§ 18-160 Water safety instruction provided at no cost.
AC § 18-160
a. Definition. As used in this section, the term “water safety instruction” means a series of lessons designed for students of a particular age group or skill level administered by the department to teach swimming and related water safety awareness, including swim for life or any similar or successor program. b. Subject to appropriation, staffing requirements, and the availability of adequate facilities, the department, in consultation with the department of education, shall offer water safety instruction at no cost to New York city public school second grade students. Where such instruction takes place at a recreation center under the jurisdiction of the department, necessary employees of the department of education shall not be required to purchase a membership to such recreation center to accompany such students for such instruction. (L.L. 2023/129, 10/15/2023, eff. 2/12/2024)
