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NY A04143
Bill
Status
1/31/2025
Primary Sponsor
David McDonough
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AI Summary
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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
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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
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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
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Directs the Commissioner of Health to assist in determining which specific medical emergencies chaperones and volunteers must be trained to recognize and respond to
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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