Bill Text: NY S04559 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Enacts the "school security guard training enhancement act"; provides requirements for a specialized certification for school security guards, including, but not limited to, retired police officers; requires topics including, but not limited to, the role and responsibility of school security officers, school-related laws and liability, security awareness in the educational environment, mediation/conflict resolution, disasters and emergencies and dynamics of student behavior be covered in such training and program; provides that such specialized certification and training program shall be implemented and enforced by the department of state, in consultation with the department of education and the department of criminal justice services, the division of homeland security and emergency services, state police and local law enforcement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-07 - referred to economic development [S04559 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S04559-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Enacts the "school security guard training enhancement act"; provides requirements for a specialized certification for school security guards, including, but not limited to, retired police officers; requires topics including, but not limited to, the role and responsibility of school security officers, school-related laws and liability, security awareness in the educational environment, mediation/conflict resolution, disasters and emergencies and dynamics of student behavior be covered in such training and program; provides that such specialized certification and training program shall be implemented and enforced by the department of state, in consultation with the department of education and the department of criminal justice services, the division of homeland security and emergency services, state police and local law enforcement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-07 - referred to economic development [S04559 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S04559-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4559 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to enacting the "school security guard training enhancement act" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 2 7-B to read as follows: 3 ARTICLE 7-B 4 SCHOOL SECURITY GUARD TRAINING ENHANCEMENT ACT 5 Section 89-e-1. Short title. 6 89-f-1. Requirements for a specialized certification. 7 89-g-1. Implementation and enforcement. 8 § 89-e-1. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as 9 the "school security guard training enhancement act". 10 § 89-f-1. Requirements for a specialized certification. Individuals 11 who wish to work as school security guards in this state, including, but 12 not limited to, retired police officers that have been retired for more 13 than five years, shall obtain a specialized certification, in addition 14 to the general security guard license currently required by article 15 seven-A of this chapter. Such specialized certification shall require 16 the completion of a school-specific training program that covers the 17 following topics, including, but not limited to, role and responsibility 18 of school security officers, school-related laws and liability, security 19 awareness in the educational environment, youth mediation/conflict 20 resolution, disasters and emergencies, dynamics of student behavior and 21 cultural awareness. 22 § 89-g-1. Implementation and enforcement. 1. The specialized training 23 program shall be implemented and enforced by the department of criminal EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06438-03-3S. 4559 2 1 justice services, in consultation with the division of homeland securi- 2 ty, and the state police. Such training program shall be standardized 3 and approved statewide. 4 2. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations relating to 5 prior training and experience satisfying the training requirements of 6 the specialized certification. 7 3. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations concerning 8 the period of time after this section becomes law individuals will have 9 to obtain such certificate to continue serving as a school security 10 guard. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 12 it shall have become a law.