN JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO THOU-
SAND TWENTY-SEVEN, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, TRUSTEES, PRINCIPAL OR OTHER
PERSON IN CHARGE OF EVERY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL OR EDUCATIONAL INSTI-
TUTION WITHIN THE STATE SHALL ARRANGE FOR, REQUIRE, AND INSTALL ONE
EXTERIOR SECURE MASTER KEY BOX IN EACH SCHOOL BUILDING IT OPERATES TO
PERMIT EMERGENCY ACCESS TO BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND EMERGENCY
RESPONDERS FROM AN EXTERIOR LOCATION DESIGNATED BY THE LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES. EACH DISTRICT OR SCHOOL SHALL COLLABORATE WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT TO INCLUDE IN THE MASTER KEY BOX ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
(A) MASTER EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL KEYS;
(B) ACCESS CARDS;
(C) MAPS OF THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
2. EACH MASTER KEY BOX SHALL MEET THE STANDARD FOR ANTITHEFT ALARMS
AND DEVICES AS PRESCRIBED UNDER THE UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES STANDARD
UL 1037.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13081-01-5
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