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                                   4917
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the state finance law, in relation
   to enacting the "school anti-violence education act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "school anti-violence education act".
   §  2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 115 to read
 as follows:
   § 115. SCHOOL ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION. 1.  LEGISLATIVE  FINDINGS.  THE
 LEGISLATURE  HEREBY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT GUN VIOLENCE AND OTHER FORMS
 OF VIOLENCE CONSTITUTE A CRISIS THAT  POSES  A  SERIOUS  THREAT  TO  THE
 HEALTH  AND  QUALITY  OF LIFE OF ALL RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
 PARTICULARLY YOUTH UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE. AN  EPIDEMIC  OF  VIOLENCE  IS
 TEARING  AT  THE  FABRIC  OF  LIFE  IN MANY URBAN AREAS. THE LEGISLATURE
 FURTHER FINDS THAT FUNDS SHOULD BE USED TO SUPPORT SCHOOL  ANTI-VIOLENCE
 EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
   2.  DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "EVIDENCE-BASED ANTI-VIOLENCE  PROGRAM"  MEANS  A  PROGRAM  OR  AN
 INITIATIVE THAT:
   (I)  IS  DEVELOPED  AND EVALUATED THROUGH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DATA
 COLLECTION;
   (II) USES PUBLIC HEALTH PRINCIPLES THAT DEMONSTRATE  MEASURABLE  POSI-
 TIVE OUTCOMES IN PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE; AND
   (III)  IS  IMPLEMENTED BY A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OR PUBLIC ENTITY AT
 OR IN AFFILIATION WITH A GOVERNMENT-FUNDED PUBLIC SCHOOL.
   (B) "SCHOOL ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM" MEANS A  SCHOOL-BASED  OR
 SCHOOL-AFFILIATED EVIDENCE-BASED ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT IS
 OPERATED BY:
   (I) A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OR PUBLIC ENTITY; AND
   (II)  PROVIDES  EVIDENCE-BASED TRAUMA-SUPPORT AND GROUP COUNSELING AND
 ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE EDUCATION THAT INCLUDES PERSONAL  AND  GROUP  DEVELOP-
 
              

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08152-01-3
 A. 4917                             2
 
 MENT,  RESEARCH-BASED  FACTS  AND  MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT GUNS AND THE GUN
 VIOLENCE CRISIS, AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMING.
   3.  SCHOOL  ANTI-VIOLENCE  EDUCATION PROGRAM. (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
 ESTABLISH A SCHOOL ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHICH SHALL BE FUND-
 ED FROM THE SCHOOL ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION FUND ESTABLISHED  BY  SECTION
 NINETY-SEVEN-BBBBB  OF  THE  STATE FINANCE LAW. THE SCHOOL ANTI-VIOLENCE
 EDUCATION PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (I) CLEARLY DEFINED  AND  MEASURABLE  OBJECTIVES  ESTABLISHED  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT;
   (II)  EVIDENCE  THAT  THE  PROPOSED  EVIDENCE-BASED SCHOOL PROGRAMS OR
 EVIDENCE-INFORMED SCHOOL PROGRAMS WOULD LIKELY REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE; AND
   (III) A DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OR PUBLIC ENTITY
 PROPOSES TO USE THE FUNDING TO REDUCE RATES OF GUN VIOLENCE BY:
   (A) ESTABLISHING  OR  ENHANCING  EVIDENCE-BASED  SCHOOL  ANTI-VIOLENCE
 PROGRAMS;
   (B)  ENHANCING COORDINATION OF EXISTING SCHOOL-BASED OR SCHOOL-AFFILI-
 ATED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS, IF ANY, TO  MINIMIZE
 DUPLICATION OF SERVICES; AND
   (C) A PLAN FOR THE COLLECTION OF RELEVANT DATA.
   (B)  NO  FIREARMS  SHALL BE USED IN THE SCHOOL ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION
 PROGRAM.
   (C) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ATTEMPT TO SECURE ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES
 OTHER THAN THE STATE, INCLUDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SOURCES  AS
 WELL AS FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
   § 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 97-bbbbb
 to read as follows:
   §  97-BBBBB.  SCHOOL  ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT  CUSTODY  OF  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  AND  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF  EDUCATION  A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "SCHOOL ANTI-VIO-
 LENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM FUND".
   2. THE SCHOOL ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM FUND  SHALL  CONSIST  OF
 AND  ALL  MONIES APPROPRIATED, CREDITED, OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY
 OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.
   3. MONIES OF THE SCHOOL ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED
 ONLY:
   (A) PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW;
   (B) TO SUPPORT EFFECTIVE VIOLENCE  REDUCTION  STRATEGIES  FOR  SCHOOL-
 BASED  AND  SCHOOL-AFFILIATED ANTI-VIOLENCE PROGRAMS BY PROVIDING GRANTS
 TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO FUND  EVIDENCE-BASED
 SCHOOL  ANTI-VIOLENCE PROGRAMS OR EVIDENCE-INFORMED SCHOOL ANTI-VIOLENCE
 PROGRAMS; AND
   (C) FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE EFFICACY OF EVIDENCE-BASED SCHOOL  ANTI-
 VIOLENCE  PROGRAMS  OR  EVIDENCE-INFORMED  SCHOOL ANTI-VIOLENCE PROGRAMS
 AWARDED GRANTS THROUGH THE FUND.
   4. MONIES SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND  WARRANT  OF
 THE  COMPTROLLER  ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER
 OF EDUCATION.
   § 4. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this act  shall
 be  adjudged  by  any  court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid and
 after exhaustion of all further judicial review, the judgment shall  not
 affect,  impair  or  invalidate  the  remainder  thereof,  but  shall be
 confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or section
 of this act directly involved in the controversy in which  the  judgment
 shall have been rendered.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

