Bill Text: NY S02077 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates a school resource officer working group to study appropriate standards and training for a person to serve as a school resource officer; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S02077 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S02077-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2077

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 19, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  JORDAN, AKSHAR -- 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  creating  a  school
          resource  officer  working group; 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. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2801-c
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  2801-c.  School resource officer working group. 1. The commissioner
     4  shall establish a working  group  to  study  appropriate  standards  and
     5  training for a person to serve as a school resource officer.
     6    2. Such working group shall include: the commissioner, the commission-
     7  er  of  the division of criminal justice services, the superintendent of
     8  state police, a representative from the New York state sheriffs' associ-
     9  ation, one member of the municipal police training council  selected  by
    10  the  governor,  one  member  of  the  municipal  police training council
    11  selected by the temporary president of the senate, and one member of the
    12  municipal police training council selected by the speaker of the  assem-
    13  bly.
    14    3. Such working group shall meet regularly and shall study the options
    15  and best practices available and make recommendations for:
    16    a.  the  need  and  appropriateness of physical fitness standards, age
    17  limitations and training requirements for school resource  officers  and
    18  which  agency  or  organization  would  be  responsible for creating and
    19  implementing such standards and requirements;
    20    b. the appropriateness and availability of  sensitivity  training  for
    21  school  resource  officers which prepares such officers to interact with
    22  school-aged children and which agencies  or  organizations  could  offer
    23  such training; and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01438-01-1
        S. 2077                             2

     1    c.  the civil service and benefit ramifications of any proposed stand-
     2  ards, if any, as  well  as  potential  fiscal  ramifications  on  school
     3  districts.
     4    4.  The working group created by subdivision one of this section shall
     5  report its findings and recommendations to the governor and the legisla-
     6  ture no later than six months after the effective date of this  section.
     7  Such report shall be bound and made available to the public.
     8    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
     9  deemed repealed nine months after the school  resource  officer  working
    10  group  reports  its findings and recommendations to the governor and the
    11  legislature pursuant to section 2801-c of the education law as added  by
    12  section one of this act.