S 8488: Directs the regents to adopt rules to permit lifeguard certification training courses to satisfy required physical education credits.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8488 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE August 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting lifeguard certification training courses to satisfy required physical education credits The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 803 of the education law, as 2 amended by chapter 118 of the laws of 1957, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 5. It shall be the duty of the regents to adopt rules determining the 5 subjects to be included in courses of physical education provided for in 6 this section, the period of instruction in each of such courses, the 7 qualifications of teachers, and the attendance upon such courses of 8 instruction. The regents shall adopt rules to permit students to receive 9 credits towards the required periods of instruction mandated by this 10 section for participation in and attainment of lifeguard certification 11 from a New York state-approved lifeguard training program. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 13 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13426-01-5