New York A 4970: Relates to classroom safety mechanisms, emergency medical equipment, and evidence-based best practices for school safety planning and training

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A04970 Summary:

BILL NOA04970 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHyndman

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§409-o & 926, amd §2801-a, Ed L

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Relates to classroom safety mechanisms, emergency medical equipment, and evidence-based best practices for school safety planning and training.

Go to top A04970 Actions:

BILL NOA04970 

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02/10/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4970

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to classroom safety mech-
 anisms, emergency medical equipment, and evidence-based best practices
 for school safety planning and training

 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 409-o
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 409-o. Quick action school security devices. 1. To ensure safety for
 4 children, administrators, and staff, every door in school buildings
 5 shall be equipped with a locking device that follows, at a minimum, the
 6 guidelines under section 2.19 of the United States department of home-
 7 land security primer, which states that door locks shall lock automat-
 8 ically or with a simple locking mechanism in order to ensure that it can
 9 be quickly locked from either side.
 10 2. Wherever possible, advanced hardening options for windows and doors
 11 on school premises shall be considered and applied, such as ballistic
 12 classroom doors, ballistic or shatter proof safety film on ground floor
 13 classroom windows, and classroom door view panels.
 14 3. School administrators, in consultation with the local police
 15 department, shall install security cameras supported by artificial
 16 intelligence and be installed where appropriate.
 17 4. Devices outlined in this section shall be compliant with life safe-
 18 ty, fire codes, the Americans with disabilities act and all other appli-
 19 cable laws.
 20 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 926 to read
 21 as follows:
 22 § 926. Public bleeding control. 1. For purposes of this section, the
 23 term "public bleeding control equipment" shall mean a first aid response
 24 kit that contains equipment such as tourniquets, pressure dressing,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09037-01-5

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 1 scissors, protective gloves, and gauze bandages meant to help control
 2 and stop bleeding until trained emergency responders arrive, that are
 3 bundled together in individual kits, conspicuously labeled with the
 4 words "Bleeding Control".
 5 2. When assembling and selecting public bleeding control equipment,
 6 public school administrators and staff, in consultation with the commis-
 7 sioner of health and commissioner of education, shall utilize the
 8 following best practices to enable untrained bystanders to become imme-
 9 diate responders:
 10 a. select products that are easily applied by untrained professionals;
 11 b. ensure components are color and number-coded for easy identifica-
 12 tion;
 13 c. products come with a user app that:
 14 (i) provides easy to follow product selection and application
 15 instructions;
 16 (ii) records useful activity and information that can inform first
 17 responders, trauma staff, and incident management recording; and
 18 (iii) provides emergency care guidance for common uses, such as bleed-
 19 ing, choking, seizures, breathing, epipen and asthma inhaler applica-
 20 tion, and narcan;
 21 d. policies and procedures for response to emergency situations, such
 22 as those requiring evacuation, sheltering, and lock-down. These policies
 23 shall include, at a minimum, evacuation routes, shelter sites, and
 24 procedures for addressing medical needs, transportation, and emergency
 25 notification of parents and guardians;
 26 e. designation of an e