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                                   5079
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'PHARROW  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business  law  and  the  executive  law,  in
   relation  to  enacting the "school security guard training enhancement
   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 security guard training enhancement act".
   § 2. Article 7-A of the general business law is amended  by  adding  a
 new section 89-x to read as follows:
   §  89-X.  APPLICABILITY TO SCHOOL SECURITY GUARDS.  1. SCHOOL SECURITY
 GUARDS EMPLOYED OR CONTRACTED BY A SCHOOL IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING,  BUT
 NOT  LIMITED TO, RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN RETIRED FOR MORE
 THAN FIVE YEARS, SHALL OBTAIN A SPECIALIZED CERTIFICATION,  IN  ADDITION
 TO  THE  GENERAL  SECURITY  GUARD LICENSE REQUIRED BY THIS ARTICLE. SUCH
 SPECIALIZED CERTIFICATION SHALL REQUIRE THE COMPLETION OF A  SCHOOL-SPE-
 CIFIC  TRAINING PROGRAM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ROLE AND RESPON-
 SIBILITY OF SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICERS, SCHOOL-RELATED LAWS AND LIABILITY,
 SECURITY   AWARENESS   IN    THE    EDUCATIONAL    ENVIRONMENT,    YOUTH
 MEDIATION/CONFLICT  RESOLUTION,  DISASTERS  AND EMERGENCIES, DYNAMICS OF
 STUDENT BEHAVIOR AND CULTURAL  AWARENESS,  RESTORATIVE  JUSTICE,  CRISIS
 PREVENTION, AND THE DIGNITY FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT (DASA).
   2.  THE SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAM SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED AND ENFORCED
 BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION  AND
 THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES, THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND
 SECURITY, STATE POLICE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.  SUCH TRAINING PROGRAM
 SHALL BE STANDARDIZED AND APPROVED STATEWIDE.
   3. THE SECRETARY SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF  EDUCA-
 TION  AND  THE SECURITY GUARD ADVISORY COUNCIL, ADOPT  RULES  AND  REGU-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 LATIONS IMPLEMENTING  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SECTION.  SUCH  RULES  AND
 REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) REQUIREMENTS OF THE SPECIALIZED  CERTIFICATION AND SCHOOL-SPECIFIC
 TRAINING PROGRAM;
   (B)  CRITERIA DETERMINING IF PRIOR TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE MAY BE USED
 TO SATISFY THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH SPECIALIZED CERTIFICATION;
   (C) THE PERIOD OF TIME AFTER THIS  SECTION  BECOMES  A  LAW  WHEN  THE
 PROGRAM SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED; AND
   (D)  UPON  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  THE  CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, DETERMINE A
 PERIOD OF TIME NOT TO EXCEED ONE YEAR  THAT  INDIVIDUALS  WILL  HAVE  TO
 OBTAIN SUCH CERTIFICATE TO CONTINUE SERVING AS A SCHOOL SECURITY GUARD.
   4. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL SUPERSEDE THE LANGUAGE OF ANY COLLEC-
 TIVELY  BARGAINED  AGREEMENT  SUBJECT  TO  ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL
 SERVICE LAW. ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH  THIS  TRAINING,  OR  LEAVE  TIME
 REQUIRED,  SHALL  BE SUBJECT TO A COLLECTIVELY BARGAINED AGREEMENT UNDER
 ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
   § 3. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 of section 841-b  of  the
 executive  law, as added by chapter 336 of the laws of 1992, are amended
 and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
   (c) minimum qualifications for instructors at approved security  guard
 training schools and training programs; [and]
   (d)  the  subject  matter  of all training requirements which security
 guards and security guard applicants must complete before  being  regis-
 tered as unarmed and armed security guards[.]; AND
   (E) THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SCHOOL-SPECIFIC TRAINING PROGRAM
 DESCRIBED IN SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-X OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW.
   §  4. Subdivision 7 of section 841 of the executive law, as amended by
 section 6 of part Q of chapter 56 of the laws of  2009,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   7.  Consult  with and cooperate with other departments and agencies of
 the state concerned with police officer,  SCHOOL  SECURITY  GUARDS,  and
 peace officer training;
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.