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Assembly Bill A9994

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Eliminates age requirement for eligibility for high school athletic competition for pupils with a developmental or physical disability; guarantees 5 years of eligibility

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2009-A9994 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6934
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3208-b, Ed L

2009-A9994 - Summary

Eliminates age requirement for eligibility for high school athletic competition for pupils with a developmental or physical disability; guarantees 5 years of eligibility to such pupils if qualified and chosen to compete.

2009-A9994 - Sponsor Memo

2009-A9994 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  9994

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 23, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CORWIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to eligibility for senior
  high school athletic competition

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

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3208-b
to read as follows:
  S 3208-B. ELIGIBILITY FOR SENIOR  HIGH  SCHOOL  ATHLETIC  COMPETITION;
DISABILITY  EXCEPTION.  1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS
TO ELIMINATE THE AGE REQUIREMENT ON ELIGIBILITY FOR SENIOR  HIGH  SCHOOL
ATHLETIC  COMPETITION  WHEN  A  STUDENT WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY,
SUCH AS AUTISM OR ASPERGER SYNDROME, OR A PHYSICAL  DISABILITY,  WHO  IS
OTHERWISE  QUALIFIED  TO COMPETE AND HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR SUCH COMPETI-
TION IN THE PAST, HAS NOT YET GRADUATED HIGH  SCHOOL.  THE  COMMISSIONER
SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO GUARANTEE THAT A STUDENT WITH A DEVELOP-
MENTAL  OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR FIVE YEARS OF SENIOR HIGH
SCHOOL ATHLETIC COMPETITION IF SUCH STUDENT IS QUALIFIED TO COMPETE  AND
HAS  BEEN  SELECTED  FOR SUCH COMPETITION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEFINE
DEVELOPMENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  WAIVER  IN
ACCORDANCE WITH PART TWO HUNDRED OF THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS.
  2. THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF ANY SCHOOL OR SCHOOL
DISTRICT  IN  THE  SAME SECTION OF THE NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MAY FILE A COMPLAINT TO CHALLENGE A STUDENT WITH  A
DISABILITY  FROM  BEING  ELIGIBLE FOR A FIFTH YEAR OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
COMPETITION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT'S SECTION  OF  THE
NEW  YORK  STATE  PUBLIC  HIGH  SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION IF THERE ARE
CONCERNS REGARDING THE SAFETY OF SUCH STUDENT OR OTHER STUDENT  ATHLETES
COMPETING WITH SUCH STUDENT.
  3.  UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH COMPLAINT, A DISTRICT DIRECTOR MAY DISQUALIFY
A STUDENT'S ELIGIBILITY FOR A FIFTH  YEAR  OF  ATHLETIC  COMPETITION.  A
DISQUALIFIED  STUDENT  MAY COMMENCE AN APPEALS PROCESS WITH THE ATHLETIC
COUNCIL OF THE NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC HIGH  SCHOOL  ATHLETIC  ASSOCIATION
WITHIN  TWO  WEEKS  OF  SUCH  DETERMINATION.  THE ATHLETIC COUNCIL SHALL

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

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2009-A9994A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6934
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3208-b, Ed L

2009-A9994A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates age requirement for eligibility for high school athletic competition for pupils with a developmental or physical disability; guarantees 5 years of eligibility to such pupils if qualified and chosen to compete.

2009-A9994A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 9994--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 23, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CORWIN, J. MILLER, GIGLIO, MOLINARO, TOBACCO,
  AMEDORE, McDONOUGH, HAYES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BACALLES,
  BUTLER,  CASTRO,  CROUCH,  FINCH,  McKEVITT,  MONTESANO,  OAKS, QUINN,
  SCHIMMINGER, TOWNSEND -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
  Education  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to eligibility for senior
  high school athletic competition

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

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3208-b
to read as follows:
  S  3208-B.  ELIGIBILITY  FOR  SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC COMPETITION;
DISABILITY EXCEPTION. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS
TO  ESTABLISH  A PROCESS FOR GRANTING WAIVERS TO THE AGE REQUIREMENT AND
FOUR-YEAR LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY  FOR  SENIOR  HIGH  SCHOOL  ATHLETIC
COMPETITION  WHEN  A  STUDENT  WITH  A DISABILITY, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, WHO IS  OTHERWISE  QUALIFIED  TO
COMPETE  IN  SUCH COMPETITION AND HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR SUCH COMPETITION
IN THE PAST, HAS NOT YET GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL,  PROVIDED  SUCH  STUDENT
HAS OR HAD A DISABILITY WHICH DELAYED HIS OR HER EDUCATION FOR A YEAR OR
MORE  AND SUCH STUDENT HAS NOT ALREADY PARTICIPATED ONE EXTRA YEAR UNDER
THIS EXCEPTION, AND THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS  DETERMINED  THAT  THE
STUDENT'S  PARTICIPATION  IN THE SPORT WILL NEITHER ADVERSELY IMPACT THE
OPPORTUNITY OF OTHER STUDENTS COMPETING IN  THE  SPORT  TO  SUCCESSFULLY
PARTICIPATE  IN SUCH COMPETITION NOR SIGNIFICANTLY COMPROMISE THE SAFETY
OF SUCH STUDENT OR THE OTHER STUDENTS COMPETING WITH THE STUDENT.
  2. THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF ANY SCHOOL OR SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN THE SAME SECTION OF THE NEW YORK STATE  PUBLIC  HIGH  SCHOOL
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MAY FILE A COMPLAINT FROM THE GRANTING OF A WAIVER,
IN  THE  TIME AND MANNER AS PRESCRIBED IN THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMIS-
SIONER, TO CHALLENGE A STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY FROM BEING ELIGIBLE FOR
A FIFTH YEAR OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF SUCH
SCHOOL DISTRICT'S SECTION OF THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  PUBLIC  HIGH  SCHOOL

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

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