Enacts the "school security guard training enhancement act"; provides that annual training where a security guard is employed or contracted by a school in this state shall require the completion of school specific-training.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5079--D
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 12, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. O'PHARROW, TAPIA, STECK, TAYLOR, LUCAS, DAIS,
MEEKS, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, ANDERSON, DURSO, K. BROWN, LUNSFORD, DeSTE-
FANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Develop-
ment -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Economic Development in
accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general business law and the executive law, in
relation to school security guards
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "school security guard training enhancement act".
3 § 2. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 89-n of the general
4 business law, as added by chapter 336 of the laws of 1992, is amended to
5 read as follows:
6 d. an eight hour annual in-service training course, provided that
7 where a security guard is employed or contracted by a school in this
8 state, such annual in-service training course shall require the
9 completion of a security training curriculum specific to a school
10 setting, including, but not limited to, role and responsibility of
11 school security guards, school-related laws and liability, security
12 awareness in the educational environment, youth mediation/conflict
13 resolution, disasters and emergencies, dynamics of student behavior and
14 cultural awareness, disabilities and special education considerations,
15 restorative practices, crisis prevention, and the Dignity for All
16 Students Act (DASA). Such school-specific training shall be designed and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 enforced by the department, in consultation with the department of
2 education and the department of criminal justice services, the division
3 of homeland security and emergency services, state police and local law
4 enforcement and shall be standardized and approved statewide; and
5 § 3. Subdivision 7 of section 841 of the executive law, as amended by
6 section 6 of part Q of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
7 read as follows:
8 7. Consult with and cooperate with other departments and agencies of
9 the state concerned with police officer, school security guard, and
10 peace officer training;
11 § 4. This act shall take effect August 1, 2027. Effective immediate-
12 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
13 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
14 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
