Assembly Bill A7359

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires schools to allow fire departments to make a recruitment presentation in a high school

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A7359 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2569
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §807-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7352
2013-2014: A5681, S3301
2015-2016: A5558, S4587
2019-2020: A5532, S154
2021-2022: A4439, S1321
2023-2024: A3651, S3057

2017-A7359 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the principal of any high school to allow any local fire department, upon request, to enter the school for the purpose of fire department junior recruitment, including, but not limited to: making presentations; disseminating literature; and answering questions by students.

2017-A7359 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7359
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 24, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. OAKS, BARCLAY, CROUCH, FINCH, McLAUGHLIN, MONTES-
   ANO,  PALMESANO,  STEC,  WALTER,  GOODELL,  BRABENEC,  GRAF, LAWRENCE,
   DiPIETRO, BLANKENBUSH, CASTORINA, ERRIGO, GIGLIO -- Multi-Sponsored by
   -- M. of A. HAWLEY, LUPINACCI, B. MILLER, M. L. MILLER  --  read  once
   and referred to the Committee on Education

 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to requiring schools to
   allow fire departments to make a recruitment presentation  in  a  high
   school
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  807-e
 to read as follows:
   § 807-E. FIRE DEPARTMENT RECRUITMENT. THE PRINCIPAL OF ANY HIGH SCHOOL
 SHALL ALLOW ANY LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, UPON REQUEST, TO ENTER THE SCHOOL
 FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF FIRE DEPARTMENT JUNIOR RECRUITMENT, INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO:  MAKING  PRESENTATIONS;  DISSEMINATING  LITERATURE;  AND
 ANSWERING QUESTIONS BY STUDENTS.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08227-01-7

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