N.Y. Education Law Section 409-F
Electrically operated partition and door safety

The board of education, trustees, principal or other person in charge of every public or private school or educational institution within the state, wherein classrooms or other facilities used by students are found to have electrically operated partitions, doors or room dividers, shall arrange for, and require, that:

1.

Appropriate and conspicuous notice regarding the safe and proper operation and supervision of the electrical device operating such partition, door or room divider is posted in the immediate vicinity of the operating mechanism;

2.

There is established a procedure for the notification of all school employees and all other persons who regularly make use of the area where such device is located of the safe and proper procedure for the operation of the mechanism and of the applicable penalties for disabling safety equipment required pursuant to this section; and

3.

Every electrically operated partition or room divider shall be equipped with safety devices which, subject to standards established in rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner, stop the forward motion of the partition or room divider and stop the stacking motion of the partition or room divider when a body passes between the leading panel of such partition or divider and a wall, or when a body is present in the stacking area of such partition or divider. Any person who disables or directs another person to disable any safety equipment required pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a violation punishable by not more than fifteen days imprisonment, or a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment.

Source: Section 409-F — Electrically operated partition and door safety, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/409-F (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 31, 2026).

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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:
Jan. 31, 2026

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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