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NY A04143

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/31/2025

Primary Sponsor

David McDonough

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires the Commissioner of Education, in collaboration with the Commissioner of Health, to establish regulations ensuring at least one person trained in first aid and medical emergency response accompanies students on all out-of-state or international school trips

  • Mandates that all chaperones and volunteers on school-sanctioned trips outside New York State or the country receive training in first aid and recognizing/responding to certain medical emergencies

  • Defines "chaperone" and "volunteer" as any adult accompanying students on out-of-state or international excursions, regardless of whether they are employed by the school district

  • Directs the Commissioner of Health to assist in determining which specific medical emergencies chaperones and volunteers must be trained to recognize and respond to

  • Takes effect immediately upon passage

Legislative Description

Requires the commissioner of education to establish standards, rules or regulations requiring that all chaperones or volunteers of school trips which involve taking students out of the state or out of the country be trained in first aid and to recognize certain medical emergencies.

Last Action

referred to education

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Education1/31/2025

Full Bill Text

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