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                                  2642--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Education  in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to classroom safety mech-
   anisms, emergency medical equipment, and evidence-based best practices
   for school safety planning and training
 
   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  409-n
 to read as follows:
   § 409-N. QUICK ACTION SCHOOL SECURITY DEVICES. 1. TO ENSURE SAFETY FOR
 CHILDREN,  ADMINISTRATORS,  AND  STAFF,  EVERY  DOOR IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS
 SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH A LOCKING DEVICE THAT FOLLOWS, AT A MINIMUM,  THE
 GUIDELINES  UNDER  SECTION 2.19 OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOME-
 LAND SECURITY PRIMER, WHICH STATES THAT DOOR LOCKS SHALL  LOCK  AUTOMAT-
 ICALLY OR WITH A SIMPLE LOCKING MECHANISM IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT IT CAN
 BE QUICKLY LOCKED FROM EITHER SIDE.
   2. WHEREVER POSSIBLE, ADVANCED HARDENING OPTIONS FOR WINDOWS AND DOORS
 ON  SCHOOL  PREMISES  SHALL BE CONSIDERED AND APPLIED, SUCH AS BALLISTIC
 CLASSROOM DOORS, BALLISTIC OR SHATTER PROOF SAFETY FILM ON GROUND  FLOOR
 CLASSROOM WINDOWS, AND CLASSROOM DOOR VIEW PANELS.
   3.  SCHOOL  ADMINISTRATORS,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  LOCAL POLICE
 DEPARTMENT, SHALL  INSTALL  SECURITY  CAMERAS  SUPPORTED  BY  ARTIFICIAL
 INTELLIGENCE AND BE INSTALLED WHERE APPROPRIATE.
   4. DEVICES OUTLINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE COMPLIANT WITH LIFE SAFE-
 TY, FIRE CODES, THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND ALL OTHER APPLI-
 CABLE LAWS.
   §  2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 924 to read
 as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06721-02-2
              

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   § 924. PUBLIC BLEEDING CONTROL. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,  THE
 TERM "PUBLIC BLEEDING CONTROL EQUIPMENT" SHALL MEAN A FIRST AID RESPONSE
 KIT  THAT  CONTAINS  EQUIPMENT  SUCH  AS TOURNIQUETS, PRESSURE DRESSING,
 SCISSORS, PROTECTIVE GLOVES, AND GAUZE BANDAGES MEANT  TO  HELP  CONTROL
 AND  STOP  BLEEDING  UNTIL TRAINED EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ARRIVE, THAT ARE
 BUNDLED TOGETHER IN INDIVIDUAL  KITS,  CONSPICUOUSLY  LABELED  WITH  THE
 WORDS "BLEEDING CONTROL".
   2.  WHEN  ASSEMBLING  AND SELECTING PUBLIC BLEEDING CONTROL EQUIPMENT,
 PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF HEALTH  AND  COMMISSIONER  OF  EDUCATION,  SHALL  UTILIZE  THE
 FOLLOWING  BEST PRACTICES TO ENABLE UNTRAINED BYSTANDERS TO BECOME IMME-
 DIATE RESPONDERS:
   A. SELECT PRODUCTS THAT ARE EASILY APPLIED BY UNTRAINED PROFESSIONALS;
   B. ENSURE COMPONENTS ARE COLOR AND NUMBER-CODED FOR  EASY  IDENTIFICA-
 TION;
   C. PRODUCTS COME WITH A USER APP THAT:
   (I)   PROVIDES  EASY  TO  FOLLOW  PRODUCT  SELECTION  AND  APPLICATION
 INSTRUCTIONS;
   (II) RECORDS USEFUL ACTIVITY AND INFORMATION  THAT  CAN  INFORM  FIRST
 RESPONDERS, TRAUMA STAFF, AND INCIDENT MANAGEMENT RECORDING; AND
   (III) PROVIDES EMERGENCY CARE GUIDANCE FOR COMMON USES, SUCH AS BLEED-
 ING,  CHOKING,  SEIZURES,  BREATHING, EPIPEN AND ASTHMA INHALER APPLICA-
 TION, AND NARCAN;
   D. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS,  SUCH
