Senate Bill S6687

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides for absence from school for the mental or behavioral health of the minor

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee


  • 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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2019-S6687 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8543
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3210, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S563, A1869
2023-2024: S3179, A7233

2019-S6687 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for absence from school for the mental or behavioral health of the minor.

2019-S6687 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6687 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6687
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             September 6, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing for  absence
   from school for the mental or behavioral health of the minor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3210 of the education law, subdivision 1 as amended
 by chapter 821 of the laws of 1947, paragraph  b  of  subdivision  1  as
 amended  by  chapter 491 of the laws of 2014 and paragraph c of subdivi-
 sion 1 as added by chapter 549 of the laws of 1986, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   § 3210. Amount and character of required attendance. 1. Regularity and
 conduct. a. A minor required by the provisions of THIS part [one of this
 article] to attend upon instruction shall attend regularly as prescribed
 where  he  resides  or  is employed, for the entire time the appropriate
 public schools or classes are in session and shall  be  subordinate  and
 orderly while so attending.
   b. (i) Absence for religious observance and education shall be permit-
 ted under rules that the commissioner shall establish.
   (ii)  In  addition, the board of education or trustees shall determine
 whether school session should  not  be  held  at  an  individual  public
 school,  or  district-wide,  on  a day where, if school were in session,
 absenteeism may result in the waste of educational resources  because  a
 considerable  proportion of the student population is unlikely to attend
 because of a religious or cultural day of observance.
   (III) ABSENCE DUE TO THE MENTAL OR  BEHAVIORAL  HEALTH  OF  THE  MINOR
 SHALL BE PERMITTED UNDER RULES THAT THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH.
   c. In the event that a person requests the release of a minor required
 by  the  provisions  of  THIS  part [one of this article] to attend upon
 instruction, the identity of such person shall  be  verified  against  a
 list  of names provided by the person or persons in parental relation to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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