STATE OF NEW YORK
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2588
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 21, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. MAYER, ADDABBO, CLEARE, FERNANDEZ, GALLIVAN,
GOUNARDES, MARTINEZ, MYRIE, SKOUFIS, WEBER -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Educa-
tion
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing site mapping
for emergency response 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 paragraph c of subdivision 3 of
2 section 2801-a of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part B
3 of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, are amended to read as follows:
4 A building level emergency response plan, developed by the building-
5 level emergency response team defined in subdivision four of this
6 section, shall be kept confidential, including but not limited to the
7 [floor plans, blueprints, schematics or other maps of the school interi-
8 or, school grounds and road maps of the immediate surrounding area,]
9 site mapping for emergency response described in paragraph c of this
10 subdivision and shall not be disclosed except to authorized department
11 or school staff, and law enforcement officers, and shall include the
12 following elements:
13 c. site mapping for emergency response, including floor plans, blue-
14 prints, schematics or other maps of the school interior, school grounds
15 and road maps of the immediate surrounding area. Such site maps shall be
16 provided in a format compatible with software platforms used by local,
17 state, county, and federal law enforcement agencies that provide emer-
18 gency services to the specific school for which the data is provided
19 without requiring law enforcement agencies to purchase additional soft-
20 ware or requiring the integration of third-party software to view the
21 data, and compatible with security software platforms in use by the
22 specific school for which the data is provided without requiring such
23 school and law enforcement agencies to purchase additional software or
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 requiring the integration of third-party software to view the data. Such
2 site maps shall be provided in a printable format, oriented true north,
3 be overlaid with gridded x/y coordinates, and be verified for accuracy
4 through an initial and annual walkthrough of all school buildings and
5 grounds. Districts shall make every effort to provide:
6 i. up-to-date floor plans overlaid on current aerial imagery of a
7 school building and groups;
8 ii. 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 iii. site specific labeling that matches the school grounds, including
14 parking areas, athletic fields, surrounding roads, and neighboring prop-
15 erties.
16 § 2. Section 2801-a of the education law is amended by adding a new
17 subdivision 11 to read as follows:
18 11. For purposes of this section, "site mapping for emergency
19 response" means information provided in an electronic or digital format
20 to assist law enforcement or emergency first responders in an emergency.
21 § 3. Subdivision 6-c of section 3602 of the education law, as amended
22 by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, and paragraph b as amended by section
23 9 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
24 follows:
25 6-c. a. Building aid for metal detectors, [and] safety devices for
26 electrically operated partitions, room dividers and doors, and site
27 mapping for emergency response. In addition to the apportionments paya-
28 ble to a school district pursuant to subdivision six of this section,
29 the commissioner is hereby authorized to apportion to any school
30 district additional building aid pursuant to this subdivision for its
31 approved expenditures in the base year for the purchase of stationary
32 metal detectors, security cameras, safety devices for electrically oper-
33 ated partitions and room dividers required pursuant to section four
34 hundred nine-f of this chapter, or other security devices approved by
35 the commissioner that increase the safety of students and school person-
36 nel, and for furnishing site mapping for emergency response as required
37 by subdivision three of section two thousand eight hundred one-a of this
38 chapter, provided, however, that funds apportioned to school districts
39 pursuant to this section shall not supplant funds for existing district
40 expenditures or for existing contractual obligations of the district for
41 stationary metal detectors, security cameras, partition and room divider
42 safety devices, [or] security devices, or site mapping for emergency
43 response. Portable or [hand held] handheld metal detectors shall not be
44 eligible for aid pursuant to this subdivision. Such additional aid shall
45 equal the product of the building aid ratio computed for use in the
46 current year pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision six of this section
47 and the actual approved expenditures incurred in the base year pursuant
48 to this subdivision, provided that the limitations on cost allowances
49 prescribed by paragraph a of subdivision six of this section shall not
50 apply. The commissioner shall annually prescribe a special cost allow-
51 ance for metal detectors, and security cameras, and the approved expend-
52 itures shall not exceed such cost allowance. The commissioner shall
53 annually prescribe a special cost allowance for partition and room
54 divider safety devices, and the approved expenditures shall not exceed
55 such cost allowance. The commissioner shall annually prescribe a
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1 special cost allowance for site mapping for emergency response, and the
2 approved expenditures shall not exceed such cost allowance.
3 b. For projects approved by the commissioner authorized to receive
4 additional building aid pursuant to this subdivision for the purchase of
5 stationary metal detectors, security cameras or other security devices
6 approved by the commissioner that increase the safety of students and
7 school personnel, provided that for purposes of this paragraph such
8 other security devices shall be limited to electronic security systems
9 and hardened doors, and provided that for projects approved by the
10 commissioner on or after the first day of July two thousand thirteen
11 such additional aid shall equal the product of (i) the building aid
12 ratio computed for use in the current year pursuant to paragraph c of
13 subdivision six of this section plus ten percentage points, except that
14 in no case shall this amount exceed one hundred percent, and (ii) the
15 actual approved expenditures incurred in the base year pursuant to this
16 subdivision, provided that the limitations on cost allowances prescribed
17 by paragraph a of subdivision six of this section shall not apply, and
18 provided further that any projects aided under this paragraph must be
19 included in a district's school safety plan. The commissioner shall
20 annually prescribe a special cost allowance for metal detectors, and
21 security cameras, and the approved expenditures shall not exceed such
22 cost allowance.
23 § 4. This act shall take effect six months after it shall have become
24 a law.
