Bill Text: NY S00310 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 310 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes active shooter drills in public and private educational institutions.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S00310 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00310-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           310
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- 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  establishing  active
          shooter drills at public and private educational institutions
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  807  of  the  education  law,  as
     2  amended  by  section  2  of part B of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    1. It shall be the duty of the principal or other person in charge  of
     5  every  public  or  private  school or educational institution within the
     6  state, other than colleges or universities, to instruct  and  train  the
     7  pupils  by  means  of  drills, so that they may in a sudden emergency be
     8  able to respond appropriately in the shortest possible time and  without
     9  confusion  or  panic. Such drills shall be held at least twelve times in
    10  each school year, eight of which required drills shall be  held  between
    11  September  first  and  December thirty-first of each such year. Eight of
    12  all such drills shall be evacuation  drills,  four  of  which  shall  be
    13  through  use  of  the  fire  escapes on buildings where fire escapes are
    14  provided or through the use of identified  secondary  means  of  egress.
    15  Four  of all such required drills shall be emergency attack drills, with
    16  two of such drills being lock-down drills and two of such  drills  being
    17  active  shooter drills. Upon request of the principal or other person in
    18  charge of such public or private educational institution, the  New  York
    19  state  school  safety improvement teams, established pursuant to section
    20  twenty-eight hundred one-b of this chapter,  shall  provide  recommenda-
    21  tions on how to perform such lock-down and active shooter drills at such
    22  public or private educational institution.  Drills shall be conducted at
    23  different  times  of  the  school day. Pupils shall be instructed in the
    24  procedure to be followed in the event that  a  fire  occurs  during  the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  lunch  period  or  assembly,  provided  however,  that  such  additional
     2  instruction may be waived where a  drill  is  held  during  the  regular
     3  school lunch period or assembly. Four additional drills shall be held in
     4  each  school  year  during  the hours after sunset and before sunrise in
     5  school buildings in which students are provided with  sleeping  accommo-
     6  dations.  At  least  two  additional  drills shall be held during summer
     7  school in buildings where summer school is conducted, and  one  of  such
     8  drills shall be held during the first week of summer school.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.