Bill > S2854

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This bill requires the Department of Children and Families to develop an educational fact sheet on water safety. The fact sheet would include, at a minimum, information on: (1) how parents and guardians can reduce their child's risk of injury or drowning while in, on, and around bodies of water; (2) the value water safety education courses and the role swimming lessons play in preventing incidents of injury or drowning; (3) the recommended use of flotation devices; and (4) the importance of monitoring water conditions and swimming in areas monitored by a lifeguard. The fact sheet is required to be developed in consultation with water safety organizations. Pursuant to the provisions of the bill, a school district is required to annually distribute the fact sheet to parents and guardians in a manner prescribed by the Department of Education. A nonpublic school is encouraged, but not required, to distribute the fact sheet to parents and guardians in a manner determined by the nonpublic school. Additionally, the bill requires a school district to publish, on its Internet website, a list of locations where swimming lessons and age-appropriate water safety courses providing instruction to promote safety in, on, and around bodies of water to reduce the risk of injury and drowning are offered, including courses and lessons that are offered for free or reduced prices. The list would be comprised of locations voluntarily requested to be included on the list, made available to school districts, and is required to be updated annually. Each school district is required to provide access to the list on its website.

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Angela Mcknight (D)*,  Shirley Turner (D)*,  Britnee Timberlake (D), 

Withdrawn Because Approved P.L.2025, c.247. (on 01/13/2026)

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