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A 335: Includes policies and procedures for responding to students having mental health crises in a manner that does not include contacting law enforcement unless implied or direct threats of violence or other criminal activity is involved in school safety plans.
What A 335 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed law aims to enhance school safety by including policies and procedures for responding to students having mental health crises. It designates a district chief emergency officer to coordinate communication between school staff and law enforcement, and to ensure staff understanding of the district-level safety plan. The officer is also responsible for completing and updating building-level emergency response plans. Additionally, the law establishes protocols for responding to students with mental health crises, which do not involve contacting law enforcement unless there are implied or direct threats of violence or other criminal activity involved. These policies and procedures will take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to education (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to education |
| Jan. 08, 2025 | referred to education |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 290 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 335 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON, DE LOS SANTOS, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to including policies and procedures for responding to students having mental health crises in school safety plans The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs l and m of subdivision 2 of section 2801-a of 2 the education law, as amended by chapter 30 of the laws of 2021, are 3 amended to read as follows: 4 l. the designation of the superintendent, or superintendent's desig- 5 nee, as the district chief emergency officer responsible for coordinat- 6 ing communication between school staff and law enforcement and first 7 responders, and ensuring staff understanding of the district-level safe- 8 ty plan. The chief emergency officer shall also be responsible for 9 ensuring the completion and yearly updating of building-level emergency 10 response plans; [and] 11 m. protocols for responding to a declared state disaster emergency 12 involving a communicable disease that are substantially consistent with 13 the provisions of section twenty-seven-c of the labor law; and 14 n. polices and procedures for responding to students having mental 15 health crises in a manner that does not include contacting law enforce- 16 ment unless implied or direct threats of violence or other criminal 17 activity is involved. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00973-01-5
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