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                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a maximum
   temperature in school buildings and indoor facilities
 
   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 409-n
 to read as follows:
   § 409-N. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES.  ALL
 COMMON, UNION FREE, CENTRAL, CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLS, CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
 AND  BOARDS  OF  COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL DEVELOP A POLICY
 FOR ENSURING THE HEALTH  AND  SAFETY  OF  STUDENTS,  FACULTY  AND  OTHER
 EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, KITCHEN AND CAFETERIA WORKERS,
 ON EXTREME HEAT CONDITION DAYS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, EXTREME
 HEAT  CONDITION DAYS SHALL BE DEFINED AS DAYS WHEN THE OCCUPIABLE EDUCA-
 TIONAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES SPACES ARE FOUND TO BE EIGHTY-TWO DEGREES OR
 GREATER FAHRENHEIT. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS  SECTION,  SUPPORT  SERVICES
 SPACES  SHALL  INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, KITCHEN AREAS USED IN THE
 PREPARATION OF FOOD FOR CONSUMPTION BY STUDENTS.   FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
 THIS  SECTION,  ROOM TEMPERATURE SHALL BE MEASURED AT A SHADED LOCATION,
 THREE FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR NEAR THE CENTER OF THE ROOM. SCHOOLS SHALL BE
 REQUIRED TO TAKE ACTION TO RELIEVE  HEAT  RELATED  DISCOMFORT  WHEN  THE
 OCCUPIED SPACE TEMPERATURE REACHES EIGHTY-TWO DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. EDUCA-
 TIONAL  AND  SUPPORT  SERVICES SPACES CANNOT BE OCCUPIED IF ROOM TEMPER-
 ATURE REACHES EIGHTY-EIGHT DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
   § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 2801-a of  the  education
 law,  as  amended  by  section  1 of part B of chapter 54 of the laws of
 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   a. policies  and  procedures  for  response  to  emergency  situations
 INCLUDING  EXTREME  HEAT CONDITIONS, such as those requiring evacuation,
 sheltering, and lock-down. These policies shall include, at  a  minimum,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 evacuation  routes, shelter sites, and procedures for addressing medical
 needs, transportation and emergency notification of parents and  guardi-
 ans;
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.