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Establishes parental notification requirements for environmental health and safety hazards in schools
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Steven Englebright
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BILL NUMBER:S6018
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to parent notification of environmental health and safety hazards in schools
Purpose or general idea of the bill
The bill creates a new Section 409-g of the State Education Law to require school districts, BOCES and pre-kindergarten facilities to undertake the following actions:
*appoint an information access contact person; *at the beginning of each school year, inform and educate students, parents, persons in parental relation and school employees that they have a right to all information about health and safety conditions in their school facilities; *annually notify students, parents, persons in parental relation and school employees of all hazardous substances used, stored or present in facilities within their school; *inventory all hazardous substances used, stored or present in its facilities, which is available for public review; *develop written plans to eliminate or minimize the use and presence of hazardous substances; *prepare written reports of results of all sampling and remediation activities, which are publicly available; and *at least two days prior to any major facility construction, demolition, maintenance renovation or other activities that may have a significant effect on the health of the occupants, post a written notice and send a written notice to parents.
The amendment removes some language referring to pesticides, which are already covered in legislation enacted into law in 2000.
Justification
The bill creates a new Section 409-g of the State Education Law to require school districts, BOCES and pre-kindergarten facilities to undertake the following actions:
*appoint an information access contact person; *at the beginning of each school year, inform and educate students, parents, persons in parental relation and school employees that they have a right to all information about health and safety conditions in their school facilities; *annually notify students, parents, persons in parental relation and school employees of all hazardous substances used, stored or present in facilities within their school; *inventory all hazardous substances used, stored or present in its facilities, which is available for public review; *develop written plans to eliminate or minimize the use and presence of hazardous substances; *prepare written reports of results of all sampling and remediation activities, which are publicly available; and *at least two days prior to any major facility construction, demolition, maintenance renovation or other activities that may have a
significant effect on the health of the occupants, post a written notice and send a written notice to parents.
The amendment removes some language referring to pesticides, which are already covered in legislation enacted into law in 2000.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This bill shall take effect sixty days after it becomes law.
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