The plan to shift oversight of School Safety Agents from the Police Department to the Department of Education is on schedule—but hasn’t included any engagement with the union that represents the employees.
The City Council is weighing a series of bills that would transform the role of School Safety Agents. If passed, they would bar School Safety Agents from being able to arrest students or use handcuffs, and would mandate that staff be retrained in restorative justice and de-escalation practices. The proposals would also require the DOE to report the number of complaints made against SSAs and call for Principals to evaluate their job performance.
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