What's happening
This bill creates a specialized school resource officer unit within the state police and allows schools to request their placement for enhanced safety.
Why it matters
Establishes a dedicated unit within the state police with advanced training specifically for school safety. , potentially raising the level of expertise and preparedness of officers assigned to schools compared to general law enforcement.
Empowers local school districts and educational boards to proactively request state police officers for their schools. , giving schools more direct control over their security needs and resource allocation.
Standardizes the pathway for state police involvement in school safety across New York. , which may improve coordination, consistency, and best practices for handling security threats, emergencies, and day-to-day safety issues in educational environments.
Could influence the balance between security and school climate. , as increased police presence in schools has both supporters (for deterrence and rapid response) and critics (concerns about criminalization of student behavior and impacts on school culture).
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6970
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 29, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. FINCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the executive law and the education law, in relation to school resource officers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 233 to read as follows:
§ 233. School resource officer unit. There is hereby established within the division of state police the school resource officer unit, which shall be a specialized unit having advanced training in providing improved public safety and/or security on school grounds. The school resource officer unit shall perform such tasks as determined by the superintendent.
§ 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2801-c to read as follows:
§ 2801-c. School resource officers. The board of education or trustees, as defined in section two of this chapter, of every school district within the state, however created, and every board of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension board and the chancellor of the city school district of the city of New York may request the placement of a member of the school resource officer unit of the division of state police at any building, structure or facility primarily used for the instruction of students located within such district.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2020. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 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.
LBD05539-01-9
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