NY State Senate Bill S9113

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Dec 04, 2020	referred to rules

S9113 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A11134
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S3833, A3627
2023-2024: A2460

S9113 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state to reimburse non-public and private schools for the cost of testing where COVID testing is being mandated by the state.

S9113 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S9113

SPONSOR: ADDABBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act relating to requiring the state to reimburse non-public and
private schools where COVID testing is mandated

 
PURPOSE:

Any school, non-public, religious, or private that is in a "yellow zone"
of the COVID clusters, is required to test at 20%.  However unlike their
public counterparts, nonpublic and private institutions are forced to
cover the expense of testing without state reimbursement. This is
unfunded mandate from the state puts an undue and unjust burden on many
schools.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
where COVID-19 testing of students, teachers and staff is mandated by

the state pursuant to executive order or other directive relating to
in-person instruction and settings, the state shall reimburse all
nonpublic and private schools that are subject to such mandate for the
costs associated with such testing requirements. The commissioner of
education shall adopt necessary rules and/or regulations and provide a
process and procedure to ensure the reimbursement of eligible costs
pursuant to this act.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

COVID-19 has presented our city and state with many challenges, espe-
cially as it relates to education. Schools across the state have gone to
great lengths to ensure the health and safety of their students, educa-
tors and employees. The Governor's COVID cluster initiative requires
schools in yellow zones to "Open with mandatory weekly testing of
students and teachers/staff for in-person settings.  The New York State
Department of Health will establish a percentage of teachers and
students/staff who need to be tested." The testing is critical to ensure
the safety of students, teachers, and staff and is absolutely necessary
to manage the spread of the COVID-19. However it is unjust that private
institutions have to foot the bill of the state's mandate while their
public counterparts are reimbursed.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
BUDGET IMPLICATIONS:

Undetermined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S9113 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9113
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 4, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT relating to requiring  the  state  to  reimburse  non-public  and
   private schools where COVID testing is mandated
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 where COVID-19 testing of students, teachers and staff  is  mandated  by
 the  state  pursuant  to  executive order or other directive relating to
 in-person instruction and settings, the state shall reimburse  all  non-
 public  and  private  schools  that  are subject to such mandate for the
 costs associated with such testing  requirements.  The  commissioner  of
 education  shall  adopt necessary rules and/or regulations and provide a
 process and procedure to ensure  the  reimbursement  of  eligible  costs
 pursuant to this act.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD17560-01-0

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