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A05540 Summary:

BILL NOA05540 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJackson

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Add §409-o, Ed L

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Requires all schools have a calming space for students for praying, meditating, and calming themselves.

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BILL NOA05540 

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02/14/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5540

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 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 requiring all schools
 have a calming space for students

 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 409-o
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 409-o. Calming space. The board of education or trustees of every
 4 school district or, in the case of the city school district of New York,
 5 the chancellor, and every board of cooperative educational services,
 6 charter school and nonpublic school within the state shall develop poli-
 7 cies and procedures requiring that there is a room dedicated as a calm-
 8 ing space available to students for activities including, but not limit-
 9 ed to, praying, meditating, and calming themselves.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 11 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 12 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 13 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 14 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.
 LBD04024-01-5

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