Bill Text: NY S04559 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the "school security guard training enhancement act"; provides requirements for a specialized certification for school security guards, including, but not limited to, retired police officers; requires topics including, but not limited to, the role and responsibility of school security officers, school-related laws and liability, security awareness in the educational environment, mediation/conflict resolution, disasters and emergencies and dynamics of student behavior be covered in such training and program; provides that such specialized certification and training program shall be implemented and enforced by the department of state, in consultation with the department of education and the department of criminal justice services, the division of homeland security and emergency services, state police and local law enforcement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-28 - PRINT NUMBER 4559C [S04559 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04559-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4559

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 10, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  enacting  the
          "school security guard training enhancement act"

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

     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
     2  7-B to read as follows:

     3                                 ARTICLE 7-B
     4               SCHOOL SECURITY GUARD TRAINING ENHANCEMENT ACT

     5  Section 89-e-1. Short title.
     6          89-f-1. Requirements for a specialized certification.
     7          89-g-1. Implementation and enforcement.
     8    § 89-e-1. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as
     9  the "school security guard training enhancement act".
    10    § 89-f-1. Requirements for a specialized certification.    Individuals
    11  who wish to work as school security guards in this state, including, but
    12  not  limited to, retired police officers that have been retired for more
    13  than five years, shall obtain a specialized certification,  in  addition
    14  to  the  general  security  guard  license currently required by article
    15  seven-A of this chapter. Such specialized  certification  shall  require
    16  the  completion  of  a  school-specific training program that covers the
    17  following topics, including, but not limited to, role and responsibility
    18  of school security officers, school-related laws and liability, security
    19  awareness  in  the  educational  environment,  youth  mediation/conflict
    20  resolution,  disasters and emergencies, dynamics of student behavior and
    21  cultural awareness.
    22    § 89-g-1. Implementation and enforcement. 1.  The specialized training
    23  program shall be implemented and enforced by the department of  criminal

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06438-03-3
        S. 4559                             2

     1  justice  services, in consultation with the division of homeland securi-
     2  ty, and the state police. Such training program  shall  be  standardized
     3  and approved statewide.
     4    2. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations relating to
     5  prior  training  and  experience satisfying the training requirements of
     6  the specialized certification.
     7    3. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations  concerning
     8  the  period of time after this section becomes law individuals will have
     9  to obtain such certificate to continue  serving  as  a  school  security
    10  guard.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    12  it shall have become a law.