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Assembly Bill A9742

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires minimum standards for nonpublic schools relating to mild traumatic brain injuries

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2015-A9742 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6319
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10536, S4279
2019-2020: S1991

2015-A9742 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires nonpublic schools to meet the same minimum standards as public schools for mild traumatic brain injuries.

2015-A9742 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9742

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 5, 2016
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to minimum standards for
  nonpublic schools relating to mild traumatic brain injuries

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

  Section  1. Paragraph b of subdivision 42 of section 305 of the educa-
tion law, as added by chapter 496 of the laws of  2011,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  b.  The rules and regulations established pursuant to this subdivision
shall be deemed to be the minimum standards that must be  complied  with
by  every  public  AND NONPUBLIC school relating to mild traumatic brain
injuries. [Such rules and regulations may also be implemented by nonpub-
lic schools if they so authorize.] Nothing  in  this  subdivision  shall
prohibit  any public school or nonpublic school from adopting and imple-
menting more stringent standards.
  S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.  Effective  immediately,
the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11981-01-5

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