New York Laws
Article 9 - School Buildings and Sites
409-D - Comprehensive Public School Building Safety Program.

(a) require the inspection of every public school building and
prescribe qualifications of persons who may perform or supervise such
inspections in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(b) establish a safety rating system keyed to the structural integrity
and overall safety of the building. Such system shall rate every major
building system contained within a building and where practicable
identify critical maintenance and include such information in the plan
required in subdivision ten of section thirty-six hundred forty-one of
this chapter;
(c) require each school district to develop a buildings condition
survey;
(d) require each school district to develop a five year capital
facilities plan;
(e) establish a process for monitoring all school buildings; and
(f) provide for waivers of the requirements of this section and/or
section four hundred nine-e of this article for districts whose school
building safety inspection procedures in existence on the effective date
of this section are in substantial compliance with such requirements.
3. Notification. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, the commissioner shall be authorized to notify in writing any
school district or board of cooperative educational services the
existence of a hazardous condition found in any school building within

the school district that is in violation of applicable building, health,
or safety codes or regulations that may threaten the health and/or
safety of students or staffs. Such notice must be acknowledged and
responded to within five business days or less. Such notice shall be
delivered to the superintendent of the school district or the district
superintendent of the board of cooperative educational services. In the
case of a city school district in a city having a population of one
million or more inhabitants such notice shall be delivered to the
chancellor of the city district.

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