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NY A09614

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/21/2026

Primary Sponsor

Andrew Hevesi

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Prohibits the use of timeout boxes, closets, or other secluded physical enclosures for isolating children in New York schools
  • Defines "timeout box" to include wooden or padded rooms or structures where a child is isolated
  • Applies to public school districts, charter schools, BOCES, state-operated schools, approved private schools for students with disabilities, prekindergarten programs, and registered nonpublic schools
  • Adds new Section 116 to the Education Law
  • Takes effect immediately upon passage

Legislative Description

Prohibits the use of timeout boxes, closets or other secluded physical enclosures for children in schools in the state; except for authorized limited use of timeout and physical restraint as prescribed in regulations.

Last Action

print number 9614a

2/10/2026

Committee Referrals

Education1/21/2026

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