N.Y. Education Law Section 409-N
Maximum temperatures in school buildings and facilities

All common, union free, central, central high schools, city school districts and boards of cooperative educational services shall develop a policy for ensuring the health and safety of students, faculty, and other employees, on extreme heat condition days. For the purpose of this section, extreme heat condition days shall be defined as days when the occupiable educational and support services spaces are found to be eighty-two degrees or greater Fahrenheit. For the purpose of this section, support services spaces shall not include kitchen areas used in the preparation of food for consumption by students. For the purpose of this section, room temperature shall be measured at a shaded location, three feet above the floor near the center of the room. Schools shall be required to take action to relieve heat-related discomfort when the occupied space temperature reaches eighty-two degrees Fahrenheit. These actions may include, but are not limited to, turning off the overhead lights, pulling down shades or blinds, turning on fans, opening classroom doors and windows to increase circulation, turning off unused electronics that produce heat, and providing water breaks. Such policy shall include a plan to remove students and staff from occupied spaces where practicable when educational and support services spaces reach eighty-eight degrees Fahrenheit.

Source: Section 409-N — Maximum temperatures in school buildings and facilities, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/409-N (updated Sep. 5, 2025; accessed Nov. 15, 2025).

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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:
Nov. 15, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 5, 2025

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