Bill Text: NY S00654 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that expenditures for school safety and security shall be eligible for building aid.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S00654 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S00654-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 654 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 5, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 providing building aid for school security and safety improvements The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6-c of section 3602 of the education law, as 2 amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, paragraph b as amended by 3 section 11 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to 4 read as follows: 5 6-c. a. Building aid for metal detectors, security and safety improve- 6 ments, and safety devices for electrically operated partitions, room 7 dividers and doors. In addition to the apportionments payable to a 8 school district pursuant to subdivision six of this section, the commis- 9 sioner is hereby authorized to apportion to any school district addi- 10 tional building aid pursuant to this subdivision for its approved 11 expenditures in the base year for the purchase of stationary metal 12 detectors, security cameras, school security and safety improvements, 13 and safety devices for electrically operated partitions and room divid- 14 ers required pursuant to section four hundred nine-f of this chapter, or 15 other security devices approved by the commissioner that increase the 16 safety of students and school personnel, provided, however, that funds 17 apportioned to school districts pursuant to this section shall not 18 supplant funds for existing district expenditures or for existing 19 contractual obligations of the district for stationary metal detectors, 20 security cameras, school security and safety improvements, and partition 21 and room divider safety devices, or security devices. Portable or hand 22 held metal detectors shall not be eligible for aid pursuant to this 23 subdivision. Such additional aid shall equal the product of the building 24 aid ratio computed for use in the current year pursuant to paragraph c 25 of subdivision six of this section and the actual approved expenditures EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03414-01-3S. 654 2 1 incurred in the base year pursuant to this subdivision, provided that 2 the limitations on cost allowances prescribed by paragraph a of subdivi- 3 sion six of this section shall not apply. The commissioner shall annual- 4 ly prescribe a special cost allowance for metal detectors, and security 5 cameras, and the approved expenditures shall not exceed such cost allow- 6 ance. The commissioner shall annually prescribe a special cost allowance 7 for partition and room divider safety devices, and the approved expendi- 8 tures shall not exceed such cost allowance. 9 b. For projects approved by the commissioner authorized to receive 10 additional building aid pursuant to this subdivision for the purchase of 11 stationary metal detectors, security cameras or other security devices 12 approved by the commissioner that increase the safety of students and 13 school personnel, provided that for purposes of this paragraph such 14 other security devices shall be limited to electronic security systems 15 and hardened doors, and provided that for projects approved by the 16 commissioner on or after the first day of July two thousand thirteen and 17 [before the first day of July two thousand twenty-three] thereafter such 18 additional aid shall equal the product of (i) the building aid ratio 19 computed for use in the current year pursuant to paragraph c of subdivi- 20 sion six of this section plus ten percentage points, except that in no 21 case shall this amount exceed one hundred percent, and (ii) the actual 22 approved expenditures incurred in the base year pursuant to this subdi- 23 vision, provided that the limitations on cost allowances prescribed by 24 paragraph a of subdivision six of this section shall not apply, and 25 provided further that any projects aided under this paragraph must be 26 included in a district's school safety plan. The commissioner shall 27 annually prescribe a special cost allowance for metal detectors, and 28 security cameras, and the approved expenditures shall not exceed such 29 cost allowance. 30 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
