New York A 10862: Includes a component on water safety in kindergarten through twelfth grade

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A10862 Summary:

BILL NOA10862 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09465-A

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SPONSORJackson

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COSPNSRWilliams

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MLTSPNSRChandler-Waterman

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Add §804-e, Ed L

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Includes a component on water safety in kindergarten through twelfth grade.

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BILL NOA10862 

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04/08/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10862

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 8, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to including a component
 on water safety in kindergarten through twelfth grade

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 804-e
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 804-e. Instruction in water safety. The regents shall ensure that
 4 the course of instruction in grades kindergarten through twelve includes
 5 a component on water safety. Such component shall instruct students on:
 6 1. identifying risks associated with drowning or other injuries in
 7 connection to any body of water; 2. the behaviors necessary for both
 8 children and adults to reduce such risks; and 3. how to respond in an
 9 emergency if a drowning or other such injuries occur. The regents shall
 10 determine how to incorporate such component in existing curricula and
 11 the commissioner shall promulgate any regulations needed to carry out
 12 such determination of the regents. The regents may consider components
 13 including, but not limited to, an annual thirty-minute interactive
 14 assembly, a storyboard presentation, or in-classroom activities.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 16 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 17 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 18 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 19 to 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.
 LBD15251-01-6

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