New York A 9250: Requires the installation of school master key boxes for building access by law enforcement and emergency responders

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A09250 Summary:

BILL NOA09250A

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SAME ASSAME AS S07999-A

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SPONSORWoerner

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §409-o, amd §§2801-a & 3602, Ed L

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Requires the installation of master key boxes for building access by law enforcement and emergency responders; requires they must meet the underwriters laboratories standard UL 1037.

Go to top A09250 Actions:

BILL NOA09250A

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11/07/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

01/08/2026amend (t) and recommit to education

01/08/2026print number 9250a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9250--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 November 7, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee 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 requiring the instal-
 lation of school master key boxes for building access by law enforce-
 ment and emergency responders

 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. Master key box. 1. (a) The board of education or trustees of
 4 every public school district, non-public school or educational institu-
 5 tion, board of cooperative education services, county vocational educa-
 6 tion and extension board within the state and chancellor of the city
 7 school district of the city of New York shall arrange for, require, and
 8 install (i) at least one exterior master key box on the campus of any
 9 such public school district, non-public school or educational institu-
 10 tion and (ii) on every instructional school building operated in a non-
 11 campus setting to permit emergency access to both law enforcement
 12 authorities and emergency responders from an exterior location desig-
 13 nated by such board or chancellor in collaboration with local law
 14 enforcement authorities, provided that such requirement shall be waived
 15 if the board of education or trustees of the public school district,
 16 non-public school or educational institution, board of cooperative
 17 education services, county vocational education and extension board, or
 18 chancellor of the city school district of the city of New York maintains
 19 a written agreement with local law enforcement authorities acknowledging
 20 and approving a determination to exclude one or more prescribed exterior
 21 master key boxes from their school safety plan.
 22 (b) The board of education or trustees of a public school district,
 23 non-public school or educational institution, board of cooperative

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13081-02-5

 A. 9250--A 2

 1 education services, county vocational education and extension board, or
 2 chancellor of the city school district of the city of New York shall
 3 collaborate with law enforcement authorities to consider including the
 4 following items in any master key boxes installed in accordance with
 5 their school safety plan:
 6 (i) Master external and internal keys;
 7 (ii) Access cards;
 8 (iii) Maps of the school buildings.
 9 2. Each master key box shall meet the basic commercial applications
 10 standard for antitheft alarms and devices as prescribed under the under-
 11 writers laboratories standard UL 1037.
 12 § 2. Paragraph f of subdivision 2 of section 2801-a of the education
 13 law, as amended by chapter 227 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read
 14 as follows:
 15 f. policies and procedures relating to school building security,
 16 including where appropriate the use of school safety officers and/or
 17 security devices or procedures. District-wide school safety teams shall
 18 consider, as part of its reviews of the comprehensive district-wide
 19 safety plan, the installation of a panic alarm system, and shall, in the
 20 absence of a written agreement with local law enforcemen