Bill Text: NY A03225 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of education, in conjunction with the superintendent of state police and the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services, to establish standards for the security and safety of school grounds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to education [A03225 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03225-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3225
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 22, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, SCARBOROUGH, COOK, COLTON, PAULIN,
         LAVINE, JAFFEE, BENEDETTO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  ARROYO,
         CLARK,  KEARNS, PERRY, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to minimum standards  for
         the security and safety of school grounds
         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 53 to read as follows:
    3    53. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF  STATE
    4  POLICE  AND  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND
    5  EMERGENCY SERVICES, SHALL ESTABLISH, BY RULE, MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR  THE
    6  SECURITY  AND  SAFETY OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND PROPERTY SO AS TO
    7  PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATELY SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. SUCH STANDARDS SHALL
    8  INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE SECURITY OF BUILDING DOORS,  WINDOWS
    9  AND  OTHER  POINTS  OF ENTRY, AND ACCESS TO SCHOOL GROUNDS AND PROPERTY,
   10  INCLUDING GUIDELINES FOR FENCES AND SECURITY GATES.
   11    S 2. Subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph i of subdivision  2  of
   12  section  2023-a of the education law, as added by section 2 of part A of
   13  chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, are amended and a new  subparagraph  (v)
   14  is added to read as follows:
   15    (iii)  in  years in which the normal contribution rate of the New York
   16  state teachers' retirement system, as defined by paragraph a of subdivi-
   17  sion two of section five hundred seventeen of this chapter, increases by
   18  more than two percentage points from  the  previous  year,  a  tax  levy
   19  necessary  for  expenditures  for  the  coming  fiscal  year  for school
   20  district employer contributions to the New York state teachers'  retire-
   21  ment  system  caused by growth in the normal contribution rate minus two
   22  percentage points; [and]
   23    (iv) a capital tax levy[.]; AND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06824-01-5
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    1    (V) A TAX LEVY NECESSARY FOR EXPENDITURES FOR THE UPDATING AND ENHANC-
    2  ING OF THE SECURITY AND SAFETY OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND  PROPER-
    3  TY.
    4    S  3.  The  opening  paragraph of subdivision 6 of section 3602 of the
    5  education law, as amended by chapter 416 of the laws of 2007, is amended
    6  to read as follows:
    7    Any apportionment to a school district pursuant  to  this  subdivision
    8  shall  be based upon base year approved expenditures for capital outlays
    9  incurred prior to July first, two thousand one from  its  general  fund,
   10  capital  fund  or  reserved funds and current year approved expenditures
   11  for debt service, including  debt  service  for  refunding  bond  issues
   12  eligible  for  an apportionment pursuant to paragraph g of this subdivi-
   13  sion and lease or other annual payments to the New York city educational
   14  construction fund created by article ten of this chapter or the city  of
   15  Yonkers  educational  construction fund created by article ten-B of this
   16  chapter which have been pledged to secure the payment of bonds, notes or
   17  other obligations issued by the fund to finance the construction, acqui-
   18  sition, reconstruction, rehabilitation  or  improvement  of  the  school
   19  portion  of  combined occupancy structures, or for lease or other annual
   20  payments to the New York state urban development corporation created  by
   21  chapter  one hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-
   22  eight, pursuant to agreement  between  such  school  district  and  such
   23  corporation  relating  to the construction, acquisition, reconstruction,
   24  rehabilitation or improvement of any  school  building,  or  for  annual
   25  payments  to  the dormitory authority pursuant to any lease, sublease or
   26  other agreement relating to  the  financing,  refinancing,  acquisition,
   27  design,   construction,   reconstruction,  rehabilitation,  improvement,
   28  furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise provide  for  school  district
   29  capital  facilities  or school district capital equipment made under the
   30  provisions of section sixteen hundred eighty of the  public  authorities
   31  law,  or  for  annual  payments pursuant to any lease, sublease or other
   32  agreement relating to the financing, refinancing,  acquisition,  design,
   33  construction,  reconstruction,  rehabilitation,  improvement, furnishing
   34  and equipping of, or otherwise providing for educational facilities of a
   35  city school district under the provisions of section sixteen of  chapter
   36  six  hundred five of the laws of two thousand, or for payments, pursuant
