New York S 10573: Prohibits the use of timeout boxes, closets or other secluded physical enclosures in schools in the state

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S10573 Summary:

BILL NOS10573 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10929

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SPONSORSTEC

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §116, Ed L

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Prohibits the use of timeout boxes, closets or other secluded physical enclosures for children in schools in the state.

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BILL NOS10573 

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05/26/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10573

 IN SENATE

 May 26, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the use of
 timeout boxes, closets or other secluded physical enclosures in
 schools in the state

 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 116 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 116. Prohibitions on timeout boxes in schools. 1. The use of timeout
 4 boxes, closets or other secluded physical enclosures for the isolation
 5 of children are prohibited in schools in the state.
 6 2. For purposes of this section:
 7 (a) "Timeout box" shall include, but not be limited to, a wooden or
 8 padded room or structure where a child is isolated.
 9 (b) "School" means a public school district, board of cooperative
 10 educational services, charter school, state-operated and state-supported
 11 school pursuant to articles eighty-five, eighty-seven and eighty-eight
 12 of this chapter, in-state and out-of-state private residential or non-
 13 residential school for the education of students with disabilities
 14 approved pursuant to article eighty-nine of this chapter or operating
 15 under article eighty-one of this chapter, state-administered prekinder-
 16 garten program directly operated by a school district, board of cooper-
 17 ative educational services, or an eligible agency, as defined in 8 NYCRR
 18 151-1.2 (b), or operated by a school district in collaboration with an
 19 eligible agency, preschool special education program approved pursuant
 20 to section four thousand four hundred ten of this chapter, and regis-
 21 tered nonpublic nursery school, kindergarten, and high school, and a
 22 nonpublic school serving grades one through eight that has a registered
 23 high school, in this state.
 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14409-01-6

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