NY State Senate Bill 2019-S7620

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Jan 31, 2020	referred to education

2019-S7620 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3732
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2801-c, amd §3641, Ed L; amd §211, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S7810, A10885
2021-2022: S2296, A1977
2023-2024: S4985, A2023

2019-S7620 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to creating a school resource officer program to permit the employment of retired law enforcement officers and provide grants to school districts and non-public schools for such purpose.

2019-S7620 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7620

SPONSOR: JORDAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law and the retirement and social security
law, in relation to a school resource officer program

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would establish a School Resource Officer Program under the
education law, and establish a school resource officer education grant
program to reimburse school districts outside the city of New York, for
the hiring of such a school resource officer.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

- Define the term School Resource Officer to include a retired police
officer, retired deputy sheriff, or retired state trooper, or an active
duty police officer, deputy sheriff or state trooper;

- Authorize school districts to hire school resource officers, or
contract with the state, a county, city, town or village for their
services.

- Define the principal role of a school resource officer as providing
improved public safety and/or security on school grounds, and further
delineate additional roles of a school resource officer.

- Authorize school resource officers to carry and possess firearms
during the course of their duties if licensed to do so.

This bill would further amend sections 3641 of the education law, to
establish a school resource officer grant program, in order to reimburse
school districts outside the city of New York, for the hiring of school
resource officers.

This bill would lastly amend section 211 of the retirement and social
security law, to make the position of school resource officer a factor
in the granting of a "211 waiver" allowing a retiree to earn over the
earnings limitation threshold amounts prescribed in law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Recent school attacks across the nation have demonstrated an important
need to increase security at schools.

Like with any threat, one of the best preventive and responsive measures
is the deployment of a law enforcement presence. The School Resource
Program would provide experienced law enforcement inside schools to
provide appropriate, trained and effective prevention, response and
recovery efforts inside our states public and non public schools.

This bill would provide a specific definition of School Resource Offi-
cer, requiring such persons to be experienced active duty or retired
members of law enforcement. It further provides, for the first time, an
important state aid component, which will allow all schools across the
state, to have the necessary funds to retain the services of such inval-
uable public protection.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New in Senate.

A10885 - 05/25/18 referred to education

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

This bill will establish a new state education grant program, the cost
of which will depend upon the number of schools hire school resource
officers. This program would establish a grant formula, providing
$50,000 for every district that hires a single school resource officer,
or a multiple of $20,000 for multiple hires.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act would take effect immediately.

2019-S7620 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7620
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  JORDAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the retirement and social security
   law, in relation to a school resource officer program
 
   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 2801-c
 to read as follows:
   §  2801-C.  NEW  YORK  STATE  SCHOOL  RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM. 1. FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER" SHALL  MEAN
 A  SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICER, SCHOOL SECURITY OFFI-
 CER, OR ANY OTHER SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR  POSITION  OR  OFFICE,  THAT  IS
 DESIGNED  TO  PROVIDE  IMPROVED  PUBLIC SAFETY AND/OR SECURITY ON SCHOOL
 GROUNDS. SUCH SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER MAY BE A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER, A
 RETIRED STATE TROOPER, A RETIRED DEPUTY  SHERIFF,  A  STATE  TROOPER,  A
 POLICE OFFICER IN THE ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE OF A TOWN, CITY OR VILLAGE, OR
 A DEPUTY SHERIFF FROM A COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
   2. ANY PUBLIC OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL MAY EMPLOY, IN EITHER THE CLASSIFIED
 OR  UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE, ANY SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 PROVIDING IMPROVED PUBLIC SAFETY AND/OR SECURITY ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.  ANY
 SUCH  PUBLIC OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL MAY ALSO CONTRACT WITH THE STATE OF NEW
 YORK, OR A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE, FOR THE PROVISION OF  A  STATE
 TROOPER, POLICE OFFICER OR DEPUTY SHERIFF, TO SERVE AS A SCHOOL RESOURCE
 OFFICER,  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  PROVIDING IMPROVED PUBLIC SAFETY AND/OR
 SECURITY ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. A SCHOOL DISTRICT  SHALL  BE  AUTHORIZED  TO
 EMPLOY OR CONTRACT FOR AS MANY SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AS SUCH DISTRICT
 DEEMS NECESSARY.
   3.  IT  SHALL  BE  THE  PRIMARY ROLE OF THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER TO
 PROVIDE IMPROVED PUBLIC SAFETY AND/OR SECURITY ON SCHOOL  GROUNDS.    IN
 ADDITION  TO  THIS PRIMARY ROLE, SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS ALSO MAY SERVE
 ADDITIONAL ROLES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (A) PROPOSING AND ENFORCING  POLICIES  AND  ADMINISTRATIVE  PROCEDURES
 RELATED TO SCHOOL SAFETY;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02407-01-9

