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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Senate Bill S1380
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 22nd Senate District
Current 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
2023-S1380 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9676
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §807, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2017-2018:
S7845
2019-2020: S310
2021-2022: S3346
2023-S1380 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1380 SPONSOR: FELDER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to establishing active shooter drills at public and private educational institutions PURPOSE: This bill would require school emergency response drills to include drills on responding to an active shooter and other lethal attackers, and require school safety improvement teams (an interdisciplinary team of representatives from the division of homeland security, division of state police, division of criminal justice services and the department of education) to provide recommendations on how to perform such lock- down and active shooter drills at such public or private educational institutions. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill would amend section 807 of the education law to require that
2023-S1380 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1380 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing active shooter drills at public and private educational institutions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 807 of the education law, as amended by section 2 of part B of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 1. It shall be the duty of the principal or other person in charge of every public or private school or educational institution within the state, other than colleges or universities, to instruct and train the pupils by means of drills, so that they may in a sudden emergency be able to respond appropriately in the shortest possible time and without confusion or panic. Such drills shall be held at least twelve times in each school year, eight of which required drills shall be held between September first and December thirty-first of each such year. Eight of all such drills shall be evacuation drills, four of which shall be through use of the fire escapes on buildings where fire escapes are provided or through the use of identified secondary means of egress. Four of all such required drills shall be EMERGENCY ATTACK DRILLS, WITH TWO OF SUCH DRILLS BEING lock-down drills AND TWO OF SUCH DRILLS BEING ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS. UPON REQUEST OF THE PRINCIPAL OR OTHER PERSON IN CHARGE OF SUCH PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, THE NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL SAFETY IMPROVEMENT TEAMS, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE-B OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL PROVIDE RECOMMENDA- TIONS ON HOW TO PERFORM SUCH LOCK-DOWN AND ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS AT SUCH PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. Drills shall be conducted at different times of the school day. Pupils shall be instructed in the procedure to be followed in the event that a fire occurs during the lunch period or assembly, provided however, that such additional EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03342-01-3
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