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N.Y. EDN Law § 409

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School building regulations in relation to health and safety

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§ 409. School building regulations in relation to health and safety.\n1. All school buildings of common, union free, central, central high\nschool and city school districts other than city school districts of\ncities having one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants or more and\nboards of cooperative educational services shall comply with such\nregulations as the commissioner shall adopt from time to time for the\npurpose of insuring the health and safety of pupils and staff in\nrelation to proper heating, lighting, ventilation, sanitation and\nhealth, fire and accident protection.\n 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule or\nregulation, tobacco use shall not be permitted and no person shall use\ntobacco on school grounds. "School grounds" means any building,\nstructure and surrounding outdoor grounds, including entrances or exits,\ncontained within a public or private pre-school, nursery school,\nelementary or secondary school's legally defined property boundaries as\nregistered in a county clerk's office.\n

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