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Assembly Bill A7576

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the issuance of diplomas to youth who are placed, committed, supervised, detained or confined in certain facilities

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2021-A7576 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7101
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §112-a, Ed L

2021-A7576 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the issuance of diplomas to youth who are placed, committed, supervised, detained or confined in certain facilities; provides that persons under twenty-one years of age who are placed with, committed to, under the supervision of, detained or otherwise confined in certain facilities, who participate in an educational program provided by such facilities, shall be issued a high school diploma upon completion of the minimum New York state diploma requirements.

2021-A7576 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7576
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE -- (at request of the State Education
   Department) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the issuance of diplo-
   mas  to  youth  who  are  placed,  committed,  supervised, detained or
   confined in certain facilities

   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 112-a
 to read as follows:
   § 112-A. STUDENTS CONFINED IN CERTAIN FACILITIES;  RESPONSIBILITY  FOR
 ISSUANCE  OF DIPLOMAS. 1. A PERSON UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE WHO HAS
 NOT RECEIVED A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND WHO IS PLACED WITH, COMMITTED TO,
 UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF, DETAINED OR OTHERWISE CONFINED IN ANY FACILITY
 OPERATED BY A STATE DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION  WHICH
 PROVIDES  EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWELVE OF
 THIS ARTICLE, OR WHO IS CONFINED IN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, AS  DEFINED
 IN  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  SECTION  TWO  OF  THE CORRECTION LAW, AND WHO
 PARTICIPATES IN AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM PROVIDED BY SUCH FACILITY,  SHALL
 BE  ISSUED A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LOCATION WHEN
 SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS DETERMINED THAT SUCH PERSON HAS  COMPLETED  THE
 MINIMUM  NEW  YORK  STATE DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH IN THE REGU-
 LATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER WHILE PLACED WITH, COMMITTED TO,  UNDER  THE
 SUPERVISION OF, DETAINED OR CONFINED IN SUCH FACILITY.
   2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERM "SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LOCATION"
 MEANS  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IN  WHICH THE FACILITY WHERE SUCH YOUTH IS
 PLACED, COMMITTED, SUPERVISED, DETAINED OR CONFINED IS LOCATED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10077-01-1

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