A 9250: Requires the installation of master key boxes for building access by law enforcement and emergency responders; requires they must meet the underwriters laboratories standard UL 1037.
The proposed law aims to enhance school safety by requiring the installation of master key boxes for law enforcement and emergency responders. These key boxes will be installed on public school campuses and instructional school buildings, allowing for secure access and emergency entry. The law also requires schools to collaborate with local law enforcement to consider including various security devices, such as panic alarm systems, master external and internal keys, access cards, and maps of the school buildings. Schools must meet the basic commercial applications standard for antitheft alarms and devices. Additionally, the law authorizes additional building aid for schools that purchase specific security devices, such as metal detectors, security cameras, and exterior master key boxes, to increase student and staff safety. The additional aid will be based on the actual expenditures inc…
- What is the current status of A 9250?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 9250 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 8, 2026, was "print number 9250a".
- Did A 9250 pass?
- Not yet. A 9250 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 9250, and where is it now?
- A 9250 was authored by Asm. Carrie Woerner.
| Jan. 08, 2026 | print number 9250a |
| Jan. 08, 2026 | amend (t) and recommit to education |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to education |
| Nov. 07, 2025 | referred to education |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9250 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY November 7, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the instal- lation of a master key box at each school building for building access by law enforcement and emergency responders The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 409-o 2 to read as follows: 3 § 409-o. Master key box. 1. Not later than June thirtieth, two thou- 4 sand twenty-seven, the board of education, trustees, principal or other 5 person in charge of every public or private school or educational insti- 6 tution within the state shall arrange for, require, and install one 7 exterior secure master key box in each school building it operates to 8 permit emergency access to both law enforcement agencies and emergency 9 responders from an exterior location designated by the local law 10 enforcement authorities. Each district or school shall collaborate with 11 law enforcement to include in the master key box all of the following: 12 (a) Master external and internal keys; 13 (b) Access cards; 14 (c) Maps of the school buildings. 15 2. Each master key box shall meet the standard for antitheft alarms 16 and devices as prescribed under the underwriters laboratories standard 17 UL 1037. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13081-01-5