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Senate Bill S8444

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Chapter amends S. 4472 and A. 5434 to provide for notice of a bedbug infestation in a public school to the guardians of affected students in the school

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2009-S8444 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง920, Ed L (as proposed in S.4472 and A.5434)

2009-S8444 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for notice of a bedbug infestation in a public school to the guardians of affected students in the school; requires principal to advise the parents' association or the parent-teachers' association of the scope of the notification of the parents, persons in parental relation and guardians.

2009-S8444 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S8444 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8444

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              July 15, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to persons required to be
  notified of bedbug infestations in certain public schools

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 920 of the education law, as added
by a chapter of the laws of 2010, amending the education law relating to
directing  a  city school district having a population of one million or
more to provide notice of bedbug  infestations  in  public  schools,  as
proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4472 and A. 5434, is amended to
read as follows:
  1.  In  a  city  school district having a population of one million or
more inhabitants, the principal of  each  public  school  shall  provide
immediate  notification  to  [all]  parents  [or],  persons  in parental
relation OR GUARDIANS OF POTENTIALLY  AFFECTED  STUDENTS  ATTENDING  THE
SCHOOL,  disclosing  a  finding  relating  to the infestation of bedbugs
(Cimex lectularius) in such school.   THE  PRINCIPAL  SHALL  ADVISE  THE
PARENTS'  ASSOCIATION  OR  PARENT-TEACHERS'  ASSOCIATION OF THE SCOPE OF
SUCH NOTIFICATION.
  S 2. 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 a city school district having a population of  one
million  or  more  to  provide  notice  of bedbug infestations in public
schools, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4472 and  A.  5434,
takes effect.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05859-02-0

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