New York A 2618: Directs the commissioner of education to establish standards for the security and safety of school grounds

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A02618 Summary:

BILL NOA02618A

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SAME ASSAME AS S07929

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SPONSORSayegh

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COSPNSRSantabarbara, Buttenschon, Alvarez, Fall, Taylor, Levenberg, Colton, Cunningham, Conrad, Williams,
 Zinerman, Cook, McDonough, Chang, Pirozzolo, DeStefano, Brown K, Brabenec, Lemondes, Novakhov,
 Bendett, Gray, Shimsky, Beephan, Tague, Gallahan, Hyndman, Brook-Krasny, Dilan

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§305 & 3602, Ed L

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Directs the commissioner of education, in conjunction with the superintendent of state police and the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services, to establish standards for the security and safety of school grounds.

Go to top A02618 Actions:

BILL NOA02618A

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01/21/2025referred to education

05/05/2025amend and recommit to education

05/05/2025print number 2618a

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2618--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH, SANTABARBARA, BUTTENSCHON, ALVAREZ, FALL,
 TAYLOR, LEVENBERG, COLTON, CUNNINGHAM, CONRAD, WILLIAMS, ZINERMAN,
 COOK, McDONOUGH, CHANG, PIROZZOLO, DeSTEFANO, K. BROWN, BRABENEC,
 LEMONDES, NOVAKHOV, BENDETT, GRAY, SHIMSKY, BEEPHAN, TAGUE, GALLAHAN,
 HYNDMAN, BROOK-KRASNY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to minimum standards for
 the security and safety of school grounds

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

 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
 3 57. The commissioner, in conjunction with the superintendent of state
 4 police and the commissioner of the division of homeland security and
 5 emergency services, shall establish, by rule, minimum standards for the
 6 security and safety of school buildings, grounds and property so as to
 7 provide an appropriately safe learning environment. Such standards shall
 8 include, but not be limited to, the security of building doors, windows
 9 and other points of entry, and access to school grounds and property,
 10 including guidelines for fences and security gates.
 11 § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 6 of section 3602 of the
 12 education law, as amended by chapter 529 of the laws of 2023, is amended
 13 to read as follows:
 14 Any apportionment to a school district pursuant to this subdivision
 15 shall be based upon base year approved expenditures for capital outlays
 16 incurred prior to July first, two thousand one from its general fund,
 17 capital fund or reserved funds and current year approved expenditures
 18 for debt service, including debt service for refunding bond issues
 19 eligible for an apportionment pursuant to paragraph g of this subdivi-
 20 sion and lease or other annual payments to the New York city educational

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05459-02-5

 A. 2618--A 2

 1 construction fund created by article ten of this chapter or the city of
 2 Yonkers educational construction fund created by article ten-B of this
 3 chapter which have been pledged to secure the payment of bonds, notes or
 4 other obligations issued by the fund to finance the construction, acqui-
 5 sition, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of the school
 6 portion of combined occupancy structures, or for lease or other annual
 7 payments to the New York state urban development corporation created by
 8 chapter one hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-
 9 eight, pursuant to agreement between such school district and such
 10 corporation relating to the construction, acquisition, reconstruction,
 11 rehabilitation or improvement of any school building, or for annual
 12 payments to the dormitory authority pursuant to any lease, sublease or
 13 other agreement relating to the financing,