 AS THOSE REQUIRING EVACUATION, SHELTERING, AND LOCK-DOWN. THESE POLICIES
 SHALL  INCLUDE,  AT  A  MINIMUM,  EVACUATION  ROUTES, SHELTER SITES, AND
 PROCEDURES FOR ADDRESSING MEDICAL NEEDS, TRANSPORTATION,  AND  EMERGENCY
 NOTIFICATION OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS;
   E.  DESIGNATION  OF  AN  EMERGENCY  RESPONSE  TEAM COMPRISED OF SCHOOL
 PERSONNEL, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, FIRE OFFICIALS AND REPRESENTATIVES
 FROM LOCAL REGIONAL AND/OR  STATE  EMERGENCY  RESPONSE  AGENCIES,  OTHER
 APPROPRIATE  INCIDENT  RESPONSE TEAMS, AND A POST-INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM
 THAT INCLUDES APPROPRIATE SCHOOL PERSONNEL,  MEDICAL  PERSONNEL,  MENTAL
 HEALTH  COUNSELORS,  AND  OTHERS  WHO CAN ASSIST THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY IN
 COPING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF A VIOLENT INCIDENT;
   F. FLOOR PLANS, BLUEPRINTS, SCHEMATICS OR OTHER  MAPS  OF  THE  SCHOOL
 INTERIOR,  SCHOOL  GROUNDS,  AND  ROAD MAPS OF THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING
 AREA;
   G. ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNAL AND  EXTERNAL  COMMUNICATION  SYSTEMS  IN
 EMERGENCIES;
   H.  DEFINITION OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE
 NATIONAL INTERAGENCY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM/INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM;
   I. COORDINATION OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE  PLAN  WITH  THE  STATE-WIDE
 PLAN  FOR  DISASTER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO ASSURE THAT THE SCHOOL HAS
 ACCESS TO FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES IN THE EVENT
 OF A VIOLENT INCIDENT;
   J. PROCEDURES FOR REVIEW AND THE CONDUCTING OF DRILLS AND OTHER  EXER-
 CISES TO TEST COMPONENTS OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN; AND
   K.  POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR SECURING AND RESTRICTING ACCESS TO THE
 CRIME SCENE IN ORDER TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE IN CASES OF VIOLENT CRIMES  ON
 SCHOOL PROPERTY.
   3. WHEN DEPLOYING PUBLIC BLEED CONTROL EQUIPMENT, PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMIN-
 ISTRATORS AND STAFF, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AND
 COMMISSIONER  OF  EDUCATION,  SHALL UTILIZE THE FOLLOWING BEST PRACTICES
 FOR PLACEMENT AND QUANTITIES:
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   A. MOBILE UNITS - TO BE UTILIZED FOR SCHOOL  NURSES,  SCHOOL  RESOURCE
 OFFICERS, ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS, SCHOOL BUSES, PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPART-
 MENTS, AND ALL AFTER-SCHOOL AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES;
   B.  PUBLIC  ACCESS  BLEEDING  CONTROL  STATION  -  FOR EVERY AUTOMATED
 EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE
 OF  SECTION  THREE  THOUSAND-B OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, THAT SHALL BE A
 WALL-MOUNTED STATION CONTAINING FOUR INDIVIDUAL KITS;
   C. INDIVIDUAL KITS IN EVERY CLASSROOM IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES OR  LOCK-
 DOWNS; AND
   D.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, PROPER PLACEMENT OF EQUIPMENT SHOULD
 FOLLOW THE THREE-MINUTE RULE, WHICH MEANS THAT  AN  INDIVIDUAL  MUST  BE
 ABLE TO RETRIEVE THE EQUIPMENT AND BEGIN TREATMENT WITHIN THREE MINUTES.
