New York Assembly Bill A06121 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6121 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 26, 2025 ___________ 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 236 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 236. 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 July 1, 2026. Effective immediately, 21 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces- 22 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are 23 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08695-01-5