Bill Text: NY A00818 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to amend the education law, in relation to alerting all public and non-public schools of the state in the event of a general threat against the schools of the state
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to education [A00818 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A00818-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 818 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DelMONTE -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to alerting all public and non-public schools of the state in the event of a general threat against the schools of the state THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to 2 read as follows: 3 S 319. SCHOOL SAFETY ALERT. THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED 4 DESIGNEE SHALL DESIGNATE AN INDIVIDUAL TO RECEIVE INFORMATION RELATING 5 TO A GENERAL THREAT OF HARM MADE AGAINST A SINGLE, MULTIPLE OR ALL OF 6 THE SCHOOLS OF THE STATE. FOLLOWING THE RECEIPT OF SUCH INFORMATION, 7 THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED DESIGNEE SHALL NOTIFY ALL 8 PUBLIC AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE STATE OF THE THREAT. THE COMMIS- 9 SIONER OR HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED DESIGNEE SHALL MAINTAIN UPDATED CONTACT 10 INFORMATION FOR ALL NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE, AND 11 SHALL DEVELOP ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO ENSURE TIMELY NOTIFICATION PURSUANT 12 TO THIS SECTION. 13 S 2. Section 2801-a of the education law is amended by adding a new 14 subdivision 3-a to read as follows: 15 3-A. THE SCHOOL SAFETY TEAM SHALL DESIGNATE AN INDIVIDUAL TO NOTIFY 16 THE DEPARTMENT, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED 17 NINETEEN OF THIS CHAPTER, IN THE EVENT THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVES 18 INFORMATION RELATING TO A GENERAL THREAT OF HARM MADE AGAINST A SINGLE, 19 MULTIPLE OR ALL OF THE SCHOOLS OF THE STATE. 20 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00869-01-9