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Assembly Bill A188

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the furnishing of programs and services to pupils who attend private or parochial schools or home-instructed pupils upon request of persons in parental relationship

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2019-A188 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3204-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9514
2011-2012: A23
2013-2014: A1070
2015-2016: A1500
2017-2018: A77
2021-2022: A1186

2019-A188 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the furnishing of programs and services to pupils who attend private or parochial schools or home-instructed pupils upon request of persons in parental relation, except in cities with a population of one million or more; provides that such programs and services shall include participation in all extra-curricular activities, and participation in intraschool, intramural, and extramural athletics.

2019-A188 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    188
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL, BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to the provision of
   certain programs and services to private or parochial school or  home-
   instructed pupils

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3204-a
 to read as follows:
   § 3204-A. PROVISION OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS AND  SERVICES  TO  PRIVATE  OR
 PAROCHIAL  SCHOOL OR HOME-INSTRUCTED PUPILS. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,
 THE TERM "PROGRAMS AND SERVICES" SHALL MEAN PARTICIPATION IN ALL  EXTRA-
 CURRICULAR  ACTIVITIES,  AND  INTRASCHOOL,  INTRAMURAL,  AND  EXTRAMURAL
 ATHLETICS PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   2. THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES OF ANY SCHOOL  DISTRICT  AND  ANY  COMMUNITY
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IN  THE  STATE, EXCEPT ANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOCATED IN
 CITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL FURNISH PROGRAMS
 AND SERVICES TO PUPILS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THIS STATE  AND  WHO  ATTEND
 PRIVATE  OR  PAROCHIAL  SCHOOLS  OR  WHO  ARE INSTRUCTED AT HOME IN SUCH
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF THE  PERSONS  IN  PARENTAL
 RELATION TO ANY SUCH PUPIL. SUCH A REQUEST SHALL BE FILED WITH THE BOARD
 OF  EDUCATION  OF  THE  SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THE PERSONS IN PARENTAL
 RELATION TO ANY SUCH PUPIL RESIDE ON OR BEFORE THE  FIRST  DAY  OF  JUNE
 PRECEDING THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR WHICH THE REQUEST IS MADE.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01930-01-9

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