Senate Bill S3397

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a maximum temperature in school buildings and indoor facilities

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

  • 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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2023-S3397 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A447
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §409-n, amd §2801-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S3397, A447

2023-S3397 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a maximum temperature in school buildings and indoor facilities; provides a definition of extreme heat condition days and the standard to measure room temperature.

2023-S3397 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3397 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3397
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SKOUFIS, ADDABBO, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, LANZA,
   PARKER, THOMAS, WEIK -- 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-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.
   § 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,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02813-01-3

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