 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5494
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 19, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee 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  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 235 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 235. School resource officer unit. There is hereby established with-
     4  in  the division of state police the school resource officer unit, which
     5  shall be a  specialized  unit  having  advanced  training  in  providing
     6  improved  public  safety  and/or  security on school grounds. The school
     7  resource officer unit shall perform such  tasks  as  determined  by  the
     8  superintendent.
     9    §  2.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 2801-c to
    10  read as follows:
    11    § 2801-c. School resource officers. The board of  education  or  trus-
    12  tees,  as  defined  in  section  two  of  this  chapter, of every school
    13  district within the state, however created, and every board  of  cooper-
    14  ative educational services and county vocational education and extension
    15  board  and the chancellor of the city school district of the city of New
    16  York may request the placement of a member of the school resource  offi-
    17  cer  unit  of the division of state police at any building, structure or
    18  facility primarily used for the instruction of students  located  within
    19  such district.
    20    §  3. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2022. Effective immediate-
    21  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
    22  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
    23  authorized to be made on or before such effective date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09422-01-1
Relates to school resource officers

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