Senate Bill S9927

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires certain grants to nonpublic schools for health and safety purposes be able to be used on school resource officers

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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-S9927 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §554, Ed L

2023-S9927 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain grants to nonpublic schools for services and expenses of health and safety equipment, security personnel, related assessments and training needs, remediation of hazardous conditions, and/or the repair and maintenance of buildings, facilities, appurtenances, equipment and systems to maintain the health and safety of school building occupants be able to be used on school resource officers.

2023-S9927 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9927 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9927
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              October 9, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  requiring  certain
   grants  to nonpublic schools for health and safety purposes be able to
   be used on 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 554 to
 read as follows:
   §  554. SCHOOL HEALTH AND SAFETY GRANTS; SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. THE
 DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS  AND  INDEPENDENT  SCHOOLS  SHALL
 INCLUDE  IN ANY GRANT PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES FUNDING OR REIMBURSEMENT TO
 NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF HEALTH AND  SAFETY EQUIP-
 MENT, SECURITY PERSONNEL, RELATED ASSESSMENTS AND TRAINING NEEDS,  REME-
 DIATION  OF  HAZARDOUS  CONDITIONS, AND/OR THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF
 BUILDINGS, FACILITIES, APPURTENANCES, EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS TO  MAINTAIN
 THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF SCHOOL BUILDING OCCUPANTS, THE ABILITY FOR SUCH
 NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BE PROVIDED FUNDING OR BE REIMBURSED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT FOR THE SALARIES OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16269-02-4

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