S2498 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Decreases the frequency of lock-down drills in schools; directs that such drills shall be implemented with a trauma-informed approach; permits parents to opt their children out of such drills.
- Title
- Relates to the frequency and implementation of lock-down drills in schools
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-05-06
- In committee
- Education
- Introduced
- 2025-01-21
- Same as
- A1544
- Law section
- Education Law
Sponsors
- Andrew Gounardes State Senator, District 26
Co-sponsors
Heard in committee
Same as
- A1544 (2025-26 session) NY State bill
Committee meetings
Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.
- Education, 2026-04-21 First reading
- Education, 2025-05-06 First reading