Includes policies and procedures for responding to students having mental health crises in a manner that does not include contacting law enforcement unless implied or direct threats of violence or other criminal activity is involved in school safety plans.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5103
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 22, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 including policies and
procedures for responding to students having mental health crises in
school safety plans
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs l and m of subdivision 2 of section 2801-a of
2 the education law, as amended by chapter 30 of the laws of 2021, are
3 amended to read as follows:
4 l. the designation of the superintendent, or superintendent's desig-
5 nee, as the district chief emergency officer responsible for coordinat-
6 ing communication between school staff and law enforcement and first
7 responders, and ensuring staff understanding of the district-level safe-
8 ty plan. The chief emergency officer shall also be responsible for
9 ensuring the completion and yearly updating of building-level emergency
10 response plans; [and]
11 m. protocols for responding to a declared state disaster emergency
12 involving a communicable disease that are substantially consistent with
13 the provisions of section twenty-seven-c of the labor law; and
14 n. polices and procedures for responding to students having mental
15 health crises in a manner that does not include contacting law enforce-
16 ment unless implied or direct threats of violence or other criminal
17 activity is involved.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07129-01-3
