NY State Senate Bill 2017-S8438

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May 07, 2018	referred to education

2017-S8438 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Appropriations
Laws Affected:: Amd §2801-a Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S4158
2021-2022: S3827
2023-2024: S1433

2017-S8438 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "social media monitoring safety act" to provide data analytic resources and funding to every school district to facilitate the monitoring of social media activities to provide early-detection information of possible threats to a student's health and the safety of the school; and makes an appropriation therefor.

2017-S8438 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8438

SPONSOR: GRIFFO
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
enacting the social media monitoring safety act; and making an appropri-
ation therefor

 
PURPOSE:

To assist school districts in assessing threats to students health,
welfare and safety by requiring a cloud based social monitoring system.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Legislative findings.

Section 2: Details the specifics of the legislation and what type of
media that is subject to this legislation.

Section 3: Details the type of information that may or may not be gath-
ered.

Section 4: Appropriates the sum of $6 million for this purpose

Section 5: Sets forth the effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In the aftermath of the school shooting in Parkland Florida, and in
reaction to wider school security concerns, it is vitally important that
the legislature be proactive. This legislation looks to coordinate all
of our school safety efforts through the use of data analytic services
available. This risk assessment tool will provide schools the ability to
install and utilize this technology. This legislation provides a funding
stream for the school districts to access the necessary funding for the
systems.

Risk assessment tools are online social media monitoring technologies
that utilize certain key words and phrases to identify at risk behaviors
before they happen and report them to school officials and police. These
programs work 24 hours a day 7 days a week and are an important part of
any comprehensive school safety plan. While some schools are using this
technology, most are not. If we have learned one thing from the tragic
school shootings that have occurred it's that threats have to be
detected early and that social media posts, pictures and other markers
left by assailants are almost always a critical factor. It's now more
important than ever that every school install and utilize an online risk
assessment program.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

$6 million cost to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect 120 days after it shall have become law.

2017-S8438 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8438
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 7, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- 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  enacting  the  social
   media monitoring safety act; and making an appropriation therefor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "social media monitoring safety act".
   §  2.  Legislative  intent.  It  is  the desire of this legislature to
 provide students and teachers with a safe environment to work and learn.
 It has become increasingly clear to this legislative body that  protect-
 ing  the  health  and  welfare of its public school students is becoming
 increasingly difficult. This legislative body  finds  that  the  use  of
 social  media  by  students is increasingly being used to voice opinions
 and thoughts that may be harmful to students and teachers alike.  There-
 fore,  this  legislative  body  finds  it necessary to create the social
 media monitoring safety act to provide data analytic resources and fund-
 ing to every school district to  facilitate  the  monitoring  of  social
 media  activities  to  provide  early  detection information of possible
 threats to a student's health and the safety of the school.
   § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 2801-a of the education law  is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph m to read as follows:
   M.  (I)  POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES  TO PROVIDE DATA ANALYTIC RESOURCES
 WHICH FACILITATE THE MONITORING OF ANY AND ALL PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SOCIAL
 MEDIA ACTIVITIES TO PROVIDE  EARLY  DETECTION  INFORMATION  OF  POSSIBLE
 THREATS  TO A STUDENT'S HEALTH AND THE SAFETY OF THE SCHOOL. SUCH INFOR-
 MATION GATHERED PURSUANT TO THE EARLY DETECTION SYSTEM SHALL BE PROVIDED
 TO THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OR DESIGNEE AND SUCH PRINCIPAL OR DESIGNEE SHALL
 ACT AS HE OR SHE DEEMS APPROPRIATE BASED ON THE LEVEL OF THREAT  TO  THE
 HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE SCHOOL.
   (II)  A  SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL NOT BE AUTHORIZED TO VIEW, RETRIEVE, OR
 OTHERWISE UTILIZE ANY INFORMATION THAT IS  PRIVATE,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED TO EMAIL, UNLESS EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED BY A STUDENT OR A COURT OF
 COMPETENT JURISDICTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15714-01-8

 S. 8438                             2
 
   §  4.  The sum of six million dollars ($6,000,000) is hereby appropri-
 ated to the state department of education out of any moneys in the state
 treasury in the general fund, not otherwise appropriated, and made imme-
 diately available, for the services and  expenses  of  implementing  the
 social  media monitoring safety act. Such moneys shall be payable on the
 audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified  or  approved
 by the department of education.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

2017-S8438 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S8438 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S8438 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8438 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Joseph A. Griffo

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

2017-S8438 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S8438 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S8438 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8438 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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