New York A 9290: Requires silent alarms to be installed in all school classrooms

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A09290 Summary:

BILL NOA09290 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORColton

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §409-o, Ed L

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Requires silent alarms to be installed in all school classrooms in a location readily accessible to teachers; defines "silent alarm".

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BILL NOA09290 

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12/10/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9290

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 December 10, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring silent
 alarms to be installed in all school classrooms

 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. Silent alarms in classrooms. 1. For the purposes of this
 4 section, the term "silent alarm" shall mean a security system with a
 5 button that, when pressed, alerts local law enforcement and school
 6 administrators that an emergency situation is occurring or imminent, but
 7 that does not otherwise make an audible alert or sound.
 8 2. The board of education or trustees of every school district or, in
 9 the case of the city school district of New York, the chancellor, and
 10 every board of cooperative educational services, charter school and
 11 nonpublic school within the state shall cause a silent alarm to be
 12 installed in every classroom in a location readily accessible to teach-
 13 ers.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14056-01-5

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