S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2192
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 15, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a grant
program for the installation of laundry equipment and facilities in
certain schools
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 3641-c
to read as follows:
§ 3641-C. GRANTS FOR LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT OR FACILITIES. THE COMMISSIONER
SHALL ESTABLISH A PROGRAM OF COMPETITIVELY AWARDED GRANTS WITHIN THE
AMOUNT APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH PURPOSE, TO PUBLIC K-12 SCHOOLS, AS DEFINED
BY THE COMMISSIONER, WHICH ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SUPPORT PROVIDED UNDER TITLE
I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965, FOR THE
PURPOSES OF INSTALLING LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT FOR FACILITIES FOR USE BY
STUDENTS AND PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF STUDENTS. WHEN AWARDING SUCH
GRANTS, PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANT PERCENT-
AGES OF STUDENTS WHO RESIDE IN EMERGENCY HOUSING AND/OR WHO EXPERIENCE
FREQUENT ABSENTEEISM DUE TO A LACK OF CLEAN CLOTHING.
§ 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.
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