Establishes a school resource officer unit within the division of state police; permits every school district within the state to request the placement of a member of such unit at any building, structure or facility primarily used for the instruction of students located within such district.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A6121
SPONSOR: Lemondes TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law and the education law, in relation to
school resource officers
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL::
To place a trained state police school resource officer in every build-
ing in every school district throughout New York State at the request of
the board of education, trustees, or Chancellor of the city school
district of the city of New York, in order to ensure the safety of all
school children throughout New York State.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::
Section 1: adds section 235 to the executive law to establish a school
resource officer unit on school grounds
Section 2: adds section 2801-c to the education law to give school offi-
cials jurisdiction over the school resource offer program
Section 3: provides the effective date
JUSTIFICATION::
School violence, an issue suddenly thrust into the public eye with the
1999 Columbine massacre, has become much more widespread in recent
years. Innocent children, teachers, support staff, parents, and volun-
teers have been injured or killed in the time it has taken for a trained
officer to arrive on the scene. The presence of law enforcement within a
school building will not only allow for quicker response time, but will
serve as a deterrent to such heinous attacks. This bill provides an
opportunity for school leaders to place officers within their buildings
to serve as both a deterrent and an emergency responder if necessary.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::
01/03/24 referred to education
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS::
To be determined
EFFECTIVE DATE::
This act will take effect July 1,
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6121
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 26, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to amend the executive law and the education law, in relation to
school resource officers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 236 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 236. School resource officer unit. There is hereby established with-
4 in the division of state police the school resource officer unit, which
5 shall be a specialized unit having advanced training in providing
6 improved public safety and/or security on school grounds. The school
7 resource officer unit shall perform such tasks as determined by the
8 superintendent.
9 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2801-c to
10 read as follows:
11 § 2801-c. School resource officers. The board of education or trus-
12 tees, as defined in section two of this chapter, of every school
13 district within the state, however created, and every board of cooper-
14 ative educational services and county vocational education and extension
15 board and the chancellor of the city school district of the city of New
16 York may request the placement of a member of the school resource offi-
17 cer unit of the division of state police at any building, structure or
18 facility primarily used for the instruction of students located within
19 such district.
20 § 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. Effective immediately,
21 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
22 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
23 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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