N.Y. Education Law § 926: Water safety information

§ 926. Water safety information. 1. At the beginning of the two

thousand twenty-six--two thousand twenty-seven school year, each school

district shall provide, to the parent or guardian of each student

enrolled in such school district, information on drowning prevention,

water safety, and safe and healthy swimming. Each school year thereafter

such information shall be provided to the parent or guardian of a

student upon enrollment in the school district. If the student is

eighteen years of age or older, such information shall be provided to

the student. Such information may be provided electronically or in paper

form. Translation of such information into any of the twelve most common

non-English languages spoken by limited-English proficient individuals

in the state, based on the data in the most recent American community

survey published by the United States census bureau, shall be provided

upon request by a parent or guardian.

2. The commissioner of health shall produce and update, as deemed

necessary, such information in consultation with the commissioner. The

commissioner shall provide such information to each school district.

Each school district shall publish such information on its website in a

clearly visible and accessible location.