Assembly Bill A8845

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires all schools have a calming space for students

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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-A8845 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §409-n, Ed L

2023-A8845 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all schools have a calming space for students for praying, meditating, and calming themselves.

2023-A8845 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8845
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring all  schools
   have a calming space for students
 
   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.  CALMING  SPACE. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR TRUSTEES OF EVERY
 SCHOOL DISTRICT OR, IN THE CASE OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NEW YORK,
 THE CHANCELLOR, AND EVERY BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES,
 CHARTER SCHOOL AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOL WITHIN THE STATE SHALL DEVELOP POLI-
 CIES  AND PROCEDURES REQUIRING THAT THERE IS A ROOM DEDICATED AS A CALM-
 ING SPACE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS FOR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO, PRAYING, MEDITATING, AND CALMING THEMSELVES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09595-01-3

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