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Senate Bill S1968
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education 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
2009-S1968 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6857
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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A2677
2009-S1968 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1968 TITLE OF BILL : An act authorizing the commissioner of the state education department to conduct a study and report on the adverse health effects of heavy backpacks and book bags on elementary school children PURPOSE : To initiate a study by the Commissioner of Education spelling out the adverse health effects on young children resulting from the daily carrying of heavy backpacks and book bags. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of this legislation states the Legislative findings and purpose, including a statement of known facts surrounding heavy book bags; testimony offered by medical professionals regarding injuries, safe weight levels for backpacks; and facts surrounding injuries sustained by young children as a result of carrying heavy book bags. Section 2 authorizes the Commissioner of Education to prepare a study of the adverse effects of carrying heavy backpacks, including a report on the prevalence of such effects; the feasibility of addressing these effects; and conclusions made by the Commissioner. Section 3 provides that such a study should be prepared within one year of the effective date of this act and requires transmission to specific government entities.
2009-S1968 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1968 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 10, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STACHOWSKI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT authorizing the commissioner of the state education department to conduct a study and report on the adverse health effects of heavy backpacks and book bags on elementary school children THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature finds and declares that elementary school children are carrying backpacks and book bags weighing as much as forty pounds. Pediatricians and chiropractors recommend that backpacks and book bags not exceed fifteen percent of a child's body weight. Pediatricians, chiropractors and physical thera- pists are seeing adverse health effects, to wit, an increased number of children with spinal column injuries, back pain, and significant postural changes from overloaded backpacks. In 1999, the United States consumer product safety commission found that more than 3,400 pupils between 5 and 14 years of age sought treatment in hospital emergency rooms for injuries related to backpacks and book bags. The commissioner of the state education department, in conjunction with specialists in orthopedic medicine, shall determine the prevalence of such adverse health effects in New York state elementary school children and report to the governor and the legislature on such findings and determine the feasibility of addressing such adverse health effects. S 2. The commissioner of the state education department is hereby authorized and directed to prepare or have prepared a study of the adverse effects of carrying heavy backpacks and book bags on elementary school students. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, an evaluation of the following issues: 1. the prevalence of adverse health effects on New York state elemen- tary school children directly and indirectly attributable to carrying overloaded backpacks and book bags; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07877-01-9
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