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Senate Bill S974

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to being absent from full time day instruction for the purpose of sounding Taps at a military honors funeral held in this state

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2023-S974 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2947
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3205, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S3572
2019-2020: S63
2021-2022: S5987, A4617
2025-2026: A4269

2023-S974 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a minor from six to sixteen years being absent from full time day instruction for the purpose of sounding "Taps" at a military honors funeral held in this state for a deceased veteran shall be excused from school.

2023-S974 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S974 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    974
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  compulsory  education
   and being excused for certain reasons
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  3205  of  the  education  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
   D.  A  MINOR  FROM  SIX  TO  SIXTEEN  YEARS  ABSENT FROM FULL TIME DAY
 INSTRUCTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOUNDING  "TAPS"  AT  A  MILITARY  HONORS
 FUNERAL  HELD  IN  THIS  STATE  FOR  A  DECEASED VETERAN. IN ORDER TO BE
 EXCUSED UNDER THIS SECTION, THE STUDENT SHALL NOTIFY THE SCHOOL'S ADMIN-
 ISTRATION WITHIN TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF ABSENCE AND SHALL PROVIDE
 THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION WITH THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF THE MILI-
 TARY HONORS FUNERAL. THE SCHOOL'S ADMINISTRATION MAY WAIVE THIS  TWO-DAY
 REQUIREMENT IF THE STUDENT DID NOT RECEIVE TWO DAYS ADVANCED NOTICE, BUT
 THE  STUDENT  MUST  PROVIDE NOTICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE ABSENCE. A
 STUDENT WHOSE ABSENCE IS EXCUSED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE COUNTED  AS
 IF THE STUDENT ATTENDED SCHOOL FOR THE PURPOSES OF CALCULATING THE AVER-
 AGE  DAILY  ATTENDANCE OF THE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. A STUDENT
 WHOSE ABSENCE IS EXCUSED UNDER THIS SECTION MUST BE  ALLOWED  REASONABLE
 TIME  TO  MAKE  UP SCHOOL WORK MISSED DURING THE ABSENCE. IF THE STUDENT
 SATISFACTORILY COMPLETES THE SCHOOL WORK, THE DAY OF  ABSENCE  SHALL  BE
 COUNTED  AS  A  DAY  OF  COMPULSORY  ATTENDANCE AND HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE
 PENALIZED FOR THAT ABSENCE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04002-01-3

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