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Assembly Bill A1444

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes commissioner of education to develop a schoolwide uniform policy

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2009-A1444 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง305, Ed L

2009-A1444 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of education to develop a schoolwide uniform policy to be adopted on a voluntary basis or at the option of local school districts; permits the governing board of any school district to adopt a dress code policy that prohibits students from wearing gang-related apparel or may rescind a dress code policy that requires students to wear a schoolwide uniform.

2009-A1444 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1444

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. WRIGHT, GALEF, HOYT, JOHN, TOWNS, ESPAILLAT --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FARRELL, SCARBOROUGH -- read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to developing a school-
  wide uniform policy

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  35  of  section 305 of the education law, as
added by chapter 667 of the laws of 2006, is renumbered subdivision 35-a
and a new subdivision 35-b is added to read as follows:
  35-B. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO DEVELOP A SCHOOL-
WIDE UNIFORM POLICY AND  SHALL  ADOPT  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  FOR  THE
PURPOSE  OF IMPLEMENTATION OF A SCHOOL DRESS POLICY ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS
OR AT THE OPTION OF LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SUCH RULES  AND  REGULATIONS
SHALL  BE  DESIGNED  TO  PROMOTE  A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT TO FACILITATE AND
MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE LEARNING AND TO PROMOTE A CLASSROOM FOCUS ON LEARNING
AND SHALL AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING BOARD OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO IMPLE-
MENT A DRESS CODE POLICY IN ANY SCHOOL WITHIN THE DISTRICT ON SIX MONTHS
NOTICE TO PARENTS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF RESOURCES  SUFFICIENT  TO  ASSIST
ECONOMICALLY  DISADVANTAGED  STUDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO COMPLY WITH
SUCH POLICY. NOTHING IN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  PURSUANT
TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL PRECLUDE STUDENTS FROM PARTICIPATING IN ANY
RECOGNIZED ACTIVITY FROM WEARING CLOTHING APPROPRIATE TO  SUCH  ACTIVITY
ON SPECIFIED OCCASIONS. THE GOVERNING BOARD OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
PROVIDE  A  METHOD WHEREBY PARENTS MAY CHOOSE NOT TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN
COMPLY WITH AN ADOPTED SCHOOL UNIFORM POLICY. ANY POLICY ADOPTED  PURSU-
ANT  TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL INCLUDE A PROVISION THAT NO STUDENT SHALL
BE PENALIZED ACADEMICALLY OR OTHERWISE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST NOR  DENIED
ATTENDANCE  TO  SCHOOL  IF  THE STUDENT'S PARENTS CHOOSE NOT TO HAVE THE
STUDENT COMPLY WITH THE SCHOOL UNIFORM POLICY. THE  GOVERNING  BOARD  OF

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

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