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Assembly Bill A853

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires certain school districts to employ a minimum of one school nurse

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2017-A853 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4635
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §902, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2137, S1200
2011-2012: A1753, S4557
2013-2014: A1497, S1755
2015-2016: A832, S1964
2019-2020: A3577, S424
2021-2022: S5916

2017-A853 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain school districts, New York city, Yonkers, Syracuse, Buffalo and Rochester, to employ a minimum of one school nurse per school building; authorizes the commissioner of education to promulgate additional staffing requirements.

2017-A853 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    853
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, PERRY, CRESPO, TITONE, BENEDETTO, BRON-
   SON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  FARRELL,  GOTTFRIED,  HEVESI,
   McDONOUGH,  RAIA, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school nurs-
   es in school buildings in certain school districts

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 902 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE TRUSTEE OR BOARD OF
 TRUSTEES  OF  EACH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL
 SERVICES IN NEW YORK CITY,  YONKERS,  SYRACUSE,  BUFFALO  AND  ROCHESTER
 SHALL EMPLOY A MINIMUM OF ONE SCHOOL NURSE IN EACH SCHOOL BUILDING, WITH
 ADDITIONAL  STAFFING  DETERMINATIONS  PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN
 CONSULTATION WITH AT LEAST ONE PROFESSIONAL NURSING ASSOCIATION.
   § 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02590-01-7

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