Assembly Bill A8887A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires school emergency response drills to include drills to respond to an active shooter, other lethal attackers, and attacks with explosives, or chemical, biological or radiological agents

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  • 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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2017-A8887 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6272
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §807, Ed L

2017-A8887 - Summary

Requires school emergency response drills to include drills to respond to an active shooter, other lethal attackers, and attacks with explosives, or chemical, biological or radiological agents.

2017-A8887 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8887
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to school emergency
   response drills
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  807 of the education law, as
 amended by section 2 of part B of chapter 54 of the  laws  of  2016,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  It shall be the duty of the principal or other person in charge of
 every public or private school or  educational  institution  within  the
 state,  other  than  colleges or universities, to instruct and train the
 pupils by means of drills, so that they may in  a  sudden  emergency  be
 able  to respond appropriately in the shortest possible time and without
 confusion or panic. Such drills shall be held at least twelve  times  in
 each  school  year, eight of which required drills shall be held between
 September first and December thirty-first of each such  year.  Eight  of
 all  such  drills  shall  be  evacuation  drills, four of which shall be
 through use of the fire escapes on  buildings  where  fire  escapes  are
 provided  or  through  the  use of identified secondary means of egress.
 Four of all such required drills shall be [lock-down] EMERGENCY RESPONSE
 drills. EMERGENCY RESPONSE DRILLS SHALL INCLUDE DRILLS TO RESPOND TO  AN
 ACTIVE  SHOOTER  OR  OTHER  LETHAL  ATTACKER AT THE SCHOOL, OR AN ATTACK
 USING EXPLOSIVES, BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL OR  RADIOLOGICAL  AGENTS.  Drills
 shall  be  conducted at different times of the school day, WITH AT LEAST
 ONE OF THE EIGHT REQUIRED EVACUATION  DRILLS  OCCURRING  DURING  A  MASS
 GATHERING  EVENT SUCH AS LUNCH OR ASSEMBLIES. Pupils shall be instructed
 in the procedure to be followed in the event that a fire  occurs  during
 the  lunch  period  or  assembly, provided however, that such additional
 instruction may be waived where a  drill  is  held  during  the  regular
 school lunch period or assembly. Four additional drills shall be held in
 each  school  year  during  the hours after sunset and before sunrise in
 school buildings in which students are provided with  sleeping  accommo-
 dations.  At  least  two  additional  drills shall be held during summer
 school in buildings where summer school is conducted, and  one  of  such
 drills shall be held during the first week of summer school.

2017-A8887A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6272
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §807, Ed L

2017-A8887A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school emergency response drills to include drills to respond to an active shooter, other lethal attackers, and attacks with explosives, or chemical, biological or radiological agents.

2017-A8887A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8887--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  school  emergency
   response drills
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  807  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  section  2  of part B of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. It shall be the duty of the principal or other person in charge  of
 every  public  or  private  school or educational institution within the
 state, other than colleges or universities, to instruct  and  train  the
 pupils  by  means  of  drills, so that they may in a sudden emergency be
 able to respond appropriately in the shortest possible time and  without
 confusion  or  panic. Such drills shall be held at least twelve times in
 each school year, eight of which required drills shall be  held  between
 September  first  and  December thirty-first of each such year. Eight of
 all such drills shall be evacuation  drills,  four  of  which  shall  be
 through  use  of  the  fire  escapes on buildings where fire escapes are
 provided or through the use of identified  secondary  means  of  egress.
 Four of all such required drills shall be [lock-down] EMERGENCY RESPONSE
 drills.  EMERGENCY RESPONSE DRILLS SHALL INCLUDE DRILLS TO RESPOND TO AN
 ACTIVE SHOOTER OR OTHER LETHAL ATTACKER AT  THE  SCHOOL,  OR  AN  ATTACK
 USING  EXPLOSIVES,  BIOLOGICAL,  CHEMICAL OR RADIOLOGICAL AGENTS. Drills
 shall be conducted at different times of the school day, WITH  AT  LEAST
 ONE  OF  THE  EIGHT  REQUIRED  EVACUATION DRILLS OCCURRING DURING A MASS
 GATHERING EVENT SUCH AS LUNCH OR ASSEMBLIES. Pupils shall be  instructed
 in  the  procedure to be followed in the event that a fire occurs during
 the lunch period or assembly, provided  however,  that  such  additional
 instruction  may  be  waived  where  a  drill is held during the regular
 school lunch period or assembly. Four additional drills shall be held in
 each school year during the hours after sunset  and  before  sunrise  in
 school  buildings  in which students are provided with sleeping accommo-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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