Bill Text: NY A01786 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires that entrances to public and nonpublic schools be locked at all times during the school day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A01786 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A01786-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1786 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 17, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring that public and nonpublic schools be locked during the school day The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 57 to read as follows: 3 57. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the 4 commissioner shall require that every entrance from the street, passage- 5 way, courtyard, cellar, or similar entrance to any public or nonpublic 6 school in this state, shall be locked at all times during the school 7 day. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Effective immediately, 9 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces- 10 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are 11 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00350-01-9
