Assembly Bill A3185

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires a school nurse to be on the premises during school hours in any school having an enrollment of 100 pupils or more

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A3185 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §902, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1526
2011-2012: A1527
2013-2014: A1354
2015-2016: A4661
2017-2018: A3855
2019-2020: A4926
2021-2022: A4079
2023-2024: A2139

2025-A3185 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a school nurse to be on the premises during school hours in any school having an enrollment of 100 pupils or more.

2025-A3185 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3185
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BENDETT,
   COOK, CRUZ, DeSTEFANO, EPSTEIN, FORREST, GALLAHAN, HYNDMAN, McDONOUGH,
   MILLER,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  RAGA,  REYES,  RIVERA, ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT,
   SIMON, STIRPE, WALKER, WEPRIN, WILLIAMS -- read once and  referred  to
   the Committee on Education

 AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to requiring nurses in
   public schools
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 902 of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by chapter 501 of the laws of 2005, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   b.  Any  such  board or trustees may employ one or more school nurses,
 who shall be registered professional nurses, as  well  as  other  health
 professionals,  as  may be required. Such registered professional nurses
 and other health professionals shall aid the director of  school  health
 services of the district and shall perform such duties, including health
 instruction  for  the benefit of the public schools as may be prescribed
 by such board or trustees, in compliance with each such  health  profes-
 sional's  practice  act.    SUCH  REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE SHALL BE
 REQUIRED TO BE ON THE PREMISES DURING SCHOOL HOURS IN ANY SCHOOL WITH AN
 ENROLLMENT OF ONE HUNDRED OR MORE PUPILS.
   § 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  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.
                                                            LBD06310-01-5

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