Assembly Bill A6970

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to school resource officers

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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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2019-A6970 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §233, Exec L; add §2801-c, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11145
2021-2022: A5494
2023-2024: A4296

2019-A6970 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a school resource officer unit within the division of state police and permits every school district within the state to request the placement of a member of such unit at any building, structure or facility primarily used for the instruction of students located within such district.

2019-A6970 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6970
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. FINCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the education law, in relation  to
   school resource officers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 233 to
 read as follows:
   § 233. SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER UNIT. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED WITH-
 IN THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER UNIT,  WHICH
 SHALL  BE  A  SPECIALIZED  UNIT  HAVING  ADVANCED  TRAINING IN PROVIDING
 IMPROVED PUBLIC SAFETY AND/OR SECURITY ON  SCHOOL  GROUNDS.  THE  SCHOOL
 RESOURCE  OFFICER  UNIT  SHALL  PERFORM  SUCH TASKS AS DETERMINED BY THE
 SUPERINTENDENT.
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  2801-c  to
 read as follows:
   §  2801-C.  SCHOOL  RESOURCE OFFICERS. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR TRUS-
 TEES, AS DEFINED IN  SECTION  TWO  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  OF  EVERY  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  WITHIN  THE STATE, HOWEVER CREATED, AND EVERY BOARD OF COOPER-
 ATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND COUNTY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION
 BOARD AND THE CHANCELLOR OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF  NEW
 YORK  MAY REQUEST THE PLACEMENT OF A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFI-
 CER UNIT OF THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE AT ANY BUILDING,  STRUCTURE  OR
 FACILITY  PRIMARILY  USED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF STUDENTS LOCATED WITHIN
 SUCH DISTRICT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2020. Effective  immediate-
 ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
 effective date.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05539-01-9

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