Assembly Bill A11674

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  11674

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              July 30, 2010
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Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Nolan) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  the  inventory  and
  report  upon  outdoor  schoolyards of a city school district in a city
  having a population of one million or more

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraphs a and c of subdivision 14 of section 2556 of the
education  law,  as added by a chapter of the laws of 2010, amending the
education law relating to directing the  chancellor  of  a  city  school
district  in a city having a population of one million or more to inven-
tory and report upon the outdoor playgrounds within  such  district,  as
proposed in legislative bills numbers S.2485-A and A.7603-A, are amended
to read as follows:
  a.   The chancellor of a city school district in a city having a popu-
lation of one million or more shall compile an inventory of and issue  a
written  report  about the outdoor [playgrounds] SCHOOLYARDS in the city
school district. Such inventory and report shall:
  (i) identify each outdoor [playground] SCHOOLYARD  located  at  educa-
tional facilities, as defined in subdivision nine of section twenty-five
hundred  ninety-a  of  this  title,  of  the  city school district. Each
outdoor [playground] SCHOOLYARD shall be  identified  by  the  community
school district in which the outdoor [playground] SCHOOLYARD is located,
its address, APPROXIMATE size and physical condition;
  (ii)  identify  which  outdoor  [playgrounds] SCHOOLYARDS are used for
physical education, activity and/or recreation; for  each  such  outdoor
[playground] SCHOOLYARD, a description of how often students of the city
district  use the outdoor [playground, the activities conducted] SCHOOL-
YARD, and any limitations on the uses of the [playground] SCHOOLYARD;
  (iii) identify which outdoor [playgrounds] SCHOOLYARDS  are  not  used
for  physical  education,  activity  or recreation. For each such [play-
ground] SCHOOLYARD, an explanation of why it is not being used for phys-
ical education, physical activity or recreation by students of the  city
school district;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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  (iv)  [a description of how] WHETHER each outdoor [playground] SCHOOL-
YARD is used AND THE FREQUENCY OF SUCH USE during  the  school  day  and
[after  school  by  students  of the city school district] WHETHER IT IS
AVAILABLE FOR USE BY STUDENTS OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC DURING AFTER  SCHOOL
HOURS;
  (v)  for  each  outdoor  [playground] SCHOOLYARD, a description of the
capital plans for construction, placement, renovation  and/or  reconfig-
uration  thereof,  and any plan to increase or decrease the availability
and utilization thereof; and
  (vi) any other facts, information and recommendations which the  chan-
cellor  deems necessary to improve the outdoor [playgrounds] SCHOOLYARDS
of the educational facilities of the city school district. Such improve-
ments shall be those that enhance the physical education,  physical  and
mental fitness, and well-being of the students of the city district.
  c.  For  the  purposes  of  this  subdivision,  "outdoor [playground"]
SCHOOLYARD" means outdoor space which is located at educational  facili-
ties, and is used or intended to be used by students for physical educa-
tion, physical activity and/or recreation.
  S  2.  Subdivision 52 of section 2590-h of the education law, as added
by a chapter of the laws of 2010, amending the education law relating to
directing the chancellor of a city school district in a  city  having  a
population  of  one  million  or  more  to inventory and report upon the
outdoor playgrounds within such district,  as  proposed  in  legislative
bills numbers S.2485-A and A.7603-A, is amended to read as follows:
  52.  To  compile  an inventory of and issue a written report about the
outdoor [playgrounds] SCHOOLYARDS in the city district, as  required  by
subdivision  fourteen  of  section twenty-five hundred fifty-six of this
title.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
manner  as  a  chapter  of  the laws of 2010, amending the education law
relating to directing the chancellor of a city school district in a city
having a population of one million or more to inventory and report  upon
the outdoor playgrounds within such district, as proposed in legislative
bills numbers S.2485-A and A.7603-A, takes effect.