New York S 9336: Allows the president of the citywide council on high schools to participate in the selection of the members of the board of education elected by the community district education council presidents

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S09336 Summary:

BILL NOS09336 

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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Add §§2801-c & 2801-d, Ed L; amd §2.10, CP L; amd §212, R & SS L

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Creates the New York state school resource officer program for school districts outside of New York City; requires retired police officers be certified by the department of education to become school resource officers; allows retired police officers employed as school resource officers to carry a firearm on school grounds given an appropriate license; relates to the earnings limitations for retired police officers employed as a school resource officer.

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BILL NOS09336 

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03/03/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9336

 IN SENATE

 March 3, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law the criminal procedure law and the
 retirement and social security law, in relation to the creation of the
 Comprehensive School Resource Officer Training and Implementation
 Program (SRO TIP)

 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 2801-c
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 2801-c. New York state school resource officer program. 1. For
 4 purposes of this section, the term "school resource officer" shall mean
 5 a school resource officer, school safety officer, school security offi-
 6 cer, or any other substantially similar position or office whose purpose
 7 is to provide improved public safety and/or security on school grounds.
 8 2. Any boards of cooperative educational services, public or nonpublic
 9 school which is not in a city school district in a city having a popu-
 10 lation of one million or more may employ, in either the classified or
 11 unclassified service, any school resource officer. Such school resource
 12 officer shall be: (a) a retired police officer, a retired state trooper,
 13 a retired deputy sheriff, or a retired federal law enforcement officer
 14 and who, once a certification process is established, is certified as a
 15 school resource officer under section twenty-eight hundred one-d of this
 16 article; or (b) an active duty state trooper, police officer in the
 17 service of a town, city or village, or deputy sheriff from a county
 18 sheriff's department.
 19 3. Any boards of cooperative educational services, public or nonpublic
 20 school which is not in a city school district in a city having a popu-
 21 lation of one million or more may contract with the state of New York,
 22 or a county, city, town or village, for the provision of a state troop-
 23 er, police officer or deputy sheriff, to serve as a school resource
 24 officer. A board of cooperative educational services or school district
 25 which is not in a city school district in a city having a population of
 26 one million or more shall be authorized to employ or contract for as

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00951-02-6

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 1 many school resource officers as such board of cooperative educational
 2 services or district deems necessary.
 3 4. It shall be the primary role of the school resource officer to
 4 provide improved public safety and/or security on school grounds through
 5 community policing techniques, investigative measures, and tactical
 6 preparedness. In addition to such primary role, school resource officers
 7 also may serve additional roles, including but not limited to:
 8 (a) Proposing and enforcing policies and administrative procedures
 9 related to school safety;
 10 (b) Utilizing technology in the implementation of a comprehensive
 11 safety program;
 12 (c) Serving as a liaison with other school officials and other commu-
 13 nity agencies, including but not limited to, other law enforcement enti-
 14 ties, courts, health care entities, and me