A8998 (2023-24 session)
NY State bill
Enacts the "schools impacted by gross highways (SIGH) act"; prohibits the commissioner of education from approving the plans for the erection of any new schoolhouse within five hundred feet of a controlled-access highway unless the commissioner of education determines that space limitations are so severe that there is no other site to erect such new schoolhouse, and there are adequate engineering controls to address air quality; makes related provisions.
- Title
- Relates to enacting the SIGH act to prohibit the construction of new schools near a major roadway, with exceptions
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2023-24 session
- Status
- Assembly Floor Calendar
- Latest action date
- 2024-06-03
- Introduced
- 2024-02-01
- Active version
- A8998B
- Same as
- S4550
- Substituted by
- S4550
- Law section
- Education Law
Sponsors
- Yudelka Tapia Assembly Member, District 86
Co-sponsors
Heard in committee
- Rules NY State Assembly committee
- Transportation NY State Assembly committee
- Ways and Means NY State Assembly committee
Same as
- S4550 (2023-24 session) NY State bill
Substituted by
- S4550 (2023-24 session) NY State bill