STATE OF NEW YORK
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8740
IN SENATE
March 6, 2024
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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, in relation to authorizing public and
nonpublic schools hire 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 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, and public or
9 nonpublic school districts which are not in a city school district in a
10 city having a population of one million or more shall be authorized, to
11 hire school resource officers, or contract with the state, a county,
12 city, town or village for such services; and to define the principal
13 role of a school resource officer as providing improved public safety
14 and/or security on school grounds through community policing techniques,
15 investigative measures, and tactical preparedness, and further delineate
16 additional roles of a school resource officer.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14583-01-4
