Bill Text: NY A05509 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a maximum temperature in school buildings and indoor facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-15 - enacting clause stricken [A05509 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A05509-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5509
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 28, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. GABRYSZAK, LAVINE, BROOK-KRASNY, GIBSON --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DINOWITZ, RABBITT -- read once
and referred 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:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 409-l
2 to read as follows:
3 S 409-L. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES. ALL
4 COMMON, UNION FREE, CENTRAL, CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLS, CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
5 AND BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL DEVELOP A POLICY
6 FOR ENSURING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND FACULTY ON EXTREME
7 HEAT CONDITION DAYS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, EXTREME HEAT
8 CONDITION DAYS SHALL BE DEFINED AS DAYS WHEN THE OCCUPIABLE EDUCATIONAL
9 SPACES ARE FOUND TO BE NINETY DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OR GREATER. FOR THE
10 PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, ROOM TEMPERATURE SHALL BE MEASURED AT A SHADED
11 LOCATION, THREE FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR NEAR THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.
12 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
13 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02490-01-3
