Assembly Bill A10251

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires school districts to provide information regarding water safety and swimming certification to certain parents or students upon enrollment

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A10251 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9311
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3205, Ed L

2023-A10251 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school districts to provide information regarding water safety and swimming certification to certain parents or students upon enrollment; defines "water safety".

2023-A10251 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10251
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 15, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced   by   COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at  request  of  M.  of  A.
   Bichotte Hermelyn) -- read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to requiring school
   districts to provide information regarding water safety  and  swimming
   certification to certain parents or students upon enrollment

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3205 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4.  A. BEGINNING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE--TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-SIX SCHOOL YEAR, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE, TO A  PARENT  OR
 GUARDIAN WHO INITIALLY ENROLLS THEIR CHILD IN THE SCHOOL, INFORMATION ON
 THE  IMPORTANT  ROLE WATER SAFETY EDUCATION COURSES AND SWIMMING LESSONS
 PLAY IN SAVING LIVES. THE INFORMATION MUST BE PROVIDED ELECTRONICALLY OR
 IN HARD COPY AND MUST INCLUDE LOCAL OPTIONS  FOR  AGE-APPROPRIATE  WATER
 SAFETY  COURSES  AND SWIMMING LESSONS THAT RESULT IN A CERTIFICATE INDI-
 CATING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION, INCLUDING COURSES AND LESSONS OFFERED  FOR
 FREE  OR  AT A REDUCED PRICE. IF THE STUDENT IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR
 OLDER, OR IS UNDER THE AGE OF  TWENTY-ONE  AND  IS  ENROLLING  IN  ADULT
 EDUCATION CLASSES, THE INFORMATION MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE STUDENT.
   B. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "WATER SAFETY" SHALL
 MEAN  AGE-APPROPRIATE  EDUCATION  INTENDED TO PROMOTE SAFETY IN, ON, AND
 AROUND BODIES OF WATER AND REDUCE THE RISK OF INJURY, INCLUDING FATAL OR
 NON-FATAL DROWNING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15545-01-4

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