School superintendents from the Rochester area may challenge New York's newest firearms law.

Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Extreme Risk Protection Order, also known as the Red Flag Law on Monday. It gives authorities, a member of a household, teachers and school administrators the power to seek a court order to keep a person from possessing, or purchasing a firearm.

It's the Cuomo administration's latest expansion of the most stringent firearm laws in any state. 

"Hunters still hunt. Sportsman still have their guns. But criminals don't. And mentally ill don't," Cuomo said. "And the slippery slope never happened and government never came to take everyone's guns. And it worked."

The bill was introduced as the governor's opposition to arming educators with firearms to prevent school shootings. Rochester Teachers Association President Adam Urbanski is among the first in the area to red flag the new law.

"Nobody should rush to introduce students to the criminal justice system as a first measure. There are other ways to deal with issues," said Urbanski.

He says  teachers, already trained to work like parents, would break the trust of students and families by driving youth into legal process.

"So what would the parent do? They would not turn to the court system?" Urbanski said. "To ask teachers to actually refer students to the court system or to the criminal justice system is not a good idea. Teachers shouldn't have to do that. And it actually impedes the relationship building that occurs between teachers and students."

A judge would have to find probable cause that the person identified would do harm, as defined by New York's mental hygiene law. The governor believes it will prevent tragedies like Parkland.

"And if that teacher or administrator had recourse and could have gone to a judge [and said] 'I think this young person needs help. Please help them.' How many lives could have been saved?" the governor said at the law's signing.

Superintendents from across the Rochester area have begun discussions on a formal response to the change. None would speak with Spectrum News prior to Friday, when their association plans to publicly present its position.

Monroe County school leaders are scheduled to meet with state representatives in Albany next week. They intend to learn more about the law's implementation as it pertains to districts.