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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Assembly Bill A4827
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ENGLEBRIGHT
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- 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
co-Sponsors
Michael Benedetto
Sandy Galef
Michele Titus
Anthony D'Urso
multi-Sponsors
William Colton
Vivian Cook
Jeffrey Dinowitz
2019-A4827 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S12
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §409, add §409-m, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
A1695
2011-2012: A4148
2013-2014: A4641
2015-2016: A2419, S6018
2017-2018: A6014, S82
2021-2022: A5568, S1348
2019-A4827 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires schools, boards of cooperative educational services and pre-kindergarten programs to provide notification to students, parents and employees of environmental health and safety hazards within school facilities; requires the appointment of information access contact persons to ensure the dissemination of such information.
2019-A4827 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4827 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 5, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, BENEDETTO, GALEF, TITUS, D'URSO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, COOK, DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to parent notification of environmental health and safety hazards in schools THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 409 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED NINE-M OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL APPLY TO ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS REGARDLESS OF POPULATION, BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS. § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 409-m to read as follows: § 409-M. PARENT NOTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARDS IN SCHOOLS. 1. TO ENSURE THAT EACH STUDENT, PARENT, PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEE HAS ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND HAZARDS IN THEIR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO BE TAKEN BY SCHOOLS: A. EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL APPOINT AN INFORMATION ACCESS CONTACT PERSON; B. AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR, EVERY SCHOOL SHALL INFORM AND EDUCATE STUDENTS, PARENTS, PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATION AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEES THAT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO ALL INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY CONDITIONS IN THEIR SCHOOL FACILITIES AS REQUIRED IN THIS SECTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES USED, STORED OR PRESENT IN SCHOOL FACILITIES; CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION ACTIV- ITIES; AIR OR WATER QUALITY SAMPLING RESULTS AND PROBLEMS; PROCEDURES FOR INFORMATION ACCESS; IDENTIFICATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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