N.Y. Education Law § 3029: Hours of continuous duty for full time teachers

§ 3029. Hours of continuous duty for full time teachers. Except in a

city having a population of one million or more persons the school

authorities of any school district employing two or more teachers shall

fix the hours of duty for full time teachers so that no teacher shall be

assigned continuous duty for a length of time in excess of five hours.

When the daily total hours of duty exceed five, duties must be assigned

so as to provide a period of at least thirty minutes in length which

shall be free from assigned duties and which shall be scheduled so far

as practical during the hours normally allotted for pupils' lunch

periods.