Bill Text: NY A02342 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a commission to study how to make schools in New York safer from school shootings and bombers.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A02342 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A02342-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2342 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BARNWELL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARRON, BRABENEC, BUCHWALD, COOK, FERNANDEZ, GALEF, GARBARINO, HEVESI, HYNDMAN, JAFFEE, KIM, LENTOL, MOSLEY, D. ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT, SIMO- TAS, STERN, TAYLOR, THIELE, VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to establish a commission to study how to make schools in New York safer from school shootings and bombers; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. A commission, to be known as the make our schools safer 2 commission, is hereby created to study the effectiveness of different 3 technologies on reducing casualties in a school shooter or bomber event 4 including, but not limited to, bulletproof glass and doors, auto locking 5 technologies, lockdown systems and barricades. The commission shall also 6 study the feasibility and cost to implement such technology in schools. 7 § 2. The commission shall be composed of ten members, appointed as 8 follows: two members shall be appointed by the governor; two members 9 shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly; two members shall be 10 appointed by the minority leader of the assembly; two members shall be 11 appointed by the temporary president of the senate; and two members 12 shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate. The commission 13 shall be chaired by a person chosen by a majority vote at the first 14 meeting of the commission. The vice-chairperson of the commission shall 15 be appointed by the chairperson. Vacancies in the membership of the 16 commission shall be filled in the manner provided for original appoint- 17 ments. 18 § 3. The commission shall be made up of at least one member of law 19 enforcement who specializes in school shooting and bombing events, at 20 least one teacher, at least one parent of a student at a New York public 21 school, at least one school administrator, at least one engineer who EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02239-01-9A. 2342 2 1 specializes in technologies to be studied by the commission and at least 2 one engineer who specializes in schools. 3 § 4. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for 4 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses 5 incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder. To the maximum 6 extent feasible, the commission shall be entitled to request and receive 7 and shall utilize and be provided with such facilities, resources, and 8 data of any court, department, division, board, bureau, commission, or 9 agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof as it deems 10 necessary or desirable to carry out properly its powers and duties here- 11 under. 12 § 5. For the accomplishment of its purposes, the commission shall be 13 authorized and empowered to undertake any studies, inquiries, surveys or 14 analyses it may deem relevant in cooperation with or by agreement with 15 any other public or private agency. The commission shall meet and hold 16 public hearings or private meetings within or without the state, and 17 shall have all the powers of a legislative committee pursuant to the 18 legislative law. 19 § 6. The commission shall report its findings, conclusions and recom- 20 mendations to the governor and the legislature no later than one year 21 after the effective date of this act. 22 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately and shall remain in effect 23 until two years after it shall have become a law when upon such date the 24 provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.