Bill Text: NY A05679 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the New York State student resource officer (SRO) incentive grants fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-07 - held for consideration in education [A05679 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A05679-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5679
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 5, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. KATZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the establishment of a
         New York state SRO incentive grants fund
         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 816 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  816. NEW YORK STATE STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICER INCENTIVE GRANTS FUND.
    4  BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION  IN
    5  CONJUNCTION  WITH  THE  COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE SHALL DEVELOP AND SUBMIT TO
    6  THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR A PLAN FOR ESTABLISHING A  NEW  YORK  STATE
    7  SCHOOL  RESOURCE  OFFICER  (SRO) INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF
    8  THIS PROGRAM IS TO ESTABLISH NEW SRO PROGRAMS AND  CONTINUE  TO  SUPPORT
    9  SRO  PROGRAMS IN NEW YORK'S SCHOOLS. SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR,
   10  AND CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN THE  STATE  FISCAL  YEARS
   11  COMMENCING  IN  TWO  THOUSAND  FIFTEEN, THE STATE SHALL BEGIN TO PROVIDE
   12  GRANTS TO SUPPORT SRO PROGRAMS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SUBJECT TO  APPLICA-
   13  TION.
   14    S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately, provided, however that
   15  the commissioner of education shall have the authority to promulgate any
   16  rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of this act.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08194-01-3