Requires school districts to provide information regarding water safety to parents or students upon enrollment, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  1349--C
     Cal. No. 936
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sens. CLEARE, ROLISON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Education  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said  commit-
   tee,  ordered  to first and second report, ordered to a third reading,
   passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  recon-
   sidered,  restored  to  third  reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
   retaining its place in the order  of  third  reading  --  repassed  by
   Senate  and  delivered  to  the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered,
   restored to third reading, amended and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining
   its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to requiring school
   districts to provide information regarding water safety information to
   certain parents or students upon enrollment
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 926 to
 read as follows:
   § 926. WATER SAFETY INFORMATION.  1. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWO THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-SIX--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-SEVEN  SCHOOL  YEAR, EACH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE, TO  THE  PARENT  OR  GUARDIAN  OF  EACH  STUDENT
 ENROLLED  IN  SUCH  SCHOOL DISTRICT, INFORMATION ON DROWNING PREVENTION,
 WATER SAFETY, AND SAFE AND HEALTHY SWIMMING. EACH SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER
 SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE PROVIDED  TO  THE  PARENT  OR  GUARDIAN  OF  A
 STUDENT  UPON ENROLLMENT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IF THE STUDENT IS EIGH-
 TEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE  PROVIDED  TO  THE
 STUDENT.  SUCH  INFORMATION  MAY  BE PROVIDED ELECTRONICALLY OR IN PAPER
 FORM.   TRANSLATION OF SUCH INFORMATION INTO  ANY  OF  THE  TWELVE  MOST
 COMMON  NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENT INDI-
 VIDUALS IN THE  STATE, BASED ON THE DATA IN  THE  MOST  RECENT  AMERICAN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04032-10-5
 S. 1349--C                          2
 
 COMMUNITY  SURVEY PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU, SHALL BE
 PROVIDED UPON REQUEST BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH  SHALL PRODUCE AND UPDATE, AS DEEMED
 NECESSARY, SUCH INFORMATION IN CONSULTATION WITH THE  COMMISSIONER.  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROVIDE  SUCH  INFORMATION TO EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
 EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL PUBLISH SUCH INFORMATION ON ITS WEBSITE IN  A
 CLEARLY VISIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE LOCATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.