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Senate Bill S2824

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes a maximum temperature in school buildings and indoor facilities

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2011-S2824 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9907
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง409-l, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3324, A7832
2013-2014: A5509

2011-S2824 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a maximum temperature in school buildings and indoor facilities.

2011-S2824 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S2824 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2824

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  STEWART-COUSINS, ADAMS, ADDABBO, DIAZ, ESPAILLAT,
  HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER, OPPENHEIMER, PERKINS, SERRANO -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a maximum
  temperature in school buildings and indoor facilities

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

  Section 1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 409-l
to read as follows:
  S  409-L. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES. ALL
COMMON, UNION FREE, CENTRAL, CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLS, CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
AND BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL  DEVELOP  A  POLICY
FOR  ENSURING  THE  HEALTH AND SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND FACULTY ON EXTREME
HEAT CONDITION DAYS. FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  EXTREME  HEAT
CONDITION  DAYS SHALL BE DEFINED AS DAYS WHEN THE OCCUPIABLE EDUCATIONAL
SPACES ARE FOUND TO BE NINETY DEGREES FAHRENHEIT  OR  GREATER.  FOR  THE
PURPOSE  OF THIS SECTION, ROOM TEMPERATURE SHALL BE MEASURED AT A SHADED
LOCATION, THREE FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR NEAR THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04039-01-1

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