NY State Senate Bill 2025-S194

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

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Jan 08, 2025	referred to consumer protection

2025-S194 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 7-A §89-x, Gen Bus L; amd §§841 & 841-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S4559

2025-S194 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "school security guard training enhancement act"; provides requirements for a specialized certification for school security guards, including, but not limited to, retired police officers; requires topics including, but not limited to, the role and responsibility of school security officers, school-related laws and liability, security awareness in the educational environment, mediation/conflict resolution, disasters and emergencies and dynamics of student behavior be covered in such training and program; provides that such specialized certification and training program shall be implemented and enforced by the department of state, in consultation with the department of education and the department of criminal justice services, the division of homeland security and emergency services, state police and local law enforcement.

2025-S194 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S194

SPONSOR: MARTINEZ
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law and the executive law, in
relation to enacting the "school security guard training enhancement
act"

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to equip school security guards with
adequate training conducive to mitigating issues that arise in an educa-
tional environment pertaining to the youth population.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Article 7-A of the general business law is amended to provide
that any individual seeking to gab employment as a school security
guard, including but not limited to police officers that have been
retired for more than five years, are required to obtain additional
training in the form of a specialized certification. This certification

will cover topics conducive to serving the youth population in an educa-
tional environment, including but not limited to, role and responsibil-
ity of school security officers, school-related laws and liability,
security awareness in an educational environment, youth
mediation/conflict resolution, disasters and emergencies, dynamics of
student behavior and cultural awareness, DASA, crisis prevention and
restorative justice.

This amendment further provides this specialized training program shall
be implemented and enforced by the Department of State in consultation
with the Department of Education, Department of Criminal Justice
Services, the Division of Homeland Security, state police and local law
enforcement. The secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations
related to determining if prior experience and training satisfies the
curriculum set forth in the certification as well as determine the peri-
od of time afte r this section becomes law an individual will have to
obtain such certification to retain employment as a school security
guard.

Section 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
amenoed and a new paragraph (e) is added to provide the training
requirements for the school-specific training program described in
section eighty-nine-x of the general business law.

Section 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
add school security guards.

Section 5. Is the enacting clause.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

To gain employment as a school security guard, one must obtain a general
security guard license. With this license, one can pursue employment as
a security guard in various sectors i.e., retail, schools, etc. However,
serving in a school environment requires additional knowledge and train-
ing the general license does not include. Such additional training
consists of youth mediation and conflict resolution, school-specific
roles/responsibilities and dynamics of student behavior.

In March 2022, a school security guard at Lincoln Middle School in
Wisconsin used a knee-on-neck restraint technique for more than half a
minute on a 12-year old girl priorto handcuffing her after breaking up a
fight. The lawsuit alleges the use of excessive force and failure to
provide the security guard with adequate training.

Amidst incidents like the example above, our nation and our state
continues to experience tragic school shootings that shine a light on
the need for increased school safety measures. This bill will provide
that school security guards are equipped with the appropriate training
and skills necessary to not only resolve internal conflicts in a safe
manner but to serve as a first line of defense against external threats.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law.

2025-S194 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    194
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 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.

                                                            LBD00537-01-5
 S. 194                              2
 
 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.

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Senate Bill S194

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

2025-S194 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S194 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S194 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S194 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Monica R. Martinez

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

2025-S194 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S194 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S194 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S194 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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