STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3577
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GUNTHER,  PERRY, CRESPO, BENEDETTO, BRONSON,
          BRABENEC, ABINANTI, JAFFEE, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.
          GOTTFRIED,  HEVESI,  McDONOUGH, RAIA, RIVERA -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school nurs-
          es in school buildings in certain school districts
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 902 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the trustee or board of
     4  trustees  of  each  school  district or board of cooperative educational
     5  services in New York city,  Yonkers,  Syracuse,  Buffalo  and  Rochester
     6  shall employ a minimum of one school nurse in each school building, with
     7  additional  staffing  determinations  promulgated by the commissioner in
     8  consultation with at least one professional nursing association.
     9    § 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
    10  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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