Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 03, 2011 |
signed chap.300 |
Jul 22, 2011 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 13, 2011 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.929 substituted for s4231 referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.131 rules report cal.131 reported |
Jun 07, 2011 |
reported referred to rules |
Apr 21, 2011 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A7259
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
NOLAN
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Peter Rivera
multi-Sponsors
Peter Abbate
William Boyland
2011-A7259 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A7259 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides for notice of a bedbug infestation in a public school to the guardians of affected students in the school; authorizes the declaration a bedbug infestation in a discrete area of a school, and to limit the notification to parents, persons in parental relationship and guardians of students of affected students in such area; requires notification information to be developed in consultation with city agencies.
2011-A7259 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7259 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 21, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to persons required to be notified of bedbug infestations in certain public schools; and to amend chapter 426 of the laws of 2010, amending the education law relating to directing a city school district having a population of one million or more to provide notice of bedbug infestations in public schools, in relation to the effective date thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 920 of the education law, as added by chapter 426 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows: 1. In a city school district having a population of one million or more inhabitants, the principal of each public school shall provide immediate notification to [all] parents [or], persons in parental relation OR GUARDIANS OF POTENTIALLY AFFECTED STUDENTS ATTENDING THE SCHOOL, disclosing a finding relating to the infestation of bedbugs (Cimex lectularius) in such school; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER IT IS DETERMINED THAT ANY INFESTATION IS CONTAINED WITHIN A DISCRETE AREA, THE PRINCIPAL MAY LIMIT SUCH NOTIFICATION TO PARENTS, PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP OR GUARDIANS OF ALL POTENTIALLY AFFECTED STUDENTS WITHIN SUCH AREA, AND SHALL ADVISE THE PARENTS' ASSOCIATION OF THE SCOPE OF SUCH NOTIFICATION. 2. Along with the notification required pursuant to subdivision one of this section, the principal of such public school shall also include information regarding proper procedures to prevent further infestations at the school and to prevent the transfer of bedbugs from the school to the residences of students. Such information [may] SHALL be developed by the board of education in consultation with other city agencies and shall be available in various languages as deemed necessary. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10016-01-1
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