Senate Bill S1825A

                             
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                                  1825--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  SKOUFIS,  ADDABBO,  BIAGGI,  GAUGHRAN, GOUNARDES,
   LANZA, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed  to
   be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Education -- recommitted to the
   Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule  6,  sec.  8  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 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-n
 to read as follows:
   §  409-N. 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, FACULTY AND OTHER
 EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, KITCHEN AND CAFETERIA WORKERS,
 ON EXTREME HEAT CONDITION DAYS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, EXTREME
 HEAT CONDITION DAYS SHALL BE DEFINED AS DAYS WHEN THE OCCUPIABLE  EDUCA-
 TIONAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES SPACES ARE FOUND TO BE EIGHTY-TWO DEGREES OR
 GREATER  FAHRENHEIT.  FOR  THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, SUPPORT SERVICES
 SPACES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, KITCHEN AREAS USED  IN  THE
 PREPARATION  OF  FOOD  FOR CONSUMPTION BY STUDENTS.   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. SCHOOLS SHALL BE
 REQUIRED  TO  TAKE  ACTION  TO  RELIEVE HEAT RELATED DISCOMFORT WHEN THE
 OCCUPIED SPACE TEMPERATURE REACHES EIGHTY-TWO DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. EDUCA-
 TIONAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES SPACES CANNOT BE OCCUPIED  IF  ROOM  TEMPER-
 ATURE REACHES EIGHTY-EIGHT DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03735-06-2
 S. 1825--A                          2
 
              

   §  2.  Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 2801-a of the education
 law, as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter  54  of  the  laws  of
 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  policies  and  procedures  for  response  to  emergency situations
 INCLUDING EXTREME HEAT CONDITIONS, such as those  requiring  evacuation,
 sheltering,  and  lock-down. These policies shall include, at a minimum,
 evacuation routes, shelter sites, and procedures for addressing  medical
 needs,  transportation and emergency notification of parents and guardi-
 ans;
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.