NY A10607

Requires every school district, board of cooperative educational services, county vocational education board, and the New York City school district to establish a school threat assessment team by one year after the department publishes a model threat assessment plan.

Defines a "safety threat" as actions, statements, or behavioral patterns by a student indicating intent to physically harm another student, school employee, member of the public, or themselves.

School threat assessment teams must be multidisciplinary with expertise in guidance counseling, school administration, mental health, and school safety, focused on providing supportive services and addressing underlying issues rather than imposing discipline.

Requires school threat assessment plans to include procedures for identifying safety threats, gathering data, evaluating credibility (including firearm access), warning intended victims, developing intervention plans, monitoring implementation, and referring cases to law enforcement or for extreme risk protection orders as a last resort.

Prohibits referral to a school threat assessment team from being grounds for student suspension or expulsion, and requires teams to report outcome data to the department annually.