STATE OF NEW YORK
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5509
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 28, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. GABRYSZAK, LAVINE, BROOK-KRASNY, GIBSON --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DINOWITZ, RABBITT -- read once
and referred 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-l
2 to read as follows:
3 § 409-l. 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.
LBD02490-01-3
