STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9039

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 27, 2026
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a compet-
          itive emergency mapping grant program

          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 2801-c
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  2801-c.  Emergency  mapping  grant program. 1. Subject to appropri-
     4  ation, the commissioner shall establish a competitive emergency  mapping
     5  grant  program  which shall provide grants to school districts or boards
     6  of cooperative educational services to upgrade their floor plans,  blue-
     7  prints,  schematics  or  other  maps  of  their  school interior, school
     8  grounds and road maps of the  immediate  surrounding  area  included  in
     9  their building level emergency response plans as required by paragraph c
    10  of subdivision three of section twenty-eight hundred one-a of this arti-
    11  cle,  and  for other school safety related purposes as determined by the
    12  commissioner.
    13    2. Districts or  boards  of  cooperative  educational  services  which
    14  receive  funds  shall  ensure their maps are in a format compatible with
    15  software platforms  used  by  local,  state,  county,  and  federal  law
    16  enforcement  agencies  that  provide  emergency services to the specific
    17  school for which  the  data  is  provided  without  requiring  such  law
    18  enforcement  agencies  to  purchase additional software or requiring the
    19  integration of third-party software to view  the  data,  and  compatible
    20  with security software platforms in use by the specific school for which
    21  the  data  is provided without requiring such school and law enforcement
    22  agencies to purchase additional software or requiring the integration of
    23  third-party software to view the data. Such site maps shall be  verified
    24  for  accuracy  through  an  initial and annual walkthrough of all school
    25  buildings and grounds.
    26    3. In awarding such grants, the  commissioner  shall  prioritize  high
    27  need districts.
    28    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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