Prohibits school districts from authorizing a currently enrolled public school student to be home schooled when the superintendent of the school district is notified of a pending child abuse or neglect investigation or if either custodial parent or a person instructing the child has been convicted of domestic violence, child abuse, or neglect.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 10, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Bores) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the home
instruction of children in certain circumstances
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Raylee's law".
§ 2. Section 3205 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY NOT AUTHORIZE A CURRENTLY ENROLLED PUBLIC
SCHOOL STUDENT TO BE INSTRUCTED IN THE HOME IF THERE IS A PENDING CHILD
ABUSE OR NEGLECT INVESTIGATION AGAINST EITHER CUSTODIAL PARENT OR A
PERSON INSTRUCTING THE CHILD, OR IF EITHER CUSTODIAL PARENT OR A PERSON
INSTRUCTING THE CHILD HAS EVER BEEN CONVICTED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR
CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT
WITHIN THE STATE SHALL DEVELOP AND INSTITUTE A POLICY TO ENSURE THAT THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT IS CONTACTED WHEN A REPORT OF SUSPECTED
CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT IS MADE BY A SCHOOL TEACHER OR OTHER SCHOOL
PERSONNEL. UPON DETERMINATION BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT THAT
AN INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN INITIATED, THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL REQUEST
CONFIRMATION OF CASE STATUS FROM THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES, WHICH SHALL PROVIDE CONFIRMATION WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS OF
RECEIPT OF SUCH REQUEST.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15316-01-4
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