Senate Bill S4632

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires that teachers notify students of right to refuse to perform or witness a dissection prior to such event

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S4632 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8472
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง809, Ed L

2009-S4632 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that teachers notify students of right to refuse to perform or witness a dissection prior to such event.

2009-S4632 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4632 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4632

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- 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 the notification of  a
  student's right to refuse the performance or witnessing of dissection

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section  809  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  542  of  the  laws  of 1994, is amended to read as
follows:
  4. Dissection of animals. Any student expressing a moral or  religious
objection  to  the  performance  or  witnessing  of the dissection of an
animal, either wholly or in part, shall be provided the  opportunity  to
undertake  and complete an alternative project that shall be approved by
such student's  teacher;  provided,  however,  that  such  objection  is
substantiated  in  writing  by  the  student's parent or legal guardian.
Students who perform alternative projects who do not perform or  witness
the dissection of animals shall not be penalized.  TEACHERS SHALL NOTIFY
STUDENTS  OF THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION PRIOR TO THE USE OF ANY
ANIMAL FOR DISSECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11167-01-9

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