Bill Text: NY S00587 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the chancellor of the city school district of a city over 1 million to inventory and report on the outdoor schoolyards of such district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-09-23 - SIGNED CHAP.544 [S00587 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S00587-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        587--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  KLEIN,  DIAZ, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HUNTLEY, KRUEGER,
         MONTGOMERY, SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when print-
         ed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- reported favorably
         from said committee and committed  to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --
         committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
         recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the chancel-
         lor of a city school district in a city having  a  population  of  one
         million  or  more to inventory and report upon the outdoor schoolyards
         within such district
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  2556 of the education law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
    3    14. A.  THE CHANCELLOR OF A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A  CITY  HAVING  A
    4  POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE SHALL COMPILE AN INVENTORY OF AND
    5  ISSUE A WRITTEN REPORT ABOUT THE OUTDOOR SCHOOLYARDS IN THE CITY  SCHOOL
    6  DISTRICT. SUCH INVENTORY AND REPORT SHALL:
    7    (I)  IDENTIFY  EACH  OUTDOOR SCHOOLYARD LOCATED AT EDUCATIONAL FACILI-
    8  TIES, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION  NINE  OF  SECTION  TWENTY-FIVE  HUNDRED
    9  NINETY-A  OF  THIS  TITLE,  OF  THE  CITY  SCHOOL DISTRICT. EACH OUTDOOR
   10  SCHOOLYARD SHALL BE IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH
   11  THE OUTDOOR SCHOOLYARD IS LOCATED, ITS  ADDRESS,  APPROXIMATE  SIZE  AND
   12  PHYSICAL CONDITION;
   13    (II)  IDENTIFY  WHICH OUTDOOR SCHOOLYARDS ARE USED FOR PHYSICAL EDUCA-
   14  TION, ACTIVITY AND/OR RECREATION; FOR EACH SUCH  OUTDOOR  SCHOOLYARD,  A
   15  DESCRIPTION  OF  HOW  OFTEN STUDENTS OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT USE THE
   16  OUTDOOR SCHOOLYARD AND ANY LIMITATIONS ON THE USES OF THE SCHOOLYARD;
   17    (III) IDENTIFY WHICH OUTDOOR SCHOOLYARDS ARE  NOT  USED  FOR  PHYSICAL
   18  EDUCATION, ACTIVITY OR RECREATION. FOR EACH SUCH SCHOOLYARD, AN EXPLANA-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04766-02-1
       S. 587--A                           2
    1  TION OF WHY IT IS NOT BEING USED FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION, PHYSICAL ACTIV-
    2  ITY OR RECREATION BY STUDENTS OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT;
    3    (IV) WHETHER EACH OUTDOOR SCHOOLYARD IS USED AND THE FREQUENCY OF SUCH
    4  USE  DURING  THE  SCHOOL  DAY  AND  WHETHER  IT  IS AVAILABLE FOR USE BY
    5  STUDENTS OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC DURING AFTER SCHOOL HOURS;
    6    (V) FOR EACH OUTDOOR SCHOOLYARD, A DESCRIPTION OF  THE  CAPITAL  PLANS
    7  FOR  CONSTRUCTION, PLACEMENT, RENOVATION AND/OR RECONFIGURATION THEREOF,
    8  AND ANY PLAN TO INCREASE OR DECREASE THE  AVAILABILITY  AND  UTILIZATION
    9  THEREOF; AND
   10    (VI)  ANY OTHER FACTS, INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH THE CHAN-
   11  CELLOR DEEMS NECESSARY TO IMPROVE THE OUTDOOR SCHOOLYARDS OF THE  EDUCA-
   12  TIONAL  FACILITIES  OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. SUCH IMPROVEMENTS SHALL
   13  BE THOSE THAT  ENHANCE  THE  PHYSICAL  EDUCATION,  PHYSICAL  AND  MENTAL
   14  FITNESS, AND WELL-BEING OF THE STUDENTS OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   15    B.  ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, THE CHAN-
   16  CELLOR SHALL SUBMIT THE INVENTORY AND REPORT, COMPILED PURSUANT TO PARA-
   17  GRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION, TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF
   18  THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIRS OF  THE  SENATE  AND
   19  ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION, AND THE DEPARTMENT.
   20    C.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "OUTDOOR SCHOOLYARD" MEANS
   21  OUTDOOR SPACE WHICH IS LOCATED AT EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, AND IS USED OR
   22  INTENDED TO BE USED BY STUDENTS FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION, PHYSICAL  ACTIV-
   23  ITY AND/OR RECREATION.
   24    S  2.  Section  2590-h of the education law is amended by adding a new
   25  subdivision 52 to read as follows:
   26    52. TO COMPILE AN INVENTORY OF AND ISSUE A WRITTEN  REPORT  ABOUT  THE
   27  OUTDOOR SCHOOLYARDS IN THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS REQUIRED BY SUBDIVI-
   28  SION FOURTEEN OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX OF THIS TITLE.
   29    S  3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend-
   30  ments to section 2590-h of the education law, made  by  section  two  of
   31  this  act,  shall  not  affect  the expiration of such section and shall
   32  expire therewith.