STATE OF NEW YORK
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5179
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 12, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 classroom security
devices
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. Classroom security devices. Within five years from the
4 effective date of this section, the board of education or trustees, as
5 defined in section two of this chapter, of every school district within
6 the state, however created, and every board of cooperative educational
7 services and county vocational education and extension board and the
8 chancellor of the city school district of the city of New York shall:
9 1. Install a dedicated panic button in each classroom within such
10 district;
11 2. Provide or install an additional security device in each classroom
12 within such district, which secures the door of such classroom beyond
13 the level of security provided by standard door locks. The commissioner,
14 in consultation with the superintendent of state police, shall promul-
15 gate a list of devices that meet the requirements of this subdivision.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
17 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
18 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
19 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
20 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01401-01-9
