STATE OF NEW YORK
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1786
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring that public
and nonpublic schools be locked during the school day
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
3 57. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
4 commissioner shall require that every entrance from the street, passage-
5 way, courtyard, cellar, or similar entrance to any public or nonpublic
6 school in this state, shall be locked at all times during the school
7 day.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Effective immediately,
9 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
10 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
11 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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