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A00752 Summary:

A00752 Actions:

A00752 Committee Votes:

Committee:EDUCATION   Chair:Benedetto      
DATE:01/21/2025AYE/NAY:27/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Benedetto
Aye
Smith
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
McDonough
Excused
Paulin
Absent
Mikulin
Excused
Ramos
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Kim
Aye
Brown
Aye
Otis
Aye
Chang
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Pirozzolo
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Maher
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Sempolinski
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Sayegh
Aye
Buttenschon
Aye
Conrad
Aye
Jackson
Aye
Mitaynes
Aye
Septimo
Aye
De Los Santos
Aye
Pheffer Amato
Aye
Gibbs
Excused
Clark
Aye
Zaccaro
Aye
Torres
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Glick      
DATE:01/22/2025AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Glick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Smith
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Davila
Excused
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Vanel
Aye

A00752 Floor Votes:

A00752 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A752
 
SPONSOR: Eachus

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the education law, in relation to policies regarding
maximum temperatures in school buildings and facilities
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
 
The purpose of this bill is to make changes to effectuate the intent of
Chapter 596 of the Laws of 2024 related to establishing maximum temper-
atures in school buildings and facilities.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
 
Section 1 would clarify that school districts must include a plan to
remove students and staff from educational and support services spaces
when practicable when the room temperature reaches eighty-eight degrees
Fahrenheit in their policies and procedures regarding extreme heat days.
 
Section 2 would remove the requirement that school districts include the
policies and procedures for extreme heat condition days in their build-
ing level emergency response plans.
 
Section 3 would establish the effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
Chapter 596 of the Laws of 2024 required all common, union free,
central, central high schools, city school districts and boards of coop-
erative educational facilities to develop policies for ensuring the
health and safety of students, faculty, and other employees on extreme
heat condition days. This bill would provide clarification of Chapter
596 of the Laws of 2024 to ensure its effective implementation.
 
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
New bill.
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
To be determined.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act would take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a
chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the education law relating to
establishing a maximum temperature in school buildings and indoor facil-
ities, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3397-A and A. 9011-A,
takes effect.

A00752 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           752
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to policies regarding
          maximum temperatures in school buildings and facilities

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section 409-n of the education law, as added by a chapter
     2  of the laws of 2024 amending the education law relating to  establishing
     3  a  maximum  temperature  in  school  buildings and indoor facilities, as
     4  proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.  3397-A  and  A.  9011-A,  is
     5  amended to read as follows:
     6    §  409-n. Maximum temperatures in school buildings and facilities. All
     7  common, union free, central, central high schools, city school districts
     8  and boards of cooperative educational services shall  develop  a  policy
     9  for  ensuring  the  health  and  safety  of students, faculty, and other
    10  employees, on extreme heat condition  days.  For  the  purpose  of  this
    11  section,  extreme  heat condition days shall be defined as days when the
    12  occupiable educational and support  services  spaces  are  found  to  be
    13  eighty-two  degrees  or  greater  Fahrenheit.  For  the  purpose of this
    14  section, support services spaces shall not include kitchen areas used in
    15  the preparation of food for consumption by students.  For the purpose of
    16  this section, room temperature shall be measured at a  shaded  location,
    17  three feet above the floor near the center of the room. Schools shall be
    18  required  to  take  action  to  relieve heat-related discomfort when the
    19  occupied space temperature reaches eighty-two degrees Fahrenheit.  These
    20  actions may include, but are not limited to, turning  off  the  overhead
    21  lights,  pulling  down shades or blinds, turning on fans, opening class-
    22  room doors and windows to increase circulation, turning off unused elec-
    23  tronics that produce heat, and providing water  breaks.    [Educational]
    24  Such policy shall include a plan to remove students and staff from occu-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02930-01-5
        A. 752                              2
 
     1  pied  spaces  where  practicable  when  educational and support services
     2  spaces [cannot be occupied if room temperature  reaches]  reach  eighty-
     3  eight degrees Fahrenheit.
     4    §  2.  Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 2801-a of the education
     5  law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the  education
     6  law  relating  to establishing a maximum temperature in school buildings
     7  and indoor facilities, as  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.
     8  3397-A and A. 9011-A, is amended to read as follows:
     9    a.  policies  and  procedures  for  response  to  emergency situations
    10  [including extreme heat conditions], such as those requiring evacuation,
    11  sheltering, and lock-down. These policies shall include, at  a  minimum,
    12  evacuation  routes, shelter sites, and procedures for addressing medical
    13  needs, transportation and emergency notification of parents and  guardi-
    14  ans;
    15    §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    16  manner as a chapter of the laws  of  2024  amending  the  education  law
    17  relating  to  establishing a maximum temperature in school buildings and
    18  indoor facilities, as proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.  3397-A
    19  and A. 9011-A, takes effect.

A00752 LFIN:

 
NO LFIN

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