Bill Text: NY A10537 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the development of school bus safety and security policies and procedures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-04 - referred to education [A10537 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10537-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10537
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       May 4, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  the  development  of
          school bus safety and security policies and procedures
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraphs k and l of subdivision 2 of  section  2801-a  of
     2  the  education  law,  as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 54 of
     3  the laws of 2016, are amended and a new paragraph m is added to read  as
     4  follows:
     5    k.  a  description of the duties of hall monitors and any other school
     6  safety personnel, the training required of all  personnel  acting  in  a
     7  school  security  capacity, and the hiring and screening process for all
     8  personnel acting in a school security capacity; [and]
     9    l. the designation of the superintendent, or  superintendent's  desig-
    10  nee,  as the district chief emergency officer responsible for coordinat-
    11  ing communication between school staff and  law  enforcement  and  first
    12  responders, and ensuring staff understanding of the district-level safe-
    13  ty  plan.  The  chief  emergency  officer  shall also be responsible for
    14  ensuring the completion and yearly updating of building-level  emergency
    15  response plans[.]; and
    16    m. policies and procedures relating to school bus safety and security,
    17  including:
    18    (i)  policies  and  procedures  for  responding  to  implied or direct
    19  threats of violence by or against students, school bus personnel,  other
    20  school  personnel,  or other persons that involve a school bus or school
    21  transportation facility;
    22    (ii) protocols for responding  to  acts  of  violence  by  or  against
    23  students, school bus personnel, other school personnel, or other persons
    24  that involve a school bus or school transportation facility;
    25    (iii)  protocols for responding to emergency situations that involve a
    26  school bus or school transportation facility;
    27    (iv) policies and procedures for annual school bus safety training for
    28  staff and students;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15490-01-8
        A. 10537                            2
     1    (v) policies and procedures relating to an annual security  review  of
     2  each bus garage or other school district transportation facility.
     3    §  2. Subdivision 4 of section 2801-a of the education law, as amended
     4  by section 1 of part B of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended  to
     5  read as follows:
     6    4.  Each  district-wide  school  safety team shall be appointed by the
     7  board of education, or the chancellor in the case  of  the  city  school
     8  district  of  the city of New York, and shall include but not be limited
     9  to representatives of the  school  board,  teacher,  administrator,  and
    10  parent  organizations,  school  safety  personnel, bus drivers and other
    11  school transportation personnel, and  other  school  personnel.  At  the
    12  discretion  of  the board of education, or the chancellor in the case of
    13  the city of New York, a student may be allowed  to  participate  on  the
    14  safety  team, provided however, that no portion of a confidential build-
    15  ing-level emergency response plan shall be shared with such student  nor
    16  shall  such student be present where details of a confidential building-
    17  level emergency response plan or confidential portions  of  a  district-
    18  wide  emergency  response  strategy  are  discussed. Each building-level
    19  emergency response team shall be appointed by the building principal, in
    20  accordance with regulations or guidelines prescribed  by  the  board  of
    21  education, chancellor or other governing body. Such building-level teams
    22  shall include but not be limited to representatives of teacher, adminis-
    23  trator,  and  parent organizations, school safety personnel, bus drivers
    24  and other school transportation personnel, and other  school  personnel,
    25  community  members,  law  enforcement officials, fire officials or other
    26  emergency response agencies, and any other representatives the board  of
    27  education, chancellor or other governing body deems appropriate.
    28    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    29  it shall have become a law.