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NY S 9480

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Establishes a mandatory statewide, classroom-based water safety education program

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Establishes a mandatory statewide, classroom-based water safety education program; provides that the commissioner of education shall work with New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance certified educators to develop and promulgate a statewide, age-appropriate, classroom-based water safety education guidance document; provides that within twenty-four months of the effective date of the bill, the department of education shall initiate statewide implementation of water safety education; provides that instruction shall be classroom-based and waterless and shall not require student access to aquatic facilities, swimming instruction, or in-water assessment.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-17 — REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.primary
  • Cordell Clearecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-03-17

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 7938not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2207not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4846not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 1080

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S9480?summary=&detail=

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