Bill Text: NY A05258 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the provision of site mapping for emergency response data with school safety plans; provides for the funding of such mapping data.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-10-16 - print number 5258a [A05258 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05258-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5258

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      March 7, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to providing critical
          incident mapping data relating to school safety plans

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph and paragraphs c and h of subdivision
     2  3  of  section  2801-a  of the education law, as amended by section 1 of
     3  part B of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, are amended and  a  new  para-
     4  graph i is added to read as follows:
     5    A  building  level emergency response plan, developed by the building-
     6  level emergency response  team  defined  in  subdivision  four  of  this
     7  section,  shall  be  kept confidential, including but not limited to the
     8  floor plans, blueprints, schematics or other maps of the school  interi-
     9  or,  school grounds and road maps of the immediate surrounding area, and
    10  critical incident mapping data and shall  not  be  disclosed  except  to
    11  authorized department or school staff, and law enforcement officers, and
    12  shall include the following elements:
    13    c.  floor  plans,  blueprints,  schematics or other maps of the school
    14  interior, school grounds and road  maps  of  the  immediate  surrounding
    15  area, and critical incident mapping data;
    16    h.  policies and procedures for securing and restricting access to the
    17  crime scene in order to preserve evidence in cases of violent crimes  on
    18  school property[.]; and
    19    i.  critical  incident mapping data provided pursuant to this subdivi-
    20  sion shall:
    21    (i) be compatible with software platforms used by a local,  state,  or
    22  federal public safety agency that provide emergency services;
    23    (ii) be provided in a printable format; and
    24    (iii)  be  verified  for  accuracy  through an annual walkthrough of a
    25  school building and school grounds.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08107-02-3
        A. 5258                             2

     1    § 2. Section 2801-a of the education law is amended by  adding  a  new
     2  subdivision 11 to read as follows:
     3    11.  For  purposes  of  this section, "critical incident mapping data"
     4  means information provided in an electronic or digital format to  assist
     5  law   enforcement   or  emergency  first  responders  in  an  emergency.
     6  Districts shall make every effort to provide:
     7    a. aerial imagery of a school building;
     8    b. site specific labeling that matches the  structure  of  the  school
     9  building,  including building access points, room labels, hallway names,
    10  external door or stairwell numbers, locations of hazardous materials and
    11  utility shut offs, key boxes,  automated  external  defibrillators,  and
    12  trauma kits; and
    13    c.  site  specific labeling that matches the school grounds, including
    14  parking areas, athletic fields, surrounding roads, and neighboring prop-
    15  erties.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.