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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Senate Bill S2208
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 15th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, IP, WF) Senate District
2021-S2208 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S2208 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2208 SPONSOR: ADDABBO TITLE OF BILL: An act to establish a task force to study and make recommendations on school safety in the state of New York PURPOSE: To create a New York State Task Force on School Safety, which would consist of professionals in the fields of education, school adminis- tration, mental health, and law enforcement. Four members would be appointed by the Governor, four by the Senate Majority Leader, and four by the Speaker of the Assembly. The Task Force would be charged with studying the frequency and seriousness of violence that occurs on school grounds, study the cause of such violence, including the influences of conditions such as school size and environment, home environment, cyber abuse, psychological factors and any other influence the task force deems relevant. The task force will make recommendations on measures to increase school
2021-S2208 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2208 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 20, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to establish a task force to study and make recommendations on school safety in the state of New York THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. a. A task force is hereby established to study school safe- ty at schools in the state of New York. For purposes of this act, "violence" shall mean any occurrence that may compel a school official to contact law enforcement for assistance. b. The task force shall: (i) study the frequency and seriousness of violence that occurs on school grounds; (ii) study the causes of such violence, including the influence of: (1) school size and environment; (2) home environment and abuse; (3) community environment; (4) cyber abuse; (5) psychological factors; (6) media coverage of violent acts; and (7) any other influences the task force deems relevant; (iii) study current measures implemented by schools in the state of New York to increase school safety; (iv) study measures other states and countries have implemented to increase school safety; and (v) make recommendations on measures the state of New York may take in order to increase school safety. c. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the task force shall report its findings to the governor and the legisla- ture, as described under subdivision b of this section. § 2. a. The task force shall be comprised of: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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