                             
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                                  4917--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. ANDERSON, SOLAGES, ZINERMAN, GIBBS, CUNNINGHAM,
   JACKSON, MEEKS, DE LOS SANTOS, SHIMSKY, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  SIMON,  RAGA,
   SIMONE  --  read  once  and  referred to the Committee 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 committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the state finance law, in relation
   to enacting the "school anti-violence education act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "school anti-violence education act".
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 115 to  read
 as follows:
   §  115.  SCHOOL  ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION. 1. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. THE
 LEGISLATURE HEREBY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT GUN VIOLENCE AND OTHER  FORMS
 OF  VIOLENCE  CONSTITUTE  A  CRISIS  THAT  POSES A SERIOUS THREAT TO THE
 HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF ALL RESIDENTS OF THE STATE  OF  NEW  YORK,
 PARTICULARLY  YOUTH UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE. AN EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE
 IS TEARING AT THE FABRIC OF LIFE IN MANY URBAN  AREAS.  THE  LEGISLATURE
 FURTHER  FINDS THAT FUNDS SHOULD BE USED TO SUPPORT SCHOOL ANTI-VIOLENCE
 EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
   2. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "EVIDENCE-BASED  ANTI-VIOLENCE  PROGRAM"  MEANS  A  PROGRAM OR AN
 INITIATIVE THAT:
   (I) IS DEVELOPED AND EVALUATED THROUGH SCIENTIFIC  RESEARCH  AND  DATA
 COLLECTION;
   (II)  USES  PUBLIC HEALTH PRINCIPLES THAT DEMONSTRATE MEASURABLE POSI-
 TIVE OUTCOMES IN PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE; AND

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08152-04-4
 A. 4917--A                          2
              

