Senate Bill S2208

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes a task force to study and make recommendations on school safety in the state of New York

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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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2021-S2208 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6244
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7928
2019-2020: S2746
2023-2024: S1958, A2803

2021-S2208 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a task force to study and make recommendations on school safety in the state of New York.

2021-S2208 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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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