Assembly Bill A4912

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to security of classroom culinary knives

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A4912 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §409-m, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A10571

2017-A4912 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that culinary knives be locked in a secure location while their use is not under the supervision of a teacher overseeing the classroom.

2017-A4912 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4912
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to security of  classroom
   culinary knives
 
   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-m
 to read as follows:
   §  409-M.  SECURITY  OF  CLASSROOM CULINARY KNIVES. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS  SHALL  HAVE  THE  MEANINGS  SET  FORTH
 BELOW:
   (A)  "SCHOOL"  SHALL MEAN ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, PARO-
 CHIAL SCHOOL, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES,  UNIVERSITY  OF
 THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK.
   (B)  "CULINARY  KNIVES" SHALL MEAN ANY KNIVES WHICH ARE INTENDED TO BE
 USED IN FOOD PREPARATION.
   2. EVERY SCHOOL WHERE CULINARY KNIVES  ARE  USED  WITHIN  A  CLASSROOM
 SHALL  ENSURE  THAT SUCH CULINARY KNIVES ARE LOCKED IN A SECURE LOCATION
 WHEN THE USE OF SUCH CULINARY KNIVES  IS  NOT  UNDER  SUPERVISION  OF  A
 TEACHER, INSTRUCTOR, OR OTHER ADULT OVERSEEING A CLASSROOM.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05133-01-7

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