New York S 5539: Requires schools to provide instruction on the history of the Ukrainian genocide-holodomor of 1932 through 1933

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S05539 Summary:

BILL NOS05539A

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SAME ASSAME AS A00785-A

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SPONSORBASKIN

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COSPNSRBRISPORT, CLEARE, COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, PERSAUD, RHOADS, SALAZAR,
 SCARCELLA-SPANTON, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd 917 & 2801-a, Ed L

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Requires schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the use of appropriate personnel and measures to respond to incidents involving any individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or similar life-threatening emergency on any school site owned or operated by a school or at a location of a school sponsored event.

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BILL NOS05539A

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02/24/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

05/20/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

05/20/2025PRINT NUMBER 5539A

05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1401

05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/11/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A785A

&nbspA00785 AMEND=A Solages

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to education

&nbsp05/23/2025amend (t) and recommit to education

&nbsp05/23/2025print number 785a

&nbsp05/27/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/06/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/11/2025reported 

&nbsp06/11/2025rules report cal.600

&nbsp06/11/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.600

&nbsp06/11/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/11/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/11/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/11/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S5539A

&nbsp06/11/20253RD READING CAL.1401

&nbsp06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/11/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp07/23/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp07/24/2025signed chap.189

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5539--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BASKIN, BRISPORT, CLEARE, COMRIE, FERNANDEZ,
 HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, PERSAUD, SALAZAR, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, WEBB
 -- 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

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring schools
 safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Desha's law".
 2 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 917 of the education law, as amended by
 3 chapter 61 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
 4 1. School districts, boards of cooperative educational services, coun-
 5 ty vocational education and extension boards and charter schools shall
 6 provide and maintain on-site in each instructional school facility auto-
 7 mated external defibrillator (AED) equipment, as defined in paragraph
 8 (a) of subdivision one of section three thousand-b of the public health
 9 law, in quantities and types deemed by the commissioner in consultation
 10 with the commissioner of health to be adequate to ensure ready and
 11 appropriate access for use during emergencies. Such automated external
 12 defibrillators shall be clearly marked, accessible, and maintained
 13 consistent with guidelines set by the American Heart Association, or
 14 other nationally recognized guidelines focused on emergency cardiovascu-
 15 lar care.
 16 § 3. Paragraphs h, l and m of subdivision 2 of section 2801-a of the
 17 education law, paragraph h as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter
 18 54 of the laws of 2016 and paragraphs l and m as amended by chapter 30
 19 of the laws of 2021, are amended and a new paragraph n is added to read
 20 as follows:
 21 h. policies and procedures for annual school safety training for staff
 22 and students; provided that the district must certify to the commission-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00364-02-5

 S. 5539--A 2

 1 er that all staff have undergone annual training on the emergency
 2 response plan, and that the school safety training include components on
 3 violenc