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.
                                                                   LBD02239-01-9

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     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.
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