   4.  EACH  DISTRICT-WIDE  SCHOOL  SAFETY TEAM SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE
 BOARD OF EDUCATION, OR THE CHANCELLOR IN THE CASE  OF  THE  CITY  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  OF  THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED
 TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE  SCHOOL  BOARD,  TEACHER,  ADMINISTRATOR,  AND
 PARENT  ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOL SAFETY PERSONNEL, AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSON-
 NEL. AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, OR THE  CHANCELLOR  IN
 THE  CASE  OF  THE CITY OF NEW YORK, A STUDENT MAY BE ALLOWED TO PARTIC-
 IPATE ON THE SAFETY TEAM, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT NO PORTION OF A  CONFI-
 DENTIAL BUILDING-LEVEL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN SHALL BE SHARED WITH SUCH
 STUDENT  NOR  SHALL SUCH STUDENT BE PRESENT WHERE DETAILS OF A CONFIDEN-
 TIAL BUILDING-LEVEL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN OR CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS  OF
 A  DISTRICT-WIDE  EMERGENCY RESPONSE STRATEGY ARE DISCUSSED. EACH BUILD-
 ING-LEVEL EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM SHALL BE  APPOINTED  BY  THE  BUILDING
 PRINCIPAL,  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH REGULATIONS OR GUIDELINES PRESCRIBED BY
 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, CHANCELLOR OR OTHER GOVERNING BODY. SUCH  BUILD-
 ING-LEVEL  TEAMS  SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO REPRESENTATIVES OF
 TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR, AND PARENT ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOL SAFETY  PERSON-
 NEL AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-
 CIALS,  FIRE OFFICIALS OR ANY OTHER EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCIES, AND ANY
 OTHER REPRESENTATIVES THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION,  CHANCELLOR,  OR  OTHER
 GOVERNING BODY DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
   5. THE DISTRICT-WIDE SAFETY PLAN AND BUILDING-LEVEL EMERGENCY RESPONSE
 PLANS  SHALL  BE REVIEWED BY THE  APPROPRIATE TEAM ON AT LEAST AN ANNUAL
 BASIS AND UPDATED AS NEEDED.
   6. EACH BOARD OF EDUCATION, CHANCELLOR OR OTHER GOVERNING  BODY  SHALL
 MAKE  EACH  DISTRICT-WIDE  SAFETY  PLAN  AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT
 LEAST THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO ITS ADOPTION. SUCH DISTRICT-WIDE PLANS MAY BE
 ADOPTED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD ONLY AFTER AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC HEARING  THAT
 PROVIDES  FOR  THE PARTICIPATION OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL, PARENTS, STUDENTS,
 AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES. EACH DISTRICT SHALL FILE A COPY OF ITS
 DISTRICT-WIDE SAFETY PLAN WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND  ALL  AMENDMENTS  TO
 SUCH PLAN SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS
 AFTER THEIR ADOPTION.
   7.  EACH  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION,  CHANCELLOR OR OTHER GOVERNING BODY OR
 OFFICER SHALL ENSURE A COPY OF EACH  BUILDING-LEVEL  EMERGENCY  RESPONSE
 PLAN  AND  ANY  AMENDMENTS  THERETO, SHALL BE FILED WITH THE APPROPRIATE
 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND WITH THE  STATE  POLICE  WITHIN  THIRTY
 DAYS  OF  ITS ADOPTION. BUILDING-LEVEL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS SHALL BE
 CONFIDENTIAL AND SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE UNDER ARTICLE SIX OF
 THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW. IF THE  BOARD  OF
 EDUCATION,  CHANCELLOR  OR  OTHER  GOVERNING BODY OR CHANCELLOR FAILS TO
 FILE SUCH PLAN AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER MAY, IN  AN
 AMOUNT  DETERMINED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER, WITHHOLD PUBLIC MONEY FROM THE
 DISTRICT UNTIL THE DISTRICT IS IN COMPLIANCE.
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   8. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ANNUALLY REPORT  TO  THE  GOVERNOR  AND  THE
 LEGISLATURE  ON THE IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION.
