Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 11, 2020 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A10417
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WOERNER
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-A10417 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §305, Ed L
2019-A10417 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10417 I N A S S E M B L Y May 11, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Woerner) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting a student to voluntarily repeat a grade THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 57 to read as follows: 57. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE COMMIS- SIONER SHALL PROVIDE THAT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL PERMIT ANY STUDENT MAY VOLUNTARILY ELECT TO REPEAT THE GRADE LEVEL SUCH STUDENT WAS IN DURING THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL YEAR IF SUCH STUDENT MISSED ANY IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AS A RESULT OF THE OUTBREAK OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19. ANY STUDENT WHO MAKES SUCH ELECTION SHALL RETAIN THE SAME ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL INTRAMURAL AND INTERSCHOLAS- TIC SPORTS AS SUCH STUDENT HAD DURING THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR, AND SHALL NOT BE COUNTED AGAINST THE MAXI- MUM NUMBER OF YEARS SUCH STUDENT MAY PARTICIPATE IN INTRAMURAL AND INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORTS. IN ADDITION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO NOTIFY THE PARENTS AND PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATION TO THE STUDENTS ATTENDING SUCH DISTRICT OF THE ABILITY TO MAKE AN ELECTION TO VOLUNTARILY REPEAT A GRADE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH NOTIFICATION MAY BE PROVIDED ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S WEBSITE, IF ONE EXISTS, OR AS PART OF AN EXISTING INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENT THAT IS PROVIDED TO PARENTS AND PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATION. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16264-01-0
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