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                                   2043
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BARNWELL, BARRON, BRABENEC, COOK, FERNANDEZ,
   GALEF, HEVESI, HYNDMAN, KIM, D. ROSENTHAL, MIKULIN, SEAWRIGHT,  STERN,
   TAYLOR,  THIELE,  VANEL  -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Education
 
 AN ACT to establish a commission to study how to  make  schools  in  New
   York  safer  from  school shootings and bombers; and providing for the
   repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  A  commission,  to be known as the make our schools safer
 commission, is hereby created to study the  effectiveness  of  different
 technologies  on reducing casualties in a school shooter or bomber event
 including, but not limited to, bulletproof glass and doors, auto locking
 technologies, lockdown systems and barricades. The commission shall also
 study the feasibility and cost to implement such technology in schools.
   § 2. The commission shall be composed of  ten  members,  appointed  as
 follows:  two  members  shall  be appointed by the governor; two members
 shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly; two members shall  be
 appointed  by  the minority leader of the assembly; two members shall be
 appointed by the temporary president of  the  senate;  and  two  members
 shall  be appointed by the minority leader of the senate. The commission
 shall be chaired by a person chosen by a  majority  vote  at  the  first
 meeting  of the commission. The vice-chairperson of the commission shall
 be appointed by the chairperson. Vacancies  in  the  membership  of  the
 commission  shall be filled in the manner provided for original appoint-
 ments.
   § 3. The commission shall be made up of at least  one  member  of  law
 enforcement  who  specializes  in school shooting and bombing events, at
 least one teacher, at least one parent of a student at a New York public
 school, at least one school administrator, at  least  one  engineer  who

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 specializes in technologies to be studied by the commission and at least
 one engineer who specializes in schools.
   §  4.  The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.   To the  maximum
 extent feasible, the commission shall be entitled to request and receive
 and  shall  utilize and be provided with such facilities, resources, and
 data of any court, department, division, board, bureau,  commission,  or
 agency  of  the  state  or any political subdivision thereof as it deems
 necessary or desirable to carry out properly its powers and duties here-
 under.
   § 5. For the accomplishment of its purposes, the commission  shall  be
 authorized and empowered to undertake any studies, inquiries, surveys or
 analyses  it  may deem relevant in cooperation with or by agreement with
 any other public or private agency. The commission shall meet  and  hold
 public  hearings  or  private  meetings within or without the state, and
 shall have all the powers of a legislative  committee  pursuant  to  the
 legislative law.
   §  6. The commission shall report its findings, conclusions and recom-
 mendations to the governor and the legislature no later  than  one  year
 after the effective date of this act.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately and shall remain in effect
 until two years after it shall have become a law when upon such date the
 provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.