N.Y. Education Law Section 409
School building regulations in relation to health and safety


1.

All school buildings of common, union free, central, central high school and city school districts other than city school districts of cities having one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants or more and boards of cooperative educational services shall comply with such regulations as the commissioner shall adopt from time to time for the purpose of insuring the health and safety of pupils and staff in relation to proper heating, lighting, ventilation, sanitation and health, fire and accident protection.

2.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule or regulation, tobacco use shall not be permitted and no person shall use tobacco on school grounds. “School grounds” means any building, structure and surrounding outdoor grounds, including entrances or exits, contained within a public or private pre-school, nursery school, elementary or secondary school’s legally defined property boundaries as registered in a county clerk’s office.

Source: Section 409 — School building regulations in relation to health and safety, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/409 (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

Accessed:
Dec. 21, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 409’s source at nysenate​.gov

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