Bill Text: NY S06351 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a maximum temperature in school buildings and indoor facilities; provides a definition of extreme heat condition days and the standard to measure room temperature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-13 - PRINT NUMBER 6351A [S06351 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6351
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 11, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- 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 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-m
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  409-m. 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    § 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.
                                                                   LBD11353-01-7