Assembly Bill A9011A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a maximum temperature in school buildings and indoor facilities

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Current Bill Status Via S3397 - Passed Assembly


  • 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-A9011 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3397
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §409-n, amd §2801-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7955, S6351
2019-2020: A7425, S1626
2021-2022: A8214, S1825

2023-A9011 - Summary

Establishes a maximum temperature in school buildings and indoor facilities; provides a definition of extreme heat condition days and the standard to measure room temperature.

2023-A9011 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9011
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS, DINOWITZ, SHIMSKY, ALVAREZ, TAYLOR, WALK-
   ER,   CUNNINGHAM,   JACOBSON,   GUNTHER,  CONRAD,  LUNSFORD,  WALLACE,
   SEAWRIGHT,  OTIS,  PAULIN,  LEVENBERG,  SHRESTHA,  ZEBROWSKI,  JENSEN,
   SLATER,  BRABENEC, SMITH, BARRETT, MORINELLO -- 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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2023-A9011A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3397
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §409-n, amd §2801-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7955, S6351
2019-2020: A7425, S1626
2021-2022: A8214, S1825

2023-A9011A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a maximum temperature in school buildings and indoor facilities; provides a definition of extreme heat condition days and the standard to measure room temperature.

2023-A9011A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9011--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS, DINOWITZ, SHIMSKY, ALVAREZ, TAYLOR, WALK-
   ER,   CUNNINGHAM,   JACOBSON,   GUNTHER,  CONRAD,  LUNSFORD,  WALLACE,
   SEAWRIGHT,  OTIS,  PAULIN,  LEVENBERG,  SHRESTHA,  ZEBROWSKI,  JENSEN,
   SLATER, BRABENEC, SMITH, BARRETT, MORINELLO, LUPARDO, BURDICK, MILLER,
   DURSO,  FALL,  JEAN-PIERRE,  LAVINE,  SAYEGH,  McMAHON, CURRAN, STECK,
   SILLITTI, HYNDMAN, HUNTER, WOERNER, PHEFFER AMATO, MEEKS, GONZALEZ-RO-
   JAS, GIBBS,  ZINERMAN,  DeSTEFANO,  STIRPE,  GALLAHAN,  REYES,  BORES,
   GANDOLFO,  CLARK, COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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,  ON  EXTREME  HEAT  CONDITION  DAYS.  FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS
 SECTION, EXTREME HEAT CONDITION DAYS SHALL BE DEFINED AS DAYS  WHEN  THE
 OCCUPIABLE  EDUCATIONAL  AND  SUPPORT  SERVICES  SPACES  ARE FOUND TO BE
 EIGHTY-TWO DEGREES OR  GREATER  FAHRENHEIT.  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  THIS
 SECTION, SUPPORT SERVICES SPACES SHALL NOT INCLUDE 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.  THESE
 ACTIONS  MAY  INCLUDE,  BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, TURNING OFF THE OVERHEAD
 LIGHTS, PULLING DOWN SHADES OR BLINDS, TURNING ON FANS,  OPENING  CLASS-
 ROOM DOORS AND WINDOWS TO INCREASE CIRCULATION, TURNING OFF UNUSED ELEC-
 TRONICS  THAT PRODUCE HEAT, AND PROVIDING WATER BREAKS.  EDUCATIONAL AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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