Honeoye Central School District

Education Law § 2801-a requires school districts to develop, and annually review, district-wide and school building safety plans.  

Education Law requires that district-wide safety plans be developed by the district-wide school safety team, which must be appointed by the Board of Education.  The Safety Team must include members from the following groups: school board, teachers, administrators, parent organizations, school safety personnel, and other school personnel.

Desha’s Law- Cardiac Arrest Emergency Response Plans
Amendments to Education Law §2801-a(3)(a) require that policies and procedures for response to
sudden cardiac arrest be included in building level emergency response plans, effective
September 1, 2025. 

Amendments to Education Law §§ 917 and 2801-a (2) regarding AED
equipment, AED maintenance and signage, and school safety training regarding cardiac emergency
response plans in district-wide school safety plans are effective January 20, 2026.

In September 2020, the New York State Legislature revised Education Law § 2801-a, requiring that district-wide safety plans incorporate, “protocols for responding to a declared public health emergency involving communicable diseases that are substantially equivalent with the provisions of [Labor Law § 27-c].”