Bill Text: NY A04917 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Enacts the "school anti-violence education act"; creates a school anti-violence education program; provides that funding will be provided through the omnibus school violence prevention grant program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - print number 4917b [A04917 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A04917-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4917--B 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 24, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON, SOLAGES, ZINERMAN, GIBBS, CUNNINGHAM, JACKSON, MEEKS, DE LOS SANTOS, SHIMSKY, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, SIMON, RAGA, SIMONE, ARDILA, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, ZACCARO, ROZIC, HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "school anti-violence education act" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "school anti-violence education act". 3 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 115 to read 4 as follows: 5 § 115. School anti-violence education. 1. Legislative findings. The 6 legislature hereby finds and declares that gun violence and other forms 7 of violence constitute a crisis that poses a serious threat to the 8 health and quality of life of all residents of the state of New York, 9 particularly youth under eighteen years of age. An epidemic of violence 10 is tearing at the fabric of life in many urban areas. The legislature 11 further finds that funds should be used to support school anti-violence 12 education programs. 13 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms 14 shall have the following meanings: 15 (a) "evidence-based anti-violence program" means a program or an 16 initiative that: 17 (i) is developed and evaluated through scientific research and data 18 collection; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08152-06-4A. 4917--B 2 1 (ii) uses public health principles that demonstrate measurable posi- 2 tive outcomes in preventing gun violence; and 3 (iii) is implemented by a nonprofit organization or public entity at 4 or in affiliation with a government-funded public school. 5 (b) "school anti-violence education program" means a school-based or 6 school-affiliated evidence-based anti-violence education program that is 7 operated by: 8 (i) a nonprofit organization or public entity; and 9 (ii) provides evidence-based trauma-support and group counseling and 10 anti-gun violence education that includes personal and group develop- 11 ment, research-based facts and misconceptions about guns and the gun 12 violence crisis, and youth empowerment programming. 13 3. School anti-violence education program. (a) The department is 14 authorized to establish school anti-violence education programs, which 15 shall be funded through the omnibus school violence prevention grant 16 program established under section twenty-eight hundred fourteen of this 17 chapter. 18 (b) No firearms shall be used for training or demonstration or another 19 use in any school anti-violence education program established pursuant 20 to this section. 21 (c) The department shall secure alternative funding sources other than 22 the state to fund school anti-violence education programs, including 23 local government and private sources as well as funding from the federal 24 government. 25 § 3. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 2814 of the education 26 law, as added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as 27 follows: 28 a. School safety activities. Programs eligible for funding pursuant to 29 this section may include, but not be limited to: (i) safe corridors 30 programs; (ii) diversity programs; (iii) collaborative school safety 31 programs with law enforcement agencies or community-based organizations; 32 (iv) metal detectors, intercom and other intra-school communication 33 devices and other devices to increase school security and the safety of 34 school personnel and students; (v) school anti-violence education 35 programs; and (vi) other programs including comprehensive school-based 36 intervention models, approved by the commissioner, that reduce violence 37 and improve school safety. Comprehensive school based intervention 38 models shall coordinate with and collaborate with other services 39 currently being provided in the school district, incorporate appropriate 40 school violence prevention and intervention services, and coordinate 41 appropriate funding sources to ensure the efficient delivery of 42 services. Such comprehensive school-based intervention models shall also 43 include provisions for the involvement of teachers, parents, school 44 administrators in the development and implementation of the program, a 45 detailed statement identifying specific performance goals, a proposed 46 timetable for implementation and achievement of such goals and specific 47 assessment methods which will be used to measure student and school 48 progress. 49 § 4. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 2814 of the education 50 law, as amended by chapter 529 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read 51 as follows: 52 a. School safety activities. Programs eligible for funding pursuant to 53 this section may include, but not be limited to: (i) safe corridors 54 programs; (ii) diversity programs; (iii) collaborative school safety 55 programs with law enforcement agencies or community-based organizations; 56 (iv) metal detectors, intercom and other intra-school communicationA. 4917--B 3 1 devices and other devices to increase school security and the safety of 2 school personnel and students; (v) programs which facilitate and promote 3 community involvement in school facility planning; [and] (vi) school 4 anti-violence education programs; and (vii) other programs including 5 comprehensive school-based intervention models, approved by the commis- 6 sioner, that reduce violence and improve school safety. Comprehensive 7 school based intervention models shall coordinate with and collaborate 8 with other services currently being provided in the school district, 9 incorporate appropriate school violence prevention and intervention 10 services, and coordinate appropriate funding sources to ensure the effi- 11 cient delivery of services. Such comprehensive school-based intervention 12 models shall also include provisions for the involvement of teachers, 13 parents, school administrators in the development and implementation of 14 the program, a detailed statement identifying specific performance 15 goals, a proposed timetable for implementation and achievement of such 16 goals and specific assessment methods which will be used to measure 17 student and school progress. 18 § 5. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this act shall 19 be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid and 20 after exhaustion of all further judicial review, the judgment shall not 21 affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be 22 confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or section 23 of this act directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment 24 shall have been rendered. 25 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 26 the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 2814 of the 27 education law made by section four of this act shall take effect on the 28 same date and in the same manner as chapter 529 of the laws of 2023, 29 takes effect.
