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NY A03097
Bill
Status
1/23/2025
Primary Sponsor
Erik Dilan
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AI Summary
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School districts in cities with 100,000+ population may establish police training high schools or programs for grades 9-12, with New York City permitted to establish one in each borough
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Each program limited to a maximum of 20 classes with no more than 20 students per class, targeting recruitment from police precincts with high juvenile delinquency rates
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Curriculum guidelines set by the Commissioner of Education in consultation with the Division of Criminal Justice Services and Municipal Police Training Council, with a required summer school component at SUNY or CUNY criminal justice programs
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Creates a Police Officer Training Corps (POTC) modeled after military ROTC at SUNY and CUNY colleges offering undergraduate criminal justice programs
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Graduates of police training high schools receive 5 additional points on competitive civil service examinations for police officer positions in cities that adopt enabling local laws, plus preferential consideration in college admissions to criminal justice programs
Legislative Description
Provides for the establishment of police training high schools in certain city school districts; provides for further education and employment; establishes preferential admissions criteria for the state and city universities; establishes preferential civil service criteria in the recruitment of police officers.
Last Action
referred to education
1/7/2026