Senate Bill S12

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes parental notification requirements for environmental health and safety hazards in schools

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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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2019-S12 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4827
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §409, add §409-m, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1695
2011-2012: A4148
2013-2014: A4641
2015-2016: S6018, A2419
2017-2018: S82, A6014
2021-2022: S1348, A5568

2019-S12 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires schools, boards of cooperative educational services and pre-kindergarten programs to provide notification to students, parents and employees of environmental health and safety hazards within school facilities; requires the appointment of information access contact persons to ensure the dissemination of such information.

2019-S12 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S12 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    12
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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 parent notification of
   environmental health and safety hazards in schools

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 409 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, THE PROVISIONS
 OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED NINE-M OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL APPLY TO ALL SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS,  INCLUDING  CITY  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS REGARDLESS OF POPULATION,
 BOARDS  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL   SERVICES   AND   PRE-KINDERGARTEN
 PROGRAMS.
   §  2.  The  education  law is amended by adding a new section 409-m to
 read as follows:
   § 409-M.  PARENT  NOTIFICATION  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  HEALTH  AND  SAFETY
 HAZARDS  IN  SCHOOLS.  1. TO ENSURE THAT EACH STUDENT, PARENT, PERSON IN
 PARENTAL RELATION AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEE HAS ACCESS  TO  INFORMATION  ABOUT
 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND HAZARDS IN THEIR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, THE
 FOLLOWING ACTIONS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO BE TAKEN BY SCHOOLS:
   A.  EVERY  SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL APPOINT AN INFORMATION ACCESS CONTACT
 PERSON;
   B. AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR, EVERY SCHOOL SHALL INFORM AND
 EDUCATE STUDENTS, PARENTS,  PERSONS  IN  PARENTAL  RELATION  AND  SCHOOL
 EMPLOYEES  THAT  THEY  HAVE  A RIGHT TO ALL INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH AND
 SAFETY CONDITIONS  IN  THEIR  SCHOOL  FACILITIES  AS  REQUIRED  IN  THIS
 SECTION,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES USED, STORED
 OR PRESENT IN SCHOOL FACILITIES; CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION  ACTIV-
 ITIES;  AIR  OR  WATER QUALITY SAMPLING RESULTS AND PROBLEMS; PROCEDURES
 FOR INFORMATION ACCESS;  IDENTIFICATION  OF  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  EMPLOYEES
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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