Requires construction contractors hired to perform work on certain school buildings and facilities to acquire a transportation worker identification credential card issued by the Transportation Security Administration prior to beginning work on such buildings and facilities.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6701
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 7, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the credentials of
construction contractors hired to perform work on certain school
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 408-c
2 to read as follows:
3 § 408-c. Construction of school buildings and facilities; construction
4 contractor credentials. Any construction contractor hired to erect,
5 repair, enlarge or remodel any public or private school or educational
6 facility shall employ individuals who have acquired a transportation
7 worker identification credential card issued by the Transportation Secu-
8 rity Administration to work on such construction. For the purposes of
9 this section "construction contractor" shall mean any individual or
10 entity seeking permission either through a bid or otherwise to perform
11 construction and/or maintenance work on buildings and facilities occu-
12 pied at any point by students of a school district, charter school,
13 board of cooperative educational services, or nonpublic school.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06852-01-5
