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Assembly Bill A1101

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Limits the liability of a school

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2021-A1101 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A11025
2023-2024: A2410

2021-A1101 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits the liability of schools holding in-person instruction in compliance with state approved plans.

2021-A1101 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1101
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BYRNES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DeSTEFA-
   NO,  J. M. GIGLIO,  MANKTELOW,  McDONOUGH,  TAGUE  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT in relation to limiting the liability of a school
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to
 the  contrary, any school that holds in-person instruction in compliance
 with individual school plans approved by the state departments of educa-
 tion and health and related COVID-19 emergency rules,  or  otherwise  in
 accordance  with  applicable law and any further amendments or modifica-
 tions thereto, shall not be liable for  any  damages  due  to  a  person
 contracting  novel coronavirus, COVID-19, while attending such in-person
 instruction.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02823-01-1

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