Assembly Bill A8947

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing all students to participate in a high school gradution ceremony; repealer

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7311 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2017-A8947 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7311
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §4402 sub 9, Ed L (as proposed in S. 4729-A and A. 1595-A); amd §3204, Ed L

2017-A8947 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to allowing all students to participate in a high school graduation ceremony; requires any school board of education to develop policies and procedures to allow all students to participate in a high school graduation ceremony.

2017-A8947 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8947
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SKOUFIS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing all  students
   to  participate  in  a  high school graduation ceremony; and to repeal
   certain provisions of the education law relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  9  of  section 4402 of the education law, as
 added by a chapter of the laws of 2017 amending the education law relat-
 ing to policies that allow students with disabilities to participate  in
 a  high  school  graduation  ceremony  as  proposed in legislative bills
 numbers S.  4729-A and A. 1595-A, is REPEALED.
   § 2. Section 3204 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 4-b to read as follows:
   4-B.  THE  BOARD  OF EDUCATION OR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF EACH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT SHALL ESTABLISH A POLICY AND  ADOPT  PROCEDURES  TO  ALLOW  ANY
 STUDENT  IN  SUCH  DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF
 THE STUDENT'S HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS AND ALL RELATED ACTIVITIES IF
 SUCH STUDENT HAS BEEN AWARDED  A  SKILLS  AND  ACHIEVEMENT  COMMENCEMENT
 CREDENTIAL  OR  CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND OCCUPATIONAL STUDIES COMMENCEMENT
 CREDENTIAL BUT HAS NOT OTHERWISE QUALIFIED FOR A REGENTS OR LOCAL DIPLO-
 MA. THE POLICY AND PROCEDURES SHALL PROVIDE ANNUAL WRITTEN NOTICE TO ALL
 STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS OR  GUARDIANS  ABOUT  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT'S
 POLICY AND PROCEDURES ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION. NOTH-
 ING  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL COMPEL A STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION CEREMONY AND ACTIVITIES.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  A  STUDENT'S  HIGH  SCHOOL  GRADUATING  CLASS SHALL BE THE
 TWELFTH GRADE CLASS WITH WHICH SUCH STUDENT ENTERED INTO NINTH GRADE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as  a  chapter  of  the  laws of 2017 amending the education law
 relating to policies that allow students with  disabilities  to  partic-
 ipate  in  a  high school graduation ceremony as proposed in legislative
 bills numbers S.  4729-A and A. 1595-A, takes effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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