Bill Text: NY A00618 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to amend the education law, in relation to injuries sustained by elementary and high school students participating in school sports and physical education programs; and making an appropriation therefor; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to education [A00618 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A00618-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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618
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 7, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. JEFFRIES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to injuries sustained by
elementary and high school students participating in school sports and
physical education programs; and making an appropriation therefor; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 2117 of the education law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
3 4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PREPARE, BASED ON INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY
4 EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, AN ANNUAL REPORT OF EACH OCCURRENCE OF INJURIES
5 SUSTAINED BY STUDENTS WHILE THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN ELEMENTARY AND
6 HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
7 A. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION CONCERNING TYPES OF INJURIES
8 COMMON TO CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS BASED ON AGE, GRADE LEVEL, SEX,
9 PHYSICAL HANDICAP, PRIOR HISTORY OF INJURY OR ILLNESS, SPORTS OR ACTIV-
10 ITIES PARTICIPATED IN, AND ANY OTHER CATEGORIES THE COMMISSIONER MAY
11 DEEM APPROPRIATE.
12 B. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, WHEN DEEMED NECESSARY, CONDUCT INVESTI-
13 GATIONS AS TO THE INCIDENCE, CAUSE AND TYPES OF INJURIES.
14 C. INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL BE KEPT CONFIDEN-
15 TIAL BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE COMMISSIONER'S ANNUAL REPORT SHALL IN NO
16 MANNER REVEAL THE IDENTITIES OF THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED.
17 D. BASED ON THE INFORMATION COMPILED, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN
18 CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, FORMULATE POLICY AND
19 DEVELOP PROGRAMS AND CONFERENCES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON INJURY
20 PREVENTION AND ON SUITABLE ATHLETIC AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 E. ANNUALLY, ON OR BEFORE APRIL FIRST, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESENT
2 SUCH REPORT, INCLUDING FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, TO THE
3 GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE.
4 F. THE COMMISSIONER MAY ADOPT SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS ARE NECES-
5 SARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES AND PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
6 S 2. The sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), or so much
7 thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the department of
8 education out of any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to
9 the credit of the state purposes account, not otherwise appropriated,
10 and made immediately available, for the purpose of carrying out the
11 provisions of this act. Such moneys shall be payable on the audit and
12 warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the
13 commissioner of education in the manner prescribed by law.
14 S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
15 ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall expire 3
16 years after such effective date when upon such date the provisions of
17 this act shall be deemed repealed.
