Bill Text: NY A00818 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the education law, in relation to alerting all public and non-public schools of the state in the event of a general threat against the schools of the state

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to education [A00818 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A00818-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          818
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. DelMONTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Education
       AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to alerting all public
         and non-public schools of the state in the event of a  general  threat
         against the schools of the state
         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 319 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 319. SCHOOL SAFETY ALERT. THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER  AUTHORIZED
    4  DESIGNEE  SHALL  DESIGNATE AN INDIVIDUAL TO RECEIVE INFORMATION RELATING
    5  TO A GENERAL THREAT OF HARM MADE AGAINST A SINGLE, MULTIPLE  OR  ALL  OF
    6  THE  SCHOOLS  OF THE STATE.   FOLLOWING THE RECEIPT OF SUCH INFORMATION,
    7  THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER  AUTHORIZED  DESIGNEE  SHALL  NOTIFY  ALL
    8  PUBLIC  AND  NON-PUBLIC  SCHOOLS OF THE STATE OF THE THREAT. THE COMMIS-
    9  SIONER OR HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED DESIGNEE SHALL MAINTAIN UPDATED  CONTACT
   10  INFORMATION  FOR  ALL  NON-PUBLIC  SCHOOLS LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE, AND
   11  SHALL DEVELOP ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO ENSURE TIMELY NOTIFICATION PURSUANT
   12  TO THIS SECTION.
   13    S 2. Section 2801-a of the education law is amended by  adding  a  new
   14  subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   15    3-A.  THE  SCHOOL  SAFETY TEAM SHALL DESIGNATE AN INDIVIDUAL TO NOTIFY
   16  THE DEPARTMENT, PURSUANT TO THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
   17  NINETEEN OF THIS CHAPTER, IN THE EVENT THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVES
   18  INFORMATION  RELATING TO A GENERAL THREAT OF HARM MADE AGAINST A SINGLE,
   19  MULTIPLE OR ALL OF THE SCHOOLS OF THE STATE.
   20    S 3. 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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