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Assembly Bill A2173

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires the furnishing of programs and services to pupils who are home-instructed upon request of persons in parental relation

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2009-A2173 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S668
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง3204-a, Ed L

2009-A2173 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the furnishing of programs and services to pupils who are home-instructed upon request of persons in parental relation; provides that such programs and services shall include participation in all extra-curricular activities, and participation in intraschool, intramural, and extramural athletics.

2009-A2173 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2173

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. McENENY, REILLY, WRIGHT, MILLMAN -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.   CAHILL, ESPAILLAT,  JOHN,  PHEFFER,  J. RIVERA,
  TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to the provision of
  certain programs and services to home-instructed pupils

  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 3204-a
to read as follows:
  S 3204-A. PROVISION OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO HOME-INSTRUCT-
ED  PUPILS.  1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "PROGRAMS
AND SERVICES" SHALL MEAN PARTICIPATION  IN  ALL  EXTRACURRICULAR  ACTIV-
ITIES,  AND INTRASCHOOL, INTRAMURAL AND EXTRAMURAL ATHLETICS PURSUANT TO
REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  2. THE  SCHOOL  AUTHORITIES  OF  ANY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SHALL  FURNISH
PROGRAMS  AND SERVICES TO PUPILS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THIS STATE AND WHO
ARE HOME-INSTRUCTED IN SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UPON THE  WRITTEN  REQUEST
OF  THE  PERSONS  IN PARENTAL RELATION TO ANY SUCH PUPIL. SUCH A REQUEST
SHALL BE FILED WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IN
WHICH  THE  PERSONS  IN PARENTAL RELATION TO ANY SUCH PUPIL RESIDE ON OR
BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE PRECEDING THE SCHOOL  YEAR  FOR  WHICH  THE
REQUEST IS MADE.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00499-01-9

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