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                                   4598
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee 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.
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 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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                                  4598--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. BAILEY, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS,
   GOUNARDES,  HARCKHAM,  HOYLMAN-SIGAL,  JACKSON,  LIU,  MYRIE,  PARKER,
   PERSAUD,  SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education  --
   recommitted  to  the  Committee on Education in accordance with Senate
   Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted  as  amended  and recommitted to said committee -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education 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;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (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-
 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 THROUGH THE OMNIBUS  SCHOOL  VIOLENCE  PREVENTION  GRANT
 PROGRAM  ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THIS
 CHAPTER.
   (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.  Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 2814  of  the  education
 law,  as added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2000, 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)  SCHOOL  ANTI-VIOLENCE  EDUCATION
 PROGRAMS;  AND  (VI) other programs including comprehensive school-based
 intervention models, approved by the commissioner, 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  efficient  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.
   § 4. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section  2814  of  the  education
 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
 S. 4598--B                          3
 
 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,
 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.
   § 5. 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.
   §  6.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section  2814  of  the
 education  law made by section four of 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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                                  4598--C
     Cal. No. 1279
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. BAILEY, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS,
   GOUNARDES,  HARCKHAM,  HOYLMAN-SIGAL,  JACKSON,  LIU,  MYRIE,  PARKER,
   PERSAUD,  SALAZAR,  SEPULVEDA,  SERRANO,  SKOUFIS  --  read  twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Education  --  recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance
   with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted  to said committee -- reported favorably from said commit-
   tee, ordered to first report, amended on first report,  ordered  to  a
   second  report and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order
   of second report
 
 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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.
   § 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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                                  4598--D
     Cal. No. 1279
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. BAILEY, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS,
   GOUNARDES,  HARCKHAM,  HOYLMAN-SIGAL,  JACKSON,  LIU,  MYRIE,  PARKER,
   PERSAUD,  SALAZAR,  SEPULVEDA,  SERRANO,  SKOUFIS  --  read  twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Education  --  recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance
   with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted  to said committee -- reported favorably from said commit-
   tee, ordered to first report, amended on first report,  ordered  to  a
   second  report and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order
   of second report -- reported favorably from said committee, amended on
   second report,  ordered  to  a  third  reading,  amended  and  ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 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-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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.