What's happening
This bill allows school districts in New York to pay for school resource officers, provided this results in hiring additional officers.
Why it matters
Allows school districts to directly fund additional police officers (school resource officers) in their schools, but only if this leads to hiring more officers overall—not just shifting costs. This means any agreement must increase the total number of officers, potentially enhancing school security.
Clarifies that school resource officers, even if their salaries are paid by the school district, remain employees of the police department, not the school. This separation may affect oversight, discipline, and liability issues.
Gives local school boards and police authorities flexibility to decide compensation and the number of officers assigned, allowing adaptation to local needs and budgets. This could impact how resources are allocated between security and other school priorities.
Albany, before your first meeting.
Every bill that moved yesterday, summarized in a sentence and ranked by impact. The Albany Scorecard follows on Sundays.
Free. Unsubscribe in one click. Want alerts on specific bills? Create an account.
Who cares
Headline styles
Schools Can Pay Resource Officers
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Let Schools Pay School Officers
In Senate Committee · Local Government · Sponsor Monica Martinez
Full text
1 pageUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗
STATE OF NEW YORK
6750
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 18, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing educational institutions to pay the salaries and compensation of school resource officers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 208-i to read as follows:
§ 208-i. School resource officers. The duly constituted authorities of any city, town, or village or any county police department or police district may designate, authorize and appoint such a number of persons as such authority shall deem necessary, and at such salaries as such authority shall deem advisable, as school resource officers to aid in protecting school children. A board of education or trustees of a school district may enter into an agreement with any city, town, village or county police department or police district whereby such school district pays for all or any portion of the salaries of the school resource officers providing services pursuant to this section to the students of such district. Notwithstanding any agreement entered into pursuant to this section, school resource officers shall not be considered employees of the school district. The authority of a board of education or trustees of a school district to enter into such agreement shall only exist when such agreement results in an increase to the number of school resource officers employed by the city, town, village, county police department or police district.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10121-02-9
Reflowed for reading: line numbers and page breaks removed. Cite the official text.
Summaries, headlines and scores are AI-generated from the official bill text. How we score bills. Source: NYS Open Legislation.