2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 55 - Regulation by Boards of Education of Conduct on School District Property › 2814 - Omnibus School Violence Prevention Grant Program.

§  2814.  Omnibus  school violence prevention grant program. 1. Within
amounts appropriated for implementation of  extended  day  programs  and
school   violence   prevention  programs,  the  commissioner  is  hereby
authorized and directed to award grants on a competitive basis to school
districts. Such grants shall  be  for  one  or  more  of  the  following
pursuant to this section: school safety and violence prevention programs
consistent  with  the  purposes  of  the school safety plans required by
section twenty-eight hundred one-a of  this  article  and  extended  day
activities defined in this section. School districts shall be prohibited
from  using  funds  awarded  pursuant to this section to displace school
district after-school funding in existence as of the effective  date  of
this article.
* a.  School safety activities. Programs eligible for funding pursuant
to this section may include, but not be limited to: (i)  safe  corridors
programs;  (ii)  diversity  programs;  (iii) collaborative school safety
programs with law enforcement agencies or community-based organizations;
(iv) metal detectors,  intercom  and  other  intra-school  communication
devices  and other devices to increase school security and the safety of
school  personnel   and   students;   (v)   other   programs   including
comprehensive   school-based   intervention   models,  approved  by  the
commissioner,  that  reduce  violence   and   improve   school   safety.
Comprehensive school based intervention models shall coordinate with and
collaborate  with  other services currently being provided in the school
district,  incorporate  appropriate  school  violence   prevention   and
intervention  services,  and  coordinate  appropriate funding sources to
ensure  the  efficient  delivery   of   services.   Such   comprehensive
school-based  intervention  models shall also include provisions for the
involvement  of  teachers,  parents,  school   administrators   in   the
development  and  implementation  of  the  program, a detailed statement
identifying  specific  performance  goals,  a  proposed  timetable   for
implementation  and  achievement  of  such goals and specific assessment
methods which will be used to measure student and school progress.
* NB Effective until April 17, 2025
* a. School safety activities. Programs eligible for funding  pursuant
to  this  section may include, but not be limited to: (i) safe corridors
programs; (ii) diversity programs;  (iii)  collaborative  school  safety
programs with law enforcement agencies or community-based organizations;
(iv)  metal  detectors,  intercom  and  other intra-school communication
devices and other devices to increase school security and the safety  of
school personnel and students; (v) programs which facilitate and promote
community  involvement  in  school  facility  planning;  and  (vi) other
programs  including  comprehensive  school-based  intervention   models,
approved  by  the  commissioner, that reduce violence and improve school
safety. Comprehensive school based intervention models shall  coordinate
with and collaborate with other services currently being provided in the
school  district, incorporate appropriate school violence prevention and
intervention services, and coordinate  appropriate  funding  sources  to
ensure   the   efficient   delivery   of  services.  Such  comprehensive
school-based intervention models shall also include provisions  for  the
involvement   of   teachers,   parents,  school  administrators  in  the
development and implementation of  the  program,  a  detailed  statement
identifying   specific  performance  goals,  a  proposed  timetable  for
implementation and achievement of such  goals  and  specific  assessment
methods which will be used to measure student and school progress.
* NB Effective April 17, 2025
b. Extended day activities. (i) Eligible extended day activities under
this  paragraph  shall  be  for  programs  conducted outside the regular
school  day  whereby  students  can  participate  in  extra   curricular

enrichment  activities  including but not limited to athletics, academic
enrichment, art, music, drama, academic tutoring,  mentoring,  community
services and related programs that will increase student achievement and
contribute  to  school  violence  prevention.  Such activities conducted
outside the regular school day shall be offered collaboratively  between
not-for-profit educational organizations, community based organizations,
other  agencies  approved  by  the commissioner and public elementary or
secondary schools, and where applicable, school districts.
(ii) Grantees receiving  funding  pursuant  to  this  subdivision  may
expend  no  more  than  five percent of grants for administration and no
more than five percent for grantee training.
2. In the event the appropriation for the purposes of this section  in
any year is insufficient to pay all claims pursuant to this subdivision,
the  commissioner  shall  pay  such claims on a prorated basis among all
districts filing such claims until the appropriation is exhausted.
3. Programs supported by grants pursuant to this section shall not  be
eligible aid pursuant to any other provision of this chapter.