S 6779: Provides for the employment of school nurses for the inspection of pupils attending certain public schools; relates to school districts and boards of cooperative educational services.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6779 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 24, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, HARCKHAM, RAMOS, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to public school nurse staffing determinations in consultation with a nursing association The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 901 of the education law, as 2 amended by section 57 of part A-1 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2006, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 1. School health services, as defined in subdivision two of this 5 section, shall be provided by each school district for all students 6 attending the public schools in this state, [except in the city school 7 district of the city of New York,] as provided in this article. School 8 health services shall include the services of a registered professional 9 nurse[, if one is employed,] and shall also include such services as may 10 be rendered as provided in this article in examining students for the 11 existence of disease or disability and in testing the eyes and ears of 12 such students. 13 § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 902 of the education law, 14 as amended by chapter 501 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as 15 follows: 16 b. Any such board or trustees [may] of each school district or board 17 of cooperative educational services shall employ [one or more school 18 nurses, who shall be registered professional nurses, as well as other 19 health professionals, as may be required.] a minimum of one school 20 nurse, who shall be a registered professional nurse, in each school 21 building. Any such board or trustees of each school district or board 22 of cooperative educational services may employ other health profes- 23 sionals, as may be required. Such registered professional nurses and 24 other health professionals shall aid the director of school health EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11252-01-5 
 S. 6779 2 1 services of the district and shall perform such duties, including health 2 instruction for the benefit of the public schools as may be prescribed 3 by such board or trustees or board of cooperative educational services, 4 in compliance with each such health professional's practice act. 5 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.