 
   (III) IS IMPLEMENTED BY A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OR PUBLIC  ENTITY  AT
 OR IN AFFILIATION WITH A GOVERNMENT-FUNDED PUBLIC SCHOOL.
   (B)  "SCHOOL  ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM" MEANS A SCHOOL-BASED OR
 SCHOOL-AFFILIATED EVIDENCE-BASED ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT IS
 OPERATED BY:
   (I) A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OR PUBLIC ENTITY; AND
   (II) PROVIDES EVIDENCE-BASED TRAUMA-SUPPORT AND GROUP  COUNSELING  AND
 ANTI-GUN  VIOLENCE  EDUCATION  THAT INCLUDES PERSONAL AND GROUP DEVELOP-
 MENT, RESEARCH-BASED FACTS AND MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT  GUNS  AND  THE  GUN
 VIOLENCE CRISIS, AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMING.
   3.  SCHOOL  ANTI-VIOLENCE  EDUCATION  PROGRAM.  (A)  THE DEPARTMENT IS
 AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH SCHOOL ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION  PROGRAMS,  WHICH
 SHALL BE FUNDED FROM THE SCHOOL ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION FUND ESTABLISHED
 BY SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-BBBB OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   (B) NO FIREARMS SHALL BE USED FOR TRAINING OR DEMONSTRATION OR ANOTHER
 USE  IN  ANY SCHOOL ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT
 TO THIS SECTION.
   (C) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SECURE ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES OTHER THAN
 THE STATE TO FUND SCHOOL  ANTI-VIOLENCE  EDUCATION  PROGRAMS,  INCLUDING
 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SOURCES AS WELL AS FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL
 GOVERNMENT.
   §  3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 97-bbbb
 to read as follows:
   § 97-BBBB. SCHOOL ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION FUND.  1.  THERE  IS  HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED  IN  THE  JOINT  CUSTODY  OF  THE  STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE
 COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS  THE  "SCHOOL  ANTI-VIO-
 LENCE EDUCATION FUND".
   2.  THE  SCHOOL  ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION FUND SHALL CONSIST OF AND ALL
 MONIES APPROPRIATED, CREDITED, OR TRANSFERRED  THERETO  FROM  ANY  OTHER
 FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.
   3. MONIES OF THE SCHOOL ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED
 ONLY:
   (A) PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW;
   (B)  TO  SUPPORT  EFFECTIVE  VIOLENCE REDUCTION STRATEGIES FOR SCHOOL-
 BASED AND SCHOOL-AFFILIATED ANTI-VIOLENCE PROGRAMS BY  PROVIDING  GRANTS
 TO  LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO FUND EVIDENCE-BASED
 SCHOOL ANTI-VIOLENCE PROGRAMS OR EVIDENCE-INFORMED SCHOOL  ANTI-VIOLENCE
 PROGRAMS; AND
   (C)  FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE EFFICACY OF EVIDENCE-BASED SCHOOL ANTI-
 VIOLENCE PROGRAMS OR  EVIDENCE-INFORMED  SCHOOL  ANTI-VIOLENCE  PROGRAMS
 AWARDED GRANTS THROUGH THE FUND.
   4.  MONIES  SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF
 THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER
 OF EDUCATION.
   §  4. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this act shall
 be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction  to  be  invalid  and
 after  exhaustion of all further judicial review, the judgment shall not
 affect, impair  or  invalidate  the  remainder  thereof,  but  shall  be
 confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or section
 of  this  act directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment
 shall have been rendered.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

                             
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                                  4917--C
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. ANDERSON, SOLAGES, ZINERMAN, GIBBS, CUNNINGHAM,
   JACKSON, MEEKS, DE LOS SANTOS, SHIMSKY, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  SIMON,  RAGA,
   SIMONE,  ARDILA,  CHANDLER-WATERMAN,  ZACCARO, ROZIC, HEVESI, EPSTEIN,
   COOK, DAVILA, TAPIA, JEAN-PIERRE, TAYLOR, BURDICK, RAMOS, K. BROWN  --
   read once and referred to the Committee 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 committee -- again reported from said commit-
   tee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to
   said  committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  funding  for  school
   anti-violence education programs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 2814 of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by chapter 529 of the laws of 2023, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   a. School safety activities. Programs eligible for funding pursuant to
 this  section  may  include,  but  not be limited to: (i) safe corridors
 programs; (ii) diversity programs;  (iii)  collaborative  school  safety
 programs with law enforcement agencies or community-based organizations;
 (iv)  metal  detectors,  intercom  and  other intra-school communication
 devices and other devices to increase school security and the safety  of
 school personnel and students; (v) programs which facilitate and promote
 community  involvement  in  school  facility planning; [and] (vi) SCHOOL
 ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS; AND  (VII)  other  programs  including
 comprehensive  school-based intervention models, approved by the commis-
 sioner, that reduce violence and improve  school  safety.  Comprehensive
 school  based  intervention models shall coordinate with and collaborate
 with other services currently being provided  in  the  school  district,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08152-10-4
              

