New York A 8918: Relates to permitting lifeguard certification training courses to satisfy required physical education credits

Status: REFERRED TO EDUCATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 8918

Sponsors: John Zaccaro Jr., Al Taylor, Alec Brook-Krasny, Alicia Hyndman, Anil Beephan Jr., Brian D. Miller, Carrie Woerner, Catalina Cruz, Dana Levenberg, David McDonough, Deborah Glick, Edward Ra, Jeff Gallahan, John Lemondes, John T. McDonald III, Joseph Sempolinski, Josh Jensen, Kalman Yeger, Karines Reyes, Karl Brabenec, Khaleel Anderson, Matthew Simpson, Micah Lasher, Noah Burroughs, Phil Steck

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A08918 Summary:

BILL NOA08918 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08488

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SPONSORZaccaro

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COSPNSRYeger, McDonald, Anderson, Steck, Beephan, Clark, Brabenec, Sempolinski, McDonough, Jensen,
 Magnarelli, Burroughs, Colton, Reyes, Taylor, Brook-Krasny, Miller, Ra, Gallahan, Levenberg, Cruz,
 Woerner, Conrad, Lasher, Lemondes, Simpson, Hyndman, Schiavoni, Glick

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Directs the regents to adopt rules to permit lifeguard certification training courses to satisfy required physical education credits.

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BILL NOA08918 

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07/16/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8918

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 July 16, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting lifeguard
 certification training courses to satisfy required physical education
 credits

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 803 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 118 of the laws of 1957, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 5. It shall be the duty of the regents to adopt rules determining the
 5 subjects to be included in courses of physical education provided for in
 6 this section, the period of instruction in each of such courses, the
 7 qualifications of teachers, and the attendance upon such courses of
 8 instruction. The regents shall adopt rules to permit students to receive
 9 credits towards the required periods of instruction mandated by this
 10 section for participation in and attainment of lifeguard certification
 11 from a New York state-approved lifeguard training program.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 13 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13426-01-5

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