New York A 7979: Requires rip current, rip tide and undertow curriculum or instruction

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A07979 Summary:

BILL NOA07979 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08287

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SPONSORSeawright

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §804-e, Ed L

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Enacts "Alexandra's law" to require school districts and charter schools to include in the curriculum or instruction teaching students how to recognize and react to rip currents, rip tides and undertows.

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BILL NOA07979 

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04/16/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7979

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring rip current,
 rip tide and undertow curriculum or instruction

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 "Alexandra's Law."
 3 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 804-e to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 804-e. Rip current, rip tide and undertow curriculum or instruction.
 6 1. School districts and charter schools, in consultation with the Ameri-
 7 can Red Cross and any other appropriate agency, shall include instruc-
 8 tion on teaching students how to recognize and react to rip currents,
 9 rip tides and undertows in an appropriate place in the curriculum of
 10 middle school and high school students.
 11 2. School districts and charter schools shall have policies and proce-
 12 dures in place pertaining to the selection of instructional materials to
 13 implement the requirements of subdivision one of this section.
 14 § 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026 and shall apply to school
 15 years commencing on or after such date. Effective immediately, the addi-
 16 tion, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for
 17 the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to
 18 be made and completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11387-02-5

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