 S. 7620                             2
 
   (B)  UTILIZING  TECHNOLOGY  WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE
 SAFETY PROGRAM;
   (C)  SERVING AS A LIAISON WITH OTHER SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND OTHER COMMU-
 NITY AGENCIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTI-
 TIES, COURTS, HEALTH CARE ENTITIES, AND MENTAL HEALTH ENTITIES;
   (D)  PROPOSING  AND  IMPLEMENTING  STRATEGIES  CONCERNING  PREVENTION,
 RESPONSE  AND RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR INCIDENTS AND/OR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
 OCCURRING ON SCHOOL GROUNDS AND/OR INVOLVING STUDENTS, FACULTY, ADMINIS-
 TRATION OR VISITORS TO THE SCHOOL;
   (E) PROPOSING AND ASSISTING  IN  THE  EXECUTION  OF  SCHOOL  EMERGENCY
 DRILLS  AND  PROPOSING  AND  ASSISTING  IN THE CREATION OF SCHOOL SAFETY
 PLANS;
   (F) PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL AND MENTORING SERVICES TO STUDENTS;
   (G) ASSISTING IN THE DESIGN, EXPLANATION  AND  ENFORCEMENT  OF  SCHOOL
 SAFETY AND SECURITY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES; AND
   (H)  PERFORMING  SUCH  OTHER  AND  FURTHER ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND
 ACTIVITIES AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY DEEM APPROPRIATE AND PROPER FOR  A
 LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICER  TO PERFORM, IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE SECURITY,
 SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS, FACULTY, ADMINISTRATION AND  VISITORS
 TO  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT'S  SCHOOLS, TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES AND SCHOOL
 GROUNDS.
   4. SUCH SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER MAY CARRY AND POSSESS FIREARMS  DURING
 THE  COURSE OF THEIR DUTIES AT SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT NOTHING IN THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED TO AUTHORIZE SUCH SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER TO
 CARRY, POSSESS, REPAIR OR DISPOSE OF A FIREARM  UNLESS  THE  APPROPRIATE
 LICENSE THEREFOR HAS BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 400.00 OF THE PENAL
 LAW.
   §  2.  Section  3641  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 17 to read as follows:
   17. SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER GRANTS. A. IN THE TWO THOUSAND  NINETEEN--
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, WITHIN THE AMOUNT APPRO-
 PRIATED  FOR  SERVICES  AND  EXPENSES  RELATED  TO THE EXPENSE OF SCHOOL
 RESOURCE OFFICERS, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  PROVIDE  GRANTS  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  SUBDIVISION  TO:  (1)  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS OTHER THAN A CITY
 SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY WITH A  POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE
 INHABITANTS, (2) CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND (3) NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
   B.  GRANTS  UNDER  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE GREATER OF
 FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR THE PRODUCT OF (1)  TWENTY  THOUSAND  DOLLARS,
 AND  (2)  THE  GREATER  OF  (A) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INSTRUCTIONAL SCHOOL
 BUILDINGS OWNED, LEASED OR IN USE FOR  INSTRUCTIONAL  PURPOSES  BY  SUCH
 PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, CHARTER SCHOOL, OR NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL, OR (B) THE
 QUOTIENT  OF  THE  ENROLLMENT OF SUCH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS
 ARTICLE DIVIDED BY TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY, AND (3) THE AID RATIO PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS  ARTICLE,
 PROVIDED  THAT  FOR A CHARTER SCHOOL OR NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL, THE AID RATIO
 SHALL BE THE AID RATIO FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE THE  CHARTER
 SCHOOL OR THE NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL IS LOCATED.
   C. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO ADOPT REGULATIONS TO IMPLE-
 MENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   D.  IN THE EVENT THE APPROPRIATION FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION IN
 ANY YEAR IS INSUFFICIENT TO PAY ALL CLAIMS  RECEIVED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PAY SUCH CLAIMS ON A PRORATED BASIS
 AMONG ALL DISTRICTS  FILING  SUCH  CLAIMS  UNTIL  THE  APPROPRIATION  IS
 EXHAUSTED.

 S. 7620                             3
 
   §  3.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 211 of the retirement
 and social security law is amended by adding a new subparagraph  3-a  to
 read as follows:
   (3-A)  THAT  HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT TITLE AND RESPECTIVE DUTIES WILL BE
 RESTRICTED TO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION
 TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE-C OF THE EDUCATION LAW;
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

2019-S7620 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S7620 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S7620 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7620 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

2019-S7620 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S7620 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S7620 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7620 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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