Assembly Bill A8918

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to permitting lifeguard certification training courses to satisfy required physical education credits

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A8918 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §803, Ed L

2025-A8918 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the regents to adopt rules to permit lifeguard certification training courses to satisfy required physical education credits.

2025-A8918 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8918
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ZACCARO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  permitting  lifeguard
   certification  training courses to satisfy required physical education
   credits
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section  803 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 118 of the laws  of  1957,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   5.  It shall be the duty of the regents to adopt rules determining the
 subjects to be included in courses of physical education provided for in
 this section, the period of instruction in each  of  such  courses,  the
 qualifications  of  teachers,  and  the  attendance upon such courses of
 instruction. THE REGENTS SHALL ADOPT RULES TO PERMIT STUDENTS TO RECEIVE
 CREDITS TOWARDS THE REQUIRED PERIODS OF  INSTRUCTION  MANDATED  BY  THIS
 SECTION  FOR  PARTICIPATION IN AND ATTAINMENT OF LIFEGUARD CERTIFICATION
 FROM A NEW YORK STATE-APPROVED LIFEGUARD TRAINING PROGRAM.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD13426-01-5

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