Bill Text: NY A04019 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for the establishment of police training high schools in certain city school districts and provides for further education and employment; establishes preferential admissions criteria for the state and city universities; establishes preferential civil service criteria in the recruitment of police officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A04019 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A04019-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4019 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. AUBRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law and the civil service law, in relation to providing for police training high schools in certain city school districts and making provisions for their graduates' further education and recruitment The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The section heading of section 2555 of the education law, 2 such section as renumbered by chapter 762 of the laws of 1950, is 3 amended and a new subdivision 4 is added to read as follows: 4 Kindergartens, nursery [and], night schools and police training high 5 schools. 6 4. a. Each school district subject to the provisions of this article 7 may establish a police training high school or police training program 8 in an existing high school within its district, except that the city of 9 New York may establish such a high school in each of its boroughs. Such 10 high schools or programs shall serve students in grades nine through 11 twelve and shall provide, in addition to the standard high school 12 curriculum otherwise prescribed by law, specialized courses containing 13 education and training to prepare students for admission to police acad- 14 emies and careers as police officers. 15 b. Guidelines for the curriculum for such police education and train- 16 ing courses shall be prescribed by the commissioner, in consultation 17 with the division of criminal justice services and the municipal police 18 training council. Each high school or program may further develop its 19 own curriculum in consultation with a unit of the state university of 20 New York or the city university of New York having a criminal justice 21 school or program. 22 c. Such high schools or programs shall serve students living in police 23 precincts having high juvenile delinquency rates. School authorities EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08105-01-9A. 4019 2 1 shall recruit students from such areas. Each class shall contain no more 2 than twenty students, and each high school or program shall contain no 3 more than twenty classes. 4 d. The police training curriculum shall include a summer school compo- 5 nent. This component shall be offered at one or more of the campuses of 6 the city university of New York or the state university of New York 7 having programs in criminal justice. Necessary arrangements therefor 8 shall be made by the commissioner in consultation with the chancellors 9 of such universities. The commissioner may, in his or her discretion, 10 arrange for a summer school component to be offered at a community 11 college. 12 § 2. The section heading of section 2514 of the education law, as 13 added by chapter 762 of the laws of 1950, is amended and a new subdivi- 14 sion 4 is added to read as follows: 15 Kindergartens, nursery [and], night schools and police training high 16 schools. 17 4. a. Each school district subject to the provisions of this article, 18 in a city having a population of one hundred thousand or more, may 19 establish a police training high school or police training programs in 20 an existing high school within its district, except that the city of New 21 York may establish such a high school in each of its boroughs. Such high 22 schools or programs shall serve students in grades nine through twelve 23 and shall provide, in addition to the standard high school curriculum 24 otherwise prescribed by law, specialized courses containing education 25 and training to prepare students for admission to police academies and 26 careers as police officers. 27 b. Guidelines for the curriculum for such police education and train- 28 ing courses shall be prescribed by the commissioner, in consultation 29 with the division of criminal justice services and the municipal police 30 training council. Each high school or program may further develop its 31 own curriculum in consultation with a unit of the state university of 32 New York or the city university of New York having a criminal justice 33 school or program. 34 c. Such high schools or programs shall serve students living in police 35 precincts having high juvenile delinquency rates. School authorities 36 shall recruit students from such areas. Each class shall contain no more 37 than twenty students, and each high school or program shall contain no 38 more than twenty classes. 39 d. The police training curriculum shall include a summer school compo- 40 nent. This component shall be offered at one or more of the campuses of 41 the city university of New York or the state university of New York 42 having programs in criminal justice. Necessary arrangements therefor 43 shall be made by the commissioner in consultation with the chancellors 44 of such universities. The commissioner may, in his or her discretion, 45 arrange for a summer school component to be offered at a community 46 college. 47 § 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to read 48 as follows: 49 § 319. Police officer training corps (POTC). 1. The commissioner, in 50 cooperation with the chancellors of the city university of New York and 51 the state university of New York shall establish a POTC program to be 52 offered at each college of such universities offering undergraduate 53 programs in criminal justice. 54 2. Such POTC program shall be based on the reserve officer training 55 corps (ROTC) of the armed forces of the United States.A. 4019 3 1 § 4. The education law is amended by adding a new section 355-d to 2 read as follows: 3 § 355-d. Special police officer education and training powers and 4 duties. 1. The state university shall cooperate with the commissioner in 5 establishing and implementing the police training summer school compo- 6 nent provided for in subdivision four of section twenty-five hundred 7 fourteen or subdivision four of section twenty-five hundred fifty-five 8 of this chapter. 