   9. WHENEVER IT SHALL HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE
 COMMISSIONER  THAT  A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  HAS  FAILED  TO ADOPT A CODE OF
 CONDUCT WHICH FULLY SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS OF  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT
 HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THIS CHAPTER, OR A DISTRICT-WIDE SAFETY PLAN OR BUILD-
 ING-LEVEL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN WHICH SATISFIES  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF
 THIS  SECTION,  OR TO FAITHFULLY AND COMPLETELY IMPLEMENT ALL THREE, THE
 COMMISSIONER MAY, ON THIRTY DAYS NOTICE TO THE DISTRICT,  WITHHOLD  FROM
 THE  DISTRICT  MONIES TO BE PAID TO SUCH DISTRICT FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL
 YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  NINE-A  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,
 EXCLUSIVE  MONIES TO BE PAID IN RESPECT OF OBLIGATIONS TO THE RETIREMENT
 SYSTEMS FOR  SCHOOL  AND  DISTRICT  STAFF  AND  PURSUANT  TO  COLLECTIVE
 BARGAINING  AGREEMENTS,  OR  THE COMMISSIONER MAY DIRECT THE DISTRICT TO
 EXPEND UP TO SUCH AMOUNT UPON THE DEVELOPMENT AND  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  A
 CODE  OF  CONDUCT  AND A SCHOOL DISTRICT SAFETY PLAN AS REQUIRED BY SUCH
 SECTIONS. PRIOR TO SUCH WITHHOLDING  OR  REDIRECTION,  THE  COMMISSIONER
 SHALL  PROVIDE THE DISTRICT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE OF EXTEN-
 UATING CIRCUMSTANCES; WHEN COMBINED  WITH  EVIDENCE  THAT  THE  DISTRICT
 SHALL PROMPTLY COMPLY WITHIN SHORT TIME FRAMES THAT SHALL BE ESTABLISHED
 BY THE COMMISSIONER AS PART OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE
 COMMISSIONER,  THE  COMMISSIONER MAY TEMPORARILY STAY THE WITHHOLDING OR
 REDIRECTION OF FUNDS PENDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF  SUCH  AGREEMENT.  IF
 THE  DISTRICT  PROMPTLY  AND FULLY COMPLIES WITH THE AGREEMENT AND IS IN
 FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION AND SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED  ONE
 OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL ABATE THE WITHHOLDING IN ITS
 ENTIRETY. ANY FAILURE TO MEET THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE  COMPLIANCE  AGREE-
 MENT BY THE DISTRICT WITHIN THE TIME FRAMES ESTABLISHED SHALL BE CONSID-
 ERED A WILLFUL VIOLATION OF A COMMISSIONER'S ORDER BY THE MEMBERS OF THE
 DISTRICT  BOARD FOR PURPOSES OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 SIX OF THIS TITLE.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE  OR  REGULATION,
 SUCH TRANSFER SHALL TAKE EFFECT UPON FILING OF A NOTICE THEREOF WITH THE
 DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET AND THE CHAIRS OF THE SENATE FINANCE AND ASSEMBLY
 WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEES.
   §  3. Subdivision 2 of section 2801-a of the education law, as amended
 by section 1 of part B of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, paragraphs  a,
 b  and  g  as amended by chapter 525 of the laws of 2019, paragraph k as
 amended by chapter 168 of the laws of 2020, and paragraphs l  and  m  as
 amended  by  chapter  30  of  the  laws  of  2021, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. Such comprehensive district-wide safety plan shall be developed  by
 the district-wide school safety team and shall include at a minimum:
   a. EVIDENCE-BASED policies and procedures for responding to implied or
 direct threats of violence by students, teachers, other school personnel
 including  bus  drivers and monitors, as well as visitors to the school,
 including threats by students against themselves, which for the purposes
 of this section shall include suicide;
   b. EVIDENCE-BASED policies and procedures for responding  to  acts  of
 violence  by  students,  teachers,  other school personnel including bus
 drivers and monitors, as well  as  visitors  to  the  school,  including
 consideration of zero-tolerance policies for school violence;
   c.  EVIDENCE-BASED  appropriate prevention and intervention strategies
 such as:
   (i) collaborative arrangements with state and  local  law  enforcement
 officials,  designed  to  ensure  that  school safety officers and other
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 security personnel are adequately trained, including  being  trained  to
 de-escalate  potentially  violent  situations,  and  are effectively and
 fairly recruited;
   (ii) non-violent conflict resolution training programs;
   (iii) peer mediation programs and youth courts; and
   (iv) extended day and other school safety programs;
   d.  EVIDENCE-BASED  policies and procedures for contacting appropriate
 law enforcement officials in the event of a violent incident;
   e. EVIDENCE-BASED policies  and  procedures  for  contacting  parents,
