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Senate Bill S3811

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of education to direct the resumption of school musical/theatrical performances during the COVID-19 pandemic

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2021-S3811 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education

2021-S3811 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of education to direct the resumption of school musical/theatrical performances during the COVID-19 pandemic; requires proper safety protocols be put in place to enable the safe play of such school musical/theatrical performances.

2021-S3811 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3811 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3811
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT relating  to  resuming  the  play  of  school  musical/theatrical
   performances  during the COVID-19 pandemic and requiring safety proto-
   cols  to  be  put  in  place  to  enable  safe  play  of  such  school
   musical/theatrical performances
 
   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, the commissioner of education shall immediately author-
 ize  the practice and play of all school musical/theatrical performances
 which have been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19.  The commission-
 er of education, in consultation with the commissioner of health,  shall
 adopt  necessary  rules and regulations and provide a process and proce-
 dure to ensure that proper COVID-19 safety  protocols  are  followed  to
 enable the safe play of such school musical/theatrical performances.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08738-01-1

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