Bill Text: NY S01964 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires certain school districts, New York City, Yonkers, Syracuse, Buffalo and Rochester, to employ a minimum of one school nurse per school building; authorizes the commissioner of education to promulgate additional staffing requirements.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01964 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S01964-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1964
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 15, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed 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 S 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.
LBD01614-01-5