9 2. The state university shall cooperate with the commissioner in 10 establishing a police officer training corps (POTC) provided for in 11 section three hundred nineteen of this title. 12 3. In the consideration of applications for admission to undergraduate 13 criminal justice programs, an applicant's graduation from a police 14 training high school or program established pursuant to subdivision four 15 of section twenty-five hundred fourteen or subdivision four of section 16 twenty-five hundred fifty-five of this chapter shall be regarded as a 17 factor weighing in favor of admission. 18 § 5. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6204-b to 19 read as follows: 20 § 6204-b. Special police officer education and training powers and 21 duties. 1. The city university shall cooperate with the commissioner in 22 establishing and implementing the police training summer school compo- 23 nent provided for in subdivision four of section twenty-five hundred 24 fourteen or subdivision four of section twenty-five hundred fifty-five 25 of this chapter. 26 2. The city university shall cooperate with the commissioner in estab- 27 lishing a police officer training corps (POTC) provided for in section 28 three hundred nineteen of this chapter. 29 3. In the consideration of applications for admission to John Jay 30 college of criminal justice or any other undergraduate criminal justice 31 programs, an applicant's graduation from a police training high school 32 established pursuant to subdivision four of section twenty-five hundred 33 fourteen or subdivision four of section twenty-five hundred fifty-five 34 of this chapter shall be regarded as a factor weighing in favor of 35 admission. 36 § 6. Article 4 of the civil service law is amended by adding a new 37 title C to read as follows: 38 TITLE C 39 SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR POLICE RECRUITMENT 40 Section 67. Special provisions for police recruitment. 41 § 67. Special provisions for police recruitment. 1. (a) The provisions 42 of this section shall supersede any inconsistent provisions of this 43 article and shall apply to the recruitment of persons to fill all avail- 44 able positions as police officers, as the term "police officer" is 45 defined by subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal 46 procedure law, in any city with a population of one hundred thousand or 47 more which has adopted a local law which grants additional credits in 48 competitive examinations for original appointment as described in subdi- 49 vision two of this section. 50 (b) For the purposes of this section, the term "graduate" means a 51 person graduated from a police training high school or program estab- 52 lished pursuant to subdivision four of section twenty-five hundred four- 53 teen or subdivision four of section twenty-five hundred fifty-five of 54 the education law. 55 2. Additional credits in competitive examinations for original 56 appointment.A. 4019 4 1 (a) In any city with a population of one hundred thousand or more 2 which has adopted a local law which grants additional credit in compet- 3 itive nominations for original appointment to graduates as defined in 4 paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section, on all eligible lists 5 resulting from competitive examinations, the names of eligibles shall be 6 entered in the order of their respective final earned ratings on exam- 7 ination, with the name of the eligible with the highest final earned 8 rating at the head of such list, provided, however, that for the purpose 9 of determining final earned ratings, such graduates shall be entitled to 10 receive five points additional in a competitive examination for original 11 appointment. 12 (b) Such additional credit shall be added to the final earned rating 13 of such graduate after he or she has qualified in the competitive exam- 14 ination and shall be granted only at the time of establishment of the 15 resulting eligible list. 16 3. Application for additional credit; proof of eligibility; establish- 17 ment of eligible list. Any candidate, believing himself or herself enti- 18 tled to additional credit in a competitive examination as provided here- 19 in, may make application for such additional credit at any time between 20 the date of his or her application for examination and the date of the 21 establishment of the resulting eligible list. Such candidates shall be 22 allowed a period of not less than two months from the date of the filing 23 of his or her application for examination in which to establish by 24 appropriate documentary proof his or her eligibility to receive addi- 25 tional credit under this section. At any time after two months have 26 elapsed since the final date for filing applications for a competitive 27 examination for original appointment, the eligible list resulting from 28 such examination may be established, notwithstanding the fact that a 29 graduate who has applied for additional credit has failed to establish 30 his or her eligibility to receive such additional credit. A candidate 31 who fails to establish, by appropriate documentary proof, his or her 32 eligibility to receive additional credit by the time an eligible list is 33 established shall not thereafter be granted additional credit on such 34 eligible list. 35 4. The additional credit granted pursuant to this section shall be in 36 addition to any other additional credit that may be authorized pursuant 37 to any general, special or local law. 38 5. In addition to consideration of competitive examination results, 39 in the recruitment of police officers, additional consideration and 40 weight shall be accorded to graduates as follows: 41 (a) A graduate's status as an applicant with pertinent and specialized 42 training shall be considered as additional evidence of fitness for 43 appointment; 44 (b) A graduate's successful completion of an undergraduate program in 45 criminal justice shall be considered as additional evidence of fitness 46 for appointment; and 47 (c) A graduate's employment by a police department or agency in a 48 civilian or non-sworn capacity shall be considered as additional 49 evidence of fitness for appointment. 50 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