 A. 4917--C                          2
 
 incorporate  appropriate  school  violence  prevention  and intervention
 services, and coordinate appropriate funding sources to ensure the effi-
 cient delivery of services. Such comprehensive school-based intervention
 models  shall  also  include provisions for the involvement of teachers,
 parents, school administrators in the development and implementation  of
 the  program,  a  detailed  statement  identifying  specific performance
 goals, a proposed timetable for implementation and achievement  of  such
 goals  and  specific  assessment  methods  which will be used to measure
 student and school progress.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner as chapter 529 of the laws of 2023, takes effect.

                             
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                                  4917--D
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. ANDERSON, SOLAGES, ZINERMAN, GIBBS, CUNNINGHAM,
   JACKSON, MEEKS, DE LOS SANTOS, SHIMSKY, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  SIMON,  RAGA,
   SIMONE,  ARDILA,  CHANDLER-WATERMAN,  ZACCARO, ROZIC, HEVESI, EPSTEIN,
   COOK, DAVILA, TAPIA, JEAN-PIERRE, TAYLOR,  BURDICK,  RAMOS,  K. BROWN,
   L. ROSENTHAL, GLICK, SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Education  -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accord-
   ance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amendments,  ordered
   reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
   reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended  and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to
   the Committee on Ways and  Means  --  reported  and  referred  to  the
   Committee  on  Rules -- again reported from said committee with amend-
   ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  funding  for  school
   anti-violence education programs

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 2814 of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by chapter 529 of the laws of 2023, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   a. School safety activities. Programs eligible for funding pursuant to
 this  section  may  include,  but  not be limited to: (i) safe corridors
 programs; (ii) diversity programs;  (iii)  collaborative  school  safety
 programs with law enforcement agencies or community-based organizations;
 (iv)  metal  detectors,  intercom  and  other intra-school communication
 devices and other devices to increase school security and the safety  of
 school personnel and students; (v) programs which facilitate and promote
 community  involvement  in  school  facility planning; [and] (vi) SCHOOL
 ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS; AND  (VII)  other  programs  including
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08152-12-4
              

 A. 4917--D                          2
 
 comprehensive  school-based intervention models, approved by the commis-
 sioner, that reduce violence and improve  school  safety.  Comprehensive
 school  based  intervention models shall coordinate with and collaborate
 with  other  services  currently  being provided in the school district,
 incorporate appropriate  school  violence  prevention  and  intervention
 services, and coordinate appropriate funding sources to ensure the effi-
 cient delivery of services. Such comprehensive school-based intervention
 models  shall  also  include provisions for the involvement of teachers,
 parents, school administrators in the development and implementation  of
 the  program,  a  detailed  statement  identifying  specific performance
 goals, a proposed timetable for implementation and achievement  of  such
 goals  and  specific  assessment  methods  which will be used to measure
 student and school progress.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, SCHOOL ANTI-
 VIOLENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS SHALL INCLUDE SCHOOL-BASED OR SCHOOL  AFFIL-
 IATED  PROGRAMS  THAT  ARE OPERATED BY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS DURING OR
 AFTER THE SCHOOL DAY AND  PROVIDES  EVIDENCE-BASED  TRAUMA  SUPPORT  AND
 GROUP  COUNSELING  FOR YOUTH IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE, ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE
 EDUCATION, OR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS IMPACTED BY GUN
 VIOLENCE, AND SHALL ONLY BE DEEMED ELIGIBLE IF  SUCH  PROGRAMS  IDENTIFY
 MEASURABLE  OBJECTIVES  AND  SPECIFIC  ASSESSMENT METHODS, AND SHALL NOT
 INCLUDE ANY PROGRAM THAT USES FIREARMS FOR TRAINING OR DEMONSTRATION  IN
 SUCH PROGRAM.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as chapter 529 of the laws of 2023, takes effect.