S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3435
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to including at least one
   person who is familiar with the needs of students with disabilities in
   the development of school safety plans

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs  g and h of subdivision 3 of section 2801-a of
 the education law, as amended by section 1 of part B of  chapter  54  of
 the  laws of 2016, are amended and a new paragraph i is added to read as
 follows:
   g. procedures for review and the conduct of drills and other exercises
 to test components of the emergency response plan; [and]
   h. policies and procedures for securing and restricting access to  the
 crime  scene in order to preserve evidence in cases of violent crimes on
 school property[.]; AND
   I. A LIST INCLUDING EACH STUDENT WITH A  DISABILITY  ENROLLED  AT  THE
 SITE  TOGETHER WITH INFORMATION FROM THE STUDENT'S INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCA-
 TION PROGRAM (IEP) THAT IS RELEVANT TO ENSURING THE STUDENT'S SAFETY AND
 THE ROLE OF THE STAFF MEMBER RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSISTING THE STUDENT IN AN
 EMERGENCY.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 2801-a of the education law, as  amended
 by chapter 525 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  Each  district-wide  school  safety team shall be appointed by the
 board of education, or the chancellor in the case  of  the  city  school
 district  of  the city of New York, and shall include but not be limited
 to representatives of the school board,  [teacher,]  administrator,  and
 parent  organizations,  school  safety  personnel,  [and]  other  school
 personnel including bus drivers and monitors, AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO IS
 FAMILIAR WITH THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES,  AND  SUCH  OTHER
 APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL AS DESIGNATED BY A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ORGANIZA-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06666-01-5
              

 A. 3435                             2
 
 TION  OF THE EMPLOYEES OF A SCHOOL, OR DESIGNATED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
 IF NO SUCH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ORGANIZATION EXISTS. At the  discretion
 of  the board of education, or the chancellor in the case of the city of
 New  York,  a  student may be allowed to participate on the safety team,
 provided however, that no portion of a confidential building-level emer-
 gency response plan shall be shared with such  student  nor  shall  such
 student  be present where details of a confidential building-level emer-
 gency response plan or confidential portions of a district-wide emergen-
 cy  response  strategy  are  discussed.  Each  building-level  emergency
 response  team  shall be appointed by the building principal, in accord-
 ance with regulations or guidelines prescribed by the  board  of  educa-
 tion,  chancellor  or  other  governing  body. Such building-level teams
 shall include but not be limited to representatives of teacher, adminis-
 trator, and parent organizations,  school  safety  personnel  and  other
 school personnel including bus drivers and monitors, AT LEAST ONE PERSON
 WHO  IS FAMILIAR WITH THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, community
 members, law enforcement officials, fire officials  or  other  emergency
 response agencies, and any other representatives the board of education,
 chancellor or other governing body deems appropriate.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.