File #: Int 1059-2024    Version: * Name: Distribution of materials on water safety in schools.
Type: Introduction Status: Laid Over in Committee
Committee: Committee on Parks and Recreation
On agenda: 9/26/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the distribution of materials on water safety in schools
Sponsors: Shekar Krishnan, Farah N. Louis, Gale A. Brewer, Shahana K. Hanif, Jennifer Gutiérrez
Council Member Sponsors: 5
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (Parks) to develop written materials containing information about water safety and drowning prevention. Specifically, the materials developed should contain information regarding: water safety practices, contact information for non-governmental organizations providing swimming lessons and water safety programing, and programming offered by the City regarding water safety. This bill would also require Parks to provide the written materials to the Department of Education for distribution to every student at the beginning and end of the academic year. Finally, Parks would be required publish the materials developed to their website.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1059, 2. Int. No. 1059, 3. Committee Report 9/24/24, 4. Hearing Testimony 9/24/24, 5. Hearing Transcript 9/24/24, 6. September 26, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 7. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-26-24

Int. No. 1059

 

By Council Members Krishnan, Louis, Brewer, Hanif and Gutiérrez

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the distribution of materials on water safety in schools

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 18 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 18-165 to read as follows:

§ 18-165 Distribution of materials on water safety. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

 School. The term “school” means a school of the city school district of the city of New York.

 Student. The term “student” means any child who is enrolled in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 in a school, any child who is enrolled in an early education center with which the department of education contracts to provide pre-kindergarten, and any child who is enrolled in a free full-day early education program for 3-year-old children offered by the department of education.

b. Written materials. No later than 6 months after the effective date of the local law that added this section, the department shall develop written materials containing information about water safety and drowning prevention. The department shall update the content of such materials on a yearly basis to reflect any changes in best practices. Such materials shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:

1. Water safety practices and methods, including drowning prevention techniques;

2. Information on swimming lessons and other water safety programming offered by the department;

3. Contact information for non-governmental organizations providing swimming lessons and water safety programming; and

4. Any additional information deemed necessary by the department.

c. Publication and distribution. 1. The department shall post the written materials developed pursuant to subdivision b on its website.

2. The department shall provide the written materials developed pursuant to subdivision b to the department of education. The department of education shall distribute such materials to each school to be shared with every student of each school at the beginning and end of each academic year.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

DPM

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