STATE OF NEW YORK
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5258
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 7, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing critical
incident mapping data relating to school safety plans
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The opening paragraph and paragraphs c and h of subdivision
2 3 of section 2801-a of the education law, as amended by section 1 of
3 part B of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, are amended and a new para-
4 graph i is added to read as follows:
5 A building level emergency response plan, developed by the building-
6 level emergency response team defined in subdivision four of this
7 section, shall be kept confidential, including but not limited to the
8 floor plans, blueprints, schematics or other maps of the school interi-
9 or, school grounds and road maps of the immediate surrounding area, and
10 critical incident mapping data and shall not be disclosed except to
11 authorized department or school staff, and law enforcement officers, and
12 shall include the following elements:
13 c. floor plans, blueprints, schematics or other maps of the school
14 interior, school grounds and road maps of the immediate surrounding
15 area, and critical incident mapping data;
16 h. policies and procedures for securing and restricting access to the
17 crime scene in order to preserve evidence in cases of violent crimes on
18 school property[.]; and
19 i. critical incident mapping data provided pursuant to this subdivi-
20 sion shall:
21 (i) be compatible with software platforms used by a local, state, or
22 federal public safety agency that provide emergency services;
23 (ii) be provided in a printable format; and
24 (iii) be verified for accuracy through an annual walkthrough of a
25 school building and school grounds.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 2. Section 2801-a of the education law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 11 to read as follows:
3 11. For purposes of this section, "critical incident mapping data"
4 means information provided in an electronic or digital format to assist
5 law enforcement or emergency first responders in an emergency.
6 Districts shall make every effort to provide:
7 a. aerial imagery of a school building;
8 b. site specific labeling that matches the structure of the school
9 building, including building access points, room labels, hallway names,
10 external door or stairwell numbers, locations of hazardous materials and
11 utility shut offs, key boxes, automated external defibrillators, and
12 trauma kits; and
13 c. site specific labeling that matches the school grounds, including
14 parking areas, athletic fields, surrounding roads, and neighboring prop-
15 erties.
16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
