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NY A00703
Bill
Status
1/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Marianne Buttenschon
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AI Summary
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Establishes state grants covering 100% of annual salaries for school resource officers employed by eligible school districts, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year
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Defines "school resource officer" broadly to include school safety officers, school security officers, school police officers, and similar positions designed to improve public safety on school grounds
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Eligible officers may include retired police officers, retired state troopers, retired deputy sheriffs, active-duty town/city/village police officers, state troopers, or county deputy sheriffs
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Authorizes Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) to contract with local police entities for school resource officers
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BOCES contracts for school resource officers qualify for the same grant funding as individual school districts
Legislative Description
Relates to the provision of grants to eligible school districts to cover the costs of school resource officers employed at schools in such districts; authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with local police entities to provide school resource officers.
Last Action
referred to education
1/7/2026