Relates to special apportionments and grants-in-aid to school districts; adds the purchase and installation of carbon monoxide detectors to the definition of school safety and security technology project and requires the costs of the project be included in the smart schools investment plan submitted by a school district.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7525
IN SENATE
May 15, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- 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 special apportionments
and grants-in-aid to school districts
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph 8 of paragraph (a) and subparagraph 2 of para-
2 graph (b) of subdivision 16 of section 3641 of the education law, as
3 added by section 2 of part C of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, are
4 amended to read as follows:
5 (8) "School safety and security technology project" shall mean a capi-
6 tal project to purchase and install high-tech security features in
7 school buildings and on school campuses, including but not limited to
8 video surveillance, emergency notification systems, carbon monoxide
9 detectors and physical access controls, for enhanced educational oppor-
10 tunity in the state.
11 (2) No school district shall be entitled to a smart schools grant
12 until such district shall have submitted a smart schools investment plan
13 to the smart schools review board and received such board's approval of
14 such investment plan. In developing such investment plan, school
15 districts shall consult with parents, teachers, students, community
16 members and other stakeholders. All purchase and installation costs of
17 a school safety and security technology project shall be included in the
18 smart schools investment plan submitted by a school district.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
20 manner as section 2 of part C of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, takes
21 effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15010-01-4