   37  to any assignment authorized by  section  twenty-seven  hundred  ninety-
   38  nine-tt of the public authorities law, of debt service in furtherance of
   39  funding the five-year educational facilities capital plan of the city of
   40  New  York  school district or related debt service costs and expenses as
   41  set forth in such section, for annual payments pursuant  to  any  lease,
   42  sublease  or  other  agreement  relating  to the financing, refinancing,
   43  design,  reconstruction,  rehabilitation,  improvement,  furnishing  and
   44  equipping of, or otherwise providing for projects authorized pursuant to
   45  the  city  of  Syracuse  and  the  board of education of the city school
   46  district of the city of Syracuse cooperative school reconstruction  act,
   47  for  annual  payments pursuant to any lease, sublease or other agreement
   48  relating to the financing, refinancing, design, reconstruction, rehabil-
   49  itation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise  provid-
   50  ing  for  projects  authorized pursuant to the city of Rochester and the
   51  board of education of the city school district of the city of  Rochester
   52  school  facilities  modernization  program act, or for lease, lease-pur-
   53  chase or other annual payments to another  school  district  or  person,
   54  partnership  or  corporation  pursuant  to  an  agreement made under the
   55  provisions of section four hundred three-b, subdivision eight of section
   56  twenty-five hundred three, or subdivision  six  of  section  twenty-five
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    1  hundred  fifty-four of this chapter, provided that the apportionment for
    2  such lease or other annual payments under the provisions of section four
    3  hundred three-b, subdivision eight of section twenty-five hundred three,
    4  or  subdivision  six  of  section twenty-five hundred fifty-four of this
    5  chapter, other than payments under  a  lease-purchase  agreement  or  an
    6  equivalent  agreement,  shall be based upon approved expenditures in the
    7  current year. Approved expenditures for capital outlays  from  a  school
    8  district's  general  fund,  capital  fund  or  reserved  funds  that are
    9  incurred on or after July first, two thousand two, and are  not  aidable
   10  pursuant  to subdivision six-f of this section, shall be aidable as debt
   11  service under an assumed amortization established pursuant to paragraphs
   12  e and j of this subdivision. In  any  such  case  approved  expenditures
   13  shall be only for new construction, reconstruction, purchase of existing
   14  structures,  for  site  purchase  and  improvement, for new garages, for
   15  original  equipment,  furnishings,  machinery,  or  apparatus,  and  for
   16  professional  fees  and  other  costs incidental to such construction or
   17  reconstruction, or purchase of existing structures. In  the  case  of  a
   18  lease  or  lease-purchase  agreement  entered  pursuant  to section four
   19  hundred three-b, subdivision eight of section twenty-five hundred  three
   20  or  subdivision  six  of  section twenty-five hundred fifty-four of this
   21  chapter, approved expenditures for the lease or  other  annual  payments
   22  shall  not include the costs of heat, electricity, water or other utili-
   23  ties or the costs of operation or maintenance of the leased facility. An
   24  apportionment shall  be  available  pursuant  to  this  subdivision  for
   25  construction,  reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement in a build-
   26  ing, or portion thereof, being leased by a school district only  if  the
   27  lease  is for a term of at least ten years subsequent to the date of the
   28  general construction contract  for  such  construction,  reconstruction,
   29  rehabilitation or improvement. Each school district shall prepare a five
   30  year  capital  facilities plan, pursuant to regulations developed by the
   31  commissioner for such purpose, provided that  in  the  case  of  a  city
   32  school district in a city having a population of one million inhabitants
   33  or  more,  such  facilities  plan  shall  comply  with the provisions of
   34  section twenty-five hundred ninety-p of this chapter and  this  subdivi-
   35  sion.  Such plan shall include, but not be limited to, a building inven-
   36  tory, and estimated expense of facility  needs,  for  new  construction,
   37  additions,  alterations,  reconstruction, major repairs, energy consump-
   38  tion and maintenance by school building, as appropriate. Such five  year
   39  plan  shall  include  a  priority  ranking  of projects, INCLUDING THOSE
   40  NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH SUCH SAFETY STANDARDS AS ARE ESTABLISHED PURSU-
   41  ANT TO SUBDIVISION FIFTY-THREE OF SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  FIVE  OF  THIS
   42  CHAPTER, and shall be amended if necessary to reflect subsequent on-site
   43  evaluations of facilities conducted by state supported contractors.
   44    S  4.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
   45  the date on which it shall have become a law, provided that  the  amend-
   46  ments  to  section 2023-a   of the education law, made by section two of
   47  this act, shall not affect the repeal of  such  section,  and  shall  be
   48  deemed repealed therewith.
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