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Senate Bill S9542

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the awarding of posthumous high school diplomas

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2021-S9542 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L

2021-S9542 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of education to develop a program whereby school districts shall issue a high school diploma to a deceased student, at the request of the student's parent, guardian or custodian, if the student was enrolled in a public school in the district at the time of death, was academically on track at the time of death to receive a diploma at the end of the school year in which the student died and died after the completion of the eleventh grade school year or the equivalent of such year.

2021-S9542 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9542 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9542
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 26, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  JORDAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  the  awarding  of
   posthumous high school diplomas
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act shall be known  and  may  be  cited  as  "Daniel's
 Diploma Law".
   §  2.  Section  305  of  the  education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 29-d to read as follows:
   29-D. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  DEVELOP  A  PROGRAM  WHEREBY  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS  SHALL  ISSUE  A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA TO A DECEASED STUDENT, AT
 THE REQUEST OF THE STUDENT'S  PARENT,  GUARDIAN  OR  CUSTODIAN,  IF  THE
 STUDENT:
   (I)  WAS  ENROLLED  IN  A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT AT THE TIME OF
 DEATH;
   (II) WAS ACADEMICALLY ON TRACK AT THE  TIME  OF  DEATH  TO  RECEIVE  A
 DIPLOMA AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN WHICH THE STUDENT DIED; AND
   (III)  DIED  AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE SCHOOL YEAR OR
 THE EQUIVALENT OF SUCH YEAR.
   (B) A DIPLOMA ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION MAY  NOT  BE  ISSUED
 BEFORE  THE  GRADUATION  DATE  OF  THE  CLASS  IN  WHICH THE STUDENT WAS
 ENROLLED AT THE TIME OF DEATH. A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL NOT  BE  REQUIRED
 TO  AWARD  A DIPLOMA TO A DECEASED STUDENT AT THE SAME CEREMONY OR EVENT
 AS OTHER GRADUATING STUDENTS.
   (C) NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL LIMIT THE  RETROACTIVE  ISSUANCE
 OF  A  HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. DIPLOMAS ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT
 COUNT TOWARD STUDENT GRADUATION COUNTS  OR  FOR  ANY  OTHER  PURPOSE  OF
 FEDERAL AND STATE ACCOUNTABILITY DATA COLLECTION.
   (D)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  "SCHOOL YEAR" INCLUDES ANY
 SUMMER SESSION FOLLOWING THE SPRING SEMESTER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16261-03-2

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