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