N.Y. Education Law Section 409-A
Eye safety devices for certain students and teachers

1.

The board of education, trustees, principal or other person in charge of every public or private school or educational institution within the state, wherein shops or laboratories are conducted providing instructional or experimental programs involving:

a.

Hot solids, liquids or molten metals; or

b.

Milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, or stamping of any solid materials; or

c.

Heat treatment, tempering, or kiln firing of any metal or other materials; or

d.

Gas or electric arc welding; or

e.

Repair or servicing of any vehicle; or

f.

Caustic or explosive chemicals or materials, shall arrange for and require, in accordance with regulations of the commissioner, that every student and teacher participating in any such program wear eye safety devices at the times and under the conditions prescribed in such regulations.

2.

The commissioner shall by regulation prescribe the safety standards to be met before the use of any eye safety device may be required and shall include in such regulations requirements relating to the times and conditions when and under which such eye safety devices shall be worn.

3.

Visitors to such shops or laboratories shall be furnished with and required to wear such eye safety devices at the times and under the conditions prescribed in such regulations while in such shops or laboratories.

Source: Section 409-A — Eye safety devices for certain students and teachers, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/409-A (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 21, 2026).

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 409–N
Maximum temperatures in school buildings and 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
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Verified:
Feb. 21, 2026

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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