New York A 1544: Relates to the rights of grandparents with respect to visitation rights or custody of minor children

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A01544 Summary:

BILL NOA01544 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02498

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSREpstein, Gonzalez-Rojas, Cunningham, Walker, Alvarez, Zaccaro, Davila, Reyes, Shimsky, Simone,
 Burdick, Sayegh, Rosenthal, Raga, Steck, Meeks, Rozic, Stern, Levenberg, Kelles, Carroll R

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §807, Ed L

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Decreases the frequency of lock-down drills in schools; directs that such drills shall be implemented with a trauma-informed approach; permits parents to opt their children out of such drills.

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BILL NOA01544 

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01/10/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1544

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to lock-down drills

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 807 of the education law, as
 2 amended by section 2 of part B of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. It shall be the duty of the principal or other person in charge of
 5 every public or private school or educational institution within the
 6 state, other than colleges or universities, to instruct and train the
 7 pupils by means of drills, so that they may in a sudden emergency be
 8 able to respond appropriately in the shortest possible time and without
 9 confusion or panic. Such drills shall be held at least [twelve] ten
 10 times in each school year, [eight] six of which required drills shall be
 11 held between September first and December thirty-first of each such
 12 year. Eight of all such drills shall be evacuation drills, four of which
 13 shall be through use of the fire escapes on buildings where fire escapes
 14 are provided or through the use of identified secondary means of egress.
 15 [Four of all such] Two required drills shall be lock-down drills.
 16 Drills shall be conducted at different times of the school day. Pupils
 17 shall be instructed in the procedure to be followed in the event that a
 18 fire occurs during the lunch period or assembly, provided however, that
 19 such additional instruction may be waived where a drill is held during
 20 the regular school lunch period or assembly. Four additional drills
 21 shall be held in each school year during the hours after sunset and
 22 before sunrise in school buildings in which students are provided with
 23 sleeping accommodations. At least two additional drills shall be held
 24 during summer school in buildings where summer school is conducted, and
 25 one of such drills shall be held during the first week of summer school.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04710-01-5

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 1 § 2. Section 807 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
 3 2-a. (a) In implementing the lock-down drills described in subdivision
 4 one of this section, it shall be the duty of the board of education or
 5 school board or other body having control of the schools in any district
 6 or city to adopt a building-level emergency response plan consistent
 7 with the provisions of section twenty-eight hundred one-a of this chap-
 8 ter which includes a trauma-informed, developmentally, and age-appropri-
 9 ate approach to the design and execution of such drills, which shall
 10 stipulate that:
 11 (i) notice to parents and guardians of students of when the lock-down
 12 drill will be held, at least seven days in advance of such drill;
 13 (ii) drills shall not include props, actors, simulations, or other
 14 tactics intended to mimic an incident of violence or other emergency;
 15 (iii) an announcement at the time that such drill is conducted that
 16 the activities being conducted are a drill; and
 17 (iv) schools shall incorporate strategies and techniques to accommo-
 18 date students, on an individu