Committee on Education
TL;DR
The Committee on Education held a hearing on school safety operations, focusing on crossing guard deployment and staffing issues at Department of Education schools. The committee introduced two new laws requiring better reporting on crossing guard locations and staff turnover, and voted to support state legislation aimed at recruiting more school safety personnel.
Key Decisions
- Oversight hearing on school safety and crossing guard operations Held
- Local Law - Crossing Guard Deployment Reporting Introduced
- Local Law - School Safety Agent and Personnel Turnover Reports Introduced
- Resolution supporting S.9274/A.10381 (Didarul Islam Police Recruitment Act) Introduced
Agenda
- T2026-1564 Oversight - Examining School Safety and Crossing Guard Operations at DOE Schools.Oversight
- Int 0457-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting on crossing guard deployment.Introduction
- Int 0788-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring annual reports on employment turnover of school safety agents and other school safety personnelIntroduction
- Res 0392-2026 Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to Pass and the Governor to Sign, S.9274/A.10381, also known as the Didarul Islam Police Recruitment ActResolution
- Jointly with the Committee on Public Safety