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NY A00752

Bill

Status

Passed

2/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Christopher Eachus

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires school districts to include plans for removing students and staff from occupied spaces when temperatures reach 88 degrees Fahrenheit, where practicable

  • Amends existing extreme heat policy requirements that mandate schools take action at 82 degrees Fahrenheit to relieve heat-related discomfort

  • Heat relief actions include turning off lights, using fans, opening windows and doors, pulling shades, turning off unused electronics, and providing water breaks

  • Applies to common, union free, central, central high schools, city school districts, and boards of cooperative educational services

  • Removes "extreme heat conditions" from the list of emergency situations requiring evacuation, sheltering, and lock-down procedures in school safety plans

Legislative Description

Requires policies regarding maximum temperatures in school buildings and facilities to include a plan to remove students and staff from occupied spaces where practicable when educational and support services spaces reach eighty-eight degrees Fahrenheit.

Last Action

signed chap.25

2/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules1/28/2025
Rules1/21/2025
Education1/8/2025

Full Bill Text

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