Senate Bill S8740

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes both public and nonpublic schools hire school resource officers

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

  • 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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2023-S8740 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9492
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2801-c, Ed L

2023-S8740 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes both public and nonpublic schools to hire school resource officers to provide improved public safety and/or security on school grounds.

2023-S8740 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8740 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8740
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 6, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 authorizing public and
   nonpublic schools hire school resource officers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2801-c
 to read as follows:
   §  2801-C.  NEW  YORK  STATE  SCHOOL  RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM. 1. FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER" SHALL  MEAN
 A  SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICER, SCHOOL SECURITY OFFI-
 CER, OR ANY OTHER SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR POSITION OR OFFICE WHOSE PURPOSE
 IS TO PROVIDE IMPROVED PUBLIC SAFETY AND/OR SECURITY ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
   2. ANY BOARDS OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES,  AND  PUBLIC  OR
 NONPUBLIC  SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH ARE NOT IN A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A
 CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL BE AUTHORIZED,  TO
 HIRE  SCHOOL  RESOURCE  OFFICERS,  OR CONTRACT WITH THE STATE, A COUNTY,
 CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE FOR SUCH SERVICES; AND  TO  DEFINE  THE  PRINCIPAL
 ROLE  OF  A  SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AS PROVIDING IMPROVED PUBLIC SAFETY
 AND/OR SECURITY ON SCHOOL GROUNDS THROUGH COMMUNITY POLICING TECHNIQUES,
 INVESTIGATIVE MEASURES, AND TACTICAL PREPAREDNESS, AND FURTHER DELINEATE
 ADDITIONAL ROLES OF A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14583-01-4

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