N.Y. Education Law Section 408-B
Submitting plans and specifications of school buildings with local fire and law enforcement officials

The appropriate authorities for each public and private school building in the state shall submit the most current plans and specifications for each school building under their responsibility to the fire and law enforcement officials in the city, towns or village where the school building is located. The commissioner may adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary and appropriate to implement the provisions of this section to facilitate its purpose of providing quick and easy access to and passage through school buildings should it be necessary for fire or law enforcement reasons. Such regulations shall authorize submittal of simplified plans showing access and passage ways for older schools where original plans or blueprints may not exist or where the school authorities can justify a claim of hardship in meeting the requirements of this section.

Source: Section 408-B — Submitting plans and specifications of school buildings with local fire and law enforcement officials, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/408-B (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Dec. 21, 2024).

401
Sites 402
Sale of former schoolhouse or site 402‑A
Procedures for closing a school building 403
Application of proceeds of sale 403‑A
Leasing of school property 403‑B
Leasing of school buildings and facilities 404
Acquisition of real property 405
Conveyance of property to public corporations 406
Vesting of title of lands in certain cases 407
Application to certain districts 407‑A
Authorization for dormitory authority financing of capital facilities for special act school districts 407‑B
Authorization for dormitory authority financing of capital facilities for state-supported schools for blind and deaf students 408
Plans and specifications of school buildings must be approved by commissioner of education 408‑A
Plans and specifications for construction of new school buildings 408‑B
Submitting plans and specifications of school buildings with local fire and law enforcement officials 409
School building regulations in relation to health and safety 409‑A
Eye safety devices for certain students and teachers 409‑B
Use of mercury vapor or metal halide lamps within school buildings 409‑C
Athletic safety equipment 409‑D
Comprehensive public school building safety program 409‑E
Uniform code of public school buildings inspection, safety rating and monitoring 409‑F
Electrically operated partition and door safety 409‑G
Purchase and use of paradichlorobenzene deodorizers 409‑H
Requirements for notification of pesticide applications 409‑I
Procurement and use of environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products 409‑J
Emergency alert notification system in public schools 409‑K
Pesticide alternatives 409‑L
Posting child abuse hotline telephone number 409‑M
Gender neutral single-occupancy bathroom facilities 410
Officials not to be interested in sales, leases or contracts 412
Condemnation of schoolhouse and erection of new schoolhouse in place thereof 413
Use of school buildings for examinations 414
Use of schoolhouse and grounds 415
No schoolhouse shall be built on town line 416
School taxes and school bonds 417
Allocation of moneys by regents for extraordinary relief to school districts 418
Purchase and display of flag 419
Display of flags in assembly rooms 419‑A
Display of flags in classrooms 420
Rules and regulations
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Accessed:
Dec. 21, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 408-B’s source at nysenate​.gov

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