N.Y. Education Law § 409-j: Emergency alert notification system in public schools; cities with a population of one million or more

§ 409-j. Emergency alert notification system in public schools; cities

with a population of one million or more. On or before January first,

two thousand ten, a city school district located in a city of one

million or more inhabitants shall, pursuant to rules and regulations

promulgated by the chancellor of such city school district and

consistent with section twenty-eight hundred one-a of this chapter,

implement an emergency alert notification system to convey timely

information concerning emergency incidents or occurrences, as defined by

such chancellor, that pose an imminent threat to the health or safety of

a substantial number of students, faculty and staff at a particular

educational facility or program. Such emergency alert notification

system shall employ a variety of communication methods including the

automated delivery of text messages, phone calls and/or electronic mail

and shall notify and advise parents or persons in parental relation,

faculty, staff, and elected representatives, who volunteer to receive

emergency alert notifications.