Assembly Bill A8593

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of education to withhold apportionment and grants from private schools that do not file a recent fire safety report in a timely manner

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

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2013-A8593 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง807-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A2847

2013-A8593 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of education to withhold apportionment and grants from private schools that do not file a recent fire safety report in a timely manner.

2013-A8593 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8593

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2014
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  the
  commissioner  of  education  to withhold apportionment and grants from
  private schools that do not file a recent  fire  safety  report  in  a
  timely manner

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 807-a of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  165  of  the  laws  of 2006, is amended to read as
follows:
  6. It shall be the duty of  the  commissioner  to  ascertain  annually
whether  the  inspections  of  school buildings required by this section
have been made and the reports of the  inspection  have  been  filed  in
their  respective  offices. The commissioner shall review the reports of
inspection filed pursuant to this section and may  make  recommendations
to  the  school  authorities  with  respect  to any problems relating to
school fire safety noted in such reports. The commissioner shall require
a re-inspection of school buildings where a report of inspection identi-
fied violations that, if uncorrected, would cause the department to deny
an annual certificate of occupancy to such school  building,  and  shall
require additional re-inspections until it is demonstrated to the satis-
faction  of  the  commissioner that said violations have been corrected.
The commissioner may inspect or cause to be inspected at any  reasonable
time  for fire prevention and fire protection purposes the school build-
ings required to be inspected by this section.  IT SHALL BE THE DUTY  OF
THE  COMMISSIONER TO WITHHOLD ANY APPORTIONMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE
HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE AND ANY GRANT OF MANDATED  SERVICES  AID
TO  ANY  PRIVATE  SCHOOL  WHICH HAS FAILED TO FILE AN ANNUAL FIRE SAFETY
REPORT BY THE  SIXTEENTH  OF  DECEMBER  EACH  YEAR,  OR  WHICH  HAS  NOT
CORRECTED  VIOLATIONS  IDENTIFIED  IN SUCH REPORT TO THE SATISFACTION OF
THE COMMISSIONER. NO SUCH APPORTIONMENT OR GRANT SHALL BE RELEASED UNTIL
THE COMMISSIONER HAS  DETERMINED  THAT  THE  PRIVATE  SCHOOL  HAS  FULLY
COMPLIED WITH THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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