Senate Bill S7845

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes active shooter drills in educational institutions

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-S7845 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §807, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S310
2021-2022: S3346
2023-2024: S1380

2017-S7845 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes active shooter drills in public and private educational institutions.

2017-S7845 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7845 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7845
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  FELDER, ROBACH -- 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  establishing  active
   shooter drills at public and private educational institutions
 
   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 EMERGENCY ATTACK DRILLS, WITH
 TWO OF SUCH DRILLS BEING lock-down drills AND TWO OF SUCH  DRILLS  BEING
 ACTIVE  SHOOTER DRILLS. UPON REQUEST OF THE PRINCIPAL OR OTHER PERSON IN
 CHARGE OF SUCH PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, THE  NEW  YORK
 STATE  SCHOOL  SAFETY IMPROVEMENT TEAMS, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION
 TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE-B OF THIS CHAPTER,  SHALL  PROVIDE  RECOMMENDA-
 TIONS ON HOW TO PERFORM SUCH LOCK-DOWN AND ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS AT SUCH
 PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.  Drills shall be conducted at
 different  times  of  the  school day. 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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