Assembly Bill A1526B

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to grants to cover the costs of school resource officers and authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with local police entities to provide school resource officers

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2023-A1526 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6629
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3641 & 1950, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10601
2025-2026: A703

2023-A1526 - Summary

Relates to grants to cover the costs of school resource officers; authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with local police entities to provide school resource officers.

2023-A1526 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1526
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to grants  to  cover  the
   costs  of  school  resource officers and authorizing boards of cooper-
   ative educational services to enter into contracts with  local  police
   entities to provide school resource officers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3641 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
   18.    SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER GRANT.  A. FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR AND SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEARS,
 ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL RECEIVE  GRANTS  IN  AID  EQUAL  TO  ONE
 HUNDRED  PERCENT OF THE COMBINED ANNUAL SALARIES PAID TO SCHOOL RESOURCE
 OFFICERS EMPLOYED AT SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.
   B. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM  "SCHOOL  RESOURCE  OFFICER"
 SHALL  MEAN  A  SCHOOL  RESOURCE  OFFICER, SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICER, SCHOOL
 SECURITY OFFICER, 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. Paragraph h of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the education law
 is amended by adding a new subparagraph 14 to read as follows:
   (14) TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH LOCAL  POLICE  ENTITIES  TO  PROVIDE
 SCHOOL  RESOURCE  OFFICERS, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION EIGH-
 TEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS  CHAPTER,  PROVIDED
 THAT  THE  COSTS  OF SUCH SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR
 GRANTS TO THE SAME EXTENT AND ON  THE  SAME  BASIS  AS  ELIGIBLE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHTEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED
 FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

2023-A1526A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6629
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3641 & 1950, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10601
2025-2026: A703

2023-A1526A - Summary

Relates to grants to cover the costs of school resource officers; authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with local police entities to provide school resource officers.

2023-A1526A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1526--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to grants to cover the
   costs of school resource officers and authorizing  boards  of  cooper-
   ative  educational  services to enter into contracts with local police
   entities to provide school resource officers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3641 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
   18.  SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER GRANT.  A. FOR THE TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR AND SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEARS,
 ELIGIBLE  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  SHALL  RECEIVE  GRANTS  IN AID EQUAL TO ONE
 HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COMBINED ANNUAL SALARIES PAID TO SCHOOL  RESOURCE
 OFFICERS EMPLOYED AT SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.
   B.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER"
 SHALL MEAN A SCHOOL RESOURCE  OFFICER,  SCHOOL  SAFETY  OFFICER,  SCHOOL
 SECURITY  OFFICER,  SCHOOL  POLICE  OFFICER,  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. Paragraph h of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the education law
 is amended by adding a new subparagraph 14 to read as follows:
   (14)  TO  ENTER  INTO  CONTRACTS WITH LOCAL POLICE ENTITIES TO PROVIDE
 SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION  EIGH-
 TEEN  OF  SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, PROVIDED
 THAT THE COSTS OF SUCH SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05185-02-3

2023-A1526B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6629
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3641 & 1950, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10601
2025-2026: A703

2023-A1526B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to grants to cover the costs of school resource officers; authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with local police entities to provide school resource officers.

2023-A1526B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1526--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered
   reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said committee -- 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 committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to grants to cover the
   costs of school resource officers and authorizing  boards  of  cooper-
   ative  educational  services to enter into contracts with local police
   entities to provide school resource officers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3641 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
   18.  SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER GRANT.  A. FOR THE TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 FOUR--TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE SCHOOL YEAR AND SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEARS,
 ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL RECEIVE  GRANTS  IN  AID  EQUAL  TO  ONE
 HUNDRED  PERCENT OF THE COMBINED ANNUAL SALARIES PAID TO SCHOOL RESOURCE
 OFFICERS EMPLOYED AT SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.
   B. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM  "SCHOOL  RESOURCE  OFFICER"
 SHALL  MEAN  A  SCHOOL  RESOURCE  OFFICER, SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICER, SCHOOL
 SECURITY OFFICER, SCHOOL POLICE  OFFICER,  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. Paragraph h of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the education law
 is amended by adding a new subparagraph 14 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05185-05-4
 A. 1526--B                          2

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