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| 1 | 1 | <STYLE><!--U {color: Green}S {color: RED} I {color: DARKBLUE; background-color:yellow} P.brk {page-break-before:always}--></STYLE> <BASEFONT SIZE=3> <PRE WIDTH="99"> <FONT SIZE=5><B> STATE OF NEW YORK</B></FONT> ________________________________________________________________________ 3515--A 2025-2026 Regular Sessions <FONT SIZE=5><B> IN ASSEMBLY</B></FONT> January 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, REYES, PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school districts to provide information regarding water safety and swimming certification to certain parents or students upon enrollment <B><U>The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-</U></B> <B><U>bly, do enact as follows:</U></B> 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 926 to 2 read as follows: 3 <B><U>§ 926. Water safety and swimming certification. 1. Beginning with the</U></B> 4 <B><U>two thousand twenty-six--two thousand twenty-seven school year, each</U></B> 5 <B><U>school district shall provide, to a parent or guardian who initially</U></B> 6 <B><U>enrolls their child in the school, information on the important role</U></B> 7 <B><U>water safety education courses and swimming lessons play in saving</U></B> 8 <B><U>lives. The information must be provided electronically or in hard copy</U></B> 9 <B><U>and must include local options for age-appropriate water safety courses</U></B> 10 <B><U>and swimming lessons that result in a certificate indicating successful</U></B> 11 <B><U>completion, including courses and lessons offered for free or at a</U></B> 12 <B><U>reduced price. If the student is eighteen years of age or older, or is</U></B> 13 <B><U>under the age of twenty-one and is enrolling in adult education classes,</U></B> 14 <B><U>the information must be provided to the student.</U></B> 15 <B><U>2. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "water safety" shall</U></B> 16 <B><U>mean age-appropriate education intended to promote safety in, on, and</U></B> 17 <B><U>around bodies of water and reduce the risk of injury, including fatal or</U></B> 18 <B><U>non-fatal drowning.</U></B> 19 § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. EXPLANATION--Matter in <B><U>italics</U></B> (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [<B><S> </S></B>] is old law to be omitted. LBD04032-03-5 |