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S10573 • 2025

Prohibits the use of timeout boxes, closets or other secluded physical enclosures in schools in the state

Prohibits the use of timeout boxes, closets or other secluded physical enclosures in schools in the state

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Sponsor
Dan Stec
Last action
2026-05-26
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits the use of timeout boxes, closets or other secluded physical enclosures in schools in the state

Prohibits the use of timeout boxes, closets or other secluded physical enclosures in schools in the state Prohibits the use of timeout boxes, closets or other secluded physical enclosures for children in schools in the state.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits the use of timeout boxes, closets or other secluded physical enclosures in schools in the state Prohibits the use of timeout boxes, closets or other secluded physical enclosures for children in schools in the state.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-26 Senate

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

Official Summary Text

Prohibits the use of timeout boxes, closets or other secluded physical enclosures in schools in the state
Prohibits the use of timeout boxes, closets or other secluded physical enclosures for children in schools in the state.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10573

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 26, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  STEC  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the use of
          timeout boxes,  closets  or  other  secluded  physical  enclosures  in
          schools in the state

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 116 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 116. PROHIBITIONS ON TIMEOUT BOXES IN SCHOOLS. 1. THE USE OF TIMEOUT
     4  BOXES, CLOSETS OR OTHER SECLUDED PHYSICAL ENCLOSURES FOR  THE  ISOLATION
     5  OF CHILDREN ARE PROHIBITED IN SCHOOLS IN THE STATE.
     6    2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
     7    (A)  "TIMEOUT  BOX"  SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A WOODEN OR
     8  PADDED ROOM OR STRUCTURE WHERE A CHILD IS ISOLATED.
     9    (B) "SCHOOL" MEANS A PUBLIC  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE
    10  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, CHARTER SCHOOL, STATE-OPERATED AND STATE-SUPPORTED
    11  SCHOOL  PURSUANT  TO ARTICLES EIGHTY-FIVE, EIGHTY-SEVEN AND EIGHTY-EIGHT
    12  OF THIS CHAPTER, IN-STATE AND OUT-OF-STATE PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL  OR  NON-
    13  RESIDENTIAL  SCHOOL  FOR  THE  EDUCATION  OF  STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
    14  APPROVED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHTY-NINE OF THIS  CHAPTER  OR  OPERATING
    15  UNDER  ARTICLE EIGHTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, STATE-ADMINISTERED PREKINDER-
    16  GARTEN PROGRAM DIRECTLY OPERATED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF  COOPER-
    17  ATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, OR AN ELIGIBLE AGENCY, AS DEFINED IN 8 NYCRR
    18  151-1.2  (B),  OR OPERATED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN COLLABORATION WITH AN
    19  ELIGIBLE AGENCY, PRESCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM  APPROVED  PURSUANT
    20  TO  SECTION  FOUR  THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER, AND REGIS-
    21  TERED NONPUBLIC NURSERY SCHOOL, KINDERGARTEN, AND  HIGH  SCHOOL,  AND  A
    22  NONPUBLIC  SCHOOL SERVING GRADES ONE THROUGH EIGHT THAT HAS A REGISTERED
    23  HIGH SCHOOL, IN THIS STATE.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14409-01-6