 guardians  or  persons  in  parental  relation  to  the  students of the
 district in the event of a violent incident and policies and  procedures
 for  contacting parents, guardians or persons in parental relation to an
 individual student of the district in the event of an implied or  direct
 threat  of  violence  by  such  student  against  themselves,  which for
 purposes of this section shall include suicide;
   f. EVIDENCE-BASED policies and procedures relating to school  building
 security,  including where appropriate the use of school safety officers
 and/or security devices or procedures, AS FURTHER  OUTLINED  IN  SECTION
 FOUR HUNDRED NINE-N OF THIS CHAPTER;
   g.  EVIDENCE-BASED  policies  and  procedures for the dissemination of
 informative materials  regarding  the  early  detection  of  potentially
 violent  behaviors,  including  but not limited to the identification of
 family, community and environmental factors,  to  teachers,  administra-
 tors,  school  personnel  including bus drivers and monitors, persons in
 parental relation to  students  of  the  district,  students  and  other
 persons deemed appropriate to receive such information;
   h.  EVIDENCE-BASED  policies  and  procedures for annual school safety
 training for staff and students; provided that the district must certify
 to the commissioner that all staff have undergone annual training on the
 emergency response plan, and that the  school  safety  training  include
 components  on  violence prevention and mental health, such training may
 be implemented and conducted in conjunction with  existing  professional
 development  and  training;  provided  however  that new employees hired
 after the start of the school year shall receive training within  thirty
 days  of such hire or as part of a district's existing new hire training
 program, whichever is sooner, AND SHALL INCLUDE;
   (I) EVIDENCE-BASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT
 ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIRD-PARTY VALIDATION, SUCH AS CURRICULUM  ACCREDI-
 TATION FROM AN INDEPENDENT HIGHER EDUCATION LEARNING INSTITUTION;
   (II)  INSTRUCTION  FROM  PROFESSIONALLY  CREDENTIALED INSTRUCTORS WITH
 FUNCTIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE, SKILL LEVEL, AND CREDENTIALING;
   (III) INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGY THAT INCLUDES AN INTERACTIVE  DELIVERY
 MODEL  INCLUSIVE OF GROUP DISCUSSIONS, SCENARIO BASED AND TABLETOP EXER-
 CISE, AND FOLLOWS PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROTOCOL;
   (IV) THE SAME TRAINING FOR ALL SCHOOL PERSONNEL INCLUDING  ADMINISTRA-
 TORS, TEACHERS, AND STAFF AT ALL LEVELS, INCLUDING SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFI-
 CERS, TO OFFSET THEIR OWN SEPARATE TRAINING FOCUSED ON THREAT MITIGATION
 NEUTRALIZATION,  AND TO ENSURE FAMILIARITY, CONTINUITY, AND CONSISTENCY;
 AND
   (V) SITE-SPECIFIC AND CUSTOMIZABLE TRAINING  CURRICULUM  THAT  CAN  BE
 ADAPTED  TO  EACH  SCHOOL SITE'S SPECIFIC RISK PROFILE AND THREAT LEVEL,
 AND SHOULD INCLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ORDER TO  FAMILIARIZE  THEM  WITH  A
 SCHOOL'S APPROACH;
   i.  protocols  for responding to bomb threats, hostage-takings, intru-
 sions and kidnappings;
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   j.  EVIDENCE-BASED  strategies  for  improving   communication   among
 students  and  between  students  and staff and reporting of potentially
 violent incidents, such as the establishment of youth-run programs, peer
 mediation, conflict resolution, creating a forum or designating a mentor
 for students concerned with bullying or violence and establishing anony-
 mous reporting mechanisms for school violence;
   k.  a  description of the duties of hall monitors and any other school
 safety personnel, the training required of all  personnel  acting  in  a
 school  security  capacity, and the hiring and screening process for all
 personnel acting in a school security capacity;
   l. the designation of the superintendent, or  superintendent's  desig-
 nee,  as the district chief emergency officer responsible for coordinat-
 ing communication between school staff and  law  enforcement  and  first
 responders, and ensuring staff understanding of the district-level safe-
 ty  plan.  The  chief  emergency  officer  shall also be responsible for
 ensuring the completion and yearly updating of building-level  emergency
 response plans; and
   m.  protocols  for  responding  to a declared state disaster emergency
 involving a communicable disease that are substantially consistent  with
 the provisions of section twenty-seven-c of the labor law.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on or before its effective date are authorized to  be
 made and completed on or before such effective date.