A 902: Authorizes the provision of site mapping for emergency response data with school safety plans; provides for the funding of such mapping data.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 902 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, BUTTENSCHON, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing site mapping for emergency response data relating to school safety plans The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph and paragraph c of subdivision 3 of 2 section 2801-a of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part B 3 of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, are amended to read as follows: 4 A building level emergency response plan, developed by the building- 5 level emergency response team defined in subdivision four of this 6 section, shall be kept confidential, including but not limited to the 7 [floor plans, blueprints, schematics or other maps of the school interi- 8 or, school grounds and road maps of the immediate surrounding area,] 9 site mapping for emergency response described in paragraph c of this 10 subdivision and shall not be disclosed except to authorized department 11 or school staff, and law enforcement officers, and shall include the 12 following elements: 13 c. site mapping for emergency response, including floor plans, blue- 14 prints, schematics or other maps of the school interior, school grounds 15 and road maps of the immediate surrounding area. Such site maps shall be 16 provided in a format compatible with software platforms used by local, 17 state, county, and federal law enforcement agencies that provide emer- 18 gency services to the specific school for which the data is provided 19 without requiring law enforcement agencies to purchase additional soft- 20 ware or requiring the integration of third-party software to view the 21 data, and compatible with security software platforms in use by the 22 specific school for which the data is provided without requiring such 23 school and law enforcement agencies to purchase additional software or 24 requiring the integration of third-party software to view the data. Such EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03425-01-5 
 A. 902 2 1 site maps shall be provided in a printable format, oriented true north, 2 be overlaid with gridded x/y coordinates, and be verified for accuracy 3 through an initial and annual walkthrough of all school buildings and 4 grounds. Districts shall make every effort to provide: 5 i. up-to-date floor plans overlaid on current aerial imagery of a 6 school building and groups; 7 ii. site specific labeling that matches the structure of the school 8 building, including building access points, room labels, hallway names, 9 external door or stairwell numbers, locations of hazardous materials and 10 utility shut offs, key boxes, automated external defibrillators, and 11 trauma kits; and 12 iii. site specific labeling that matches the school grounds, including 13 parking areas, athletic fields, surrounding roads, and neighboring prop- 14 erties. 15 § 2. Section 2801-a of the education law is amended by adding a new 16 subdivision 11 to read as follows: 17 11. For purposes of this section, "site mapping for emergency 18 response" means information provided in an electronic or digital format 19 to assist law enforcement or emergency first responders in an emergency. 20 § 3. Subdivision 6-c of section 3602 of the education law, as amended 21 by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, and paragraph b as amended by section 22 9 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as 23 follows: 24 6-c. a. Building aid for metal detectors, [and] safety devices for 25 electrically operated partitions, room dividers and doors, and site 26 mapping for emergency response. In addition to the apportionments paya- 27 ble to a school district pursuant to subdivision six of this section, 28 the commissioner is hereby authorized to apportion to any school 29 district additional building aid pursuant to this subdivision for its 30 approved expenditures in the base year for the purchase of stationary 31 metal detectors, security cameras, safety devices for electrically oper- 32 ated partitions and room dividers required pursuant to section four 33 hundred nine-f of this chapter, or other security devices approved by 34 the commissioner that increase the safety of students and school person- 35 nel, and for furnishing site mapping for emergency response as required 36 by subdivision three of section two thousand eight hundred one-a of this 37 chapter, provided, however, that funds apportioned to school districts 38 pursuant to this section shall not supplant funds for existing district 39 expenditures or for existing contractual obligations of the district for 40 stationary metal detectors, security cameras, partition and room divider 41 safety devices, [or] security devices, or site mapping for emergency 42 response. Portable or [hand held] handheld metal detectors shall not be 43 eligible for aid pursuant to this subdivision. Such additional aid shall 44 equal the product of the building aid ratio computed for use in the 45 current year pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision six of this section 46 and the actual approved expenditures incurred in the base year pursuant 47 to this subdivision, provided that the limitations on cost allowances 48 prescribed by paragraph a of subdivision six of this section shall not 49 apply. The commissioner shall annually prescribe a special cost allow- 50 ance for metal detectors, and security cameras, and the approved expend- 51 itures shall not exceed such cost allowance. The commissioner shall 52 annually prescribe a special cost allowance for partition and room 53 divider safety devices, and the approved expenditures shall not exceed 54 such cost allowance. The commissioner shall annually prescribe a 55 special cost allowance for site mapping for emergency response, and the 56 approved expenditures shall not exceed such cost allowance. 
 A. 902 3 1 b. For projects approved by the commissioner authorized to receive 2 additional building aid pursuant to this subdivision for the purchase of 3 stationary metal detectors, security cameras or other security devices 4 approved by the commissioner that increase the safety of students and 5 school personnel, provided that for purposes of this paragraph such 6 other security devices shall be limited to electronic security systems 7 and hardened doors, and provided that for projects approved by the 8 commissioner on or after the first day of July two thousand thirteen 9 such additional aid shall equal the product of (i) the building aid 10 ratio computed for use in the current year pursuant to paragraph c of 11 subdivision six of this section plus ten percentage points, except that 12 in no case shall this amount exceed one hundred percent, and (ii) the 13 actual approved expenditures incurred in the base year pursuant to this 14 subdivision, provided that the limitations on cost allowances prescribed 15 by paragraph a of subdivision six of this section shall not apply, and 16 provided further that any projects aided under this paragraph must be 17 included in a district's school safety plan. The commissioner shall 18 annually prescribe a special cost allowance for metal detectors, and 19 security cameras, and the approved expenditures shall not exceed such 20 cost allowance. 21 § 4. This act shall take effect six months after it shall have become 22 a law.