Bill Text: NY A04917 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides funding for school anti-violence education programs through the omnibus school violence prevention grant program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-05 - substituted by s4598d [A04917 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04917-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4917--D

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 24, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. ANDERSON, SOLAGES, ZINERMAN, GIBBS, CUNNINGHAM,
          JACKSON, MEEKS, DE LOS SANTOS, SHIMSKY, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  SIMON,  RAGA,
          SIMONE,  ARDILA,  CHANDLER-WATERMAN,  ZACCARO, ROZIC, HEVESI, EPSTEIN,
          COOK, DAVILA, TAPIA, JEAN-PIERRE, TAYLOR,  BURDICK,  RAMOS,  K. BROWN,
          L. ROSENTHAL, GLICK, SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on  Education  -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accord-
          ance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amendments,  ordered
          reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
          reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended  and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to
          the Committee on Ways and  Means  --  reported  and  referred  to  the
          Committee  on  Rules -- again reported from said committee with amend-
          ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  funding  for  school
          anti-violence education programs

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.  Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 2814 of the educa-
     2  tion law, as amended by chapter 529 of the laws of 2023, is  amended  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    a. School safety activities. Programs eligible for funding pursuant to
     5  this  section  may  include,  but  not be limited to: (i) safe corridors
     6  programs; (ii) diversity programs;  (iii)  collaborative  school  safety
     7  programs with law enforcement agencies or community-based organizations;
     8  (iv)  metal  detectors,  intercom  and  other intra-school communication
     9  devices and other devices to increase school security and the safety  of
    10  school personnel and students; (v) programs which facilitate and promote
    11  community  involvement  in  school  facility planning; [and] (vi) school
    12  anti-violence education programs; and  (vii)  other  programs  including

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08152-12-4
        A. 4917--D                          2

     1  comprehensive  school-based intervention models, approved by the commis-
     2  sioner, that reduce violence and improve  school  safety.  Comprehensive
     3  school  based  intervention models shall coordinate with and collaborate
     4  with  other  services  currently  being provided in the school district,
     5  incorporate appropriate  school  violence  prevention  and  intervention
     6  services, and coordinate appropriate funding sources to ensure the effi-
     7  cient delivery of services. Such comprehensive school-based intervention
     8  models  shall  also  include provisions for the involvement of teachers,
     9  parents, school administrators in the development and implementation  of
    10  the  program,  a  detailed  statement  identifying  specific performance
    11  goals, a proposed timetable for implementation and achievement  of  such
    12  goals  and  specific  assessment  methods  which will be used to measure
    13  student and school progress.  For purposes of this section, school anti-
    14  violence education programs shall include school-based or school  affil-
    15  iated  programs  that  are operated by nonprofit organizations during or
    16  after the school day and  provides  evidence-based  trauma  support  and
    17  group  counseling  for youth impacted by gun violence, anti-gun violence
    18  education, or youth empowerment programming for students impacted by gun
    19  violence, and shall only be deemed eligible if  such  programs  identify
    20  measurable  objectives  and  specific  assessment methods, and shall not
    21  include any program that uses firearms for training or demonstration  in
    22  such program.
    23    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    24  manner as chapter 529 of the laws of 2023, takes effect.