Deems home instruction which is compliant with the provisions of article 65 of the education law and the home instruction requirements prescribed in the commissioner of education's regulations to be substantially equivalent in amount and quality to the instruction given to students of like age and attainments at the public schools of the city or district where the student resides.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2326
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 16, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER, LUPARDO, TAPIA, SANTABARBARA, GANDOLFO,
TAGUE, HAWLEY, McDONOUGH, LUNSFORD, ZINERMAN, DAVILA, DeSTEFANO,
ANGELINO, BENDETT, BUTTENSCHON, CLARK -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to home instruction
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraphs (iv) and (v) of subdivision 2 of section 3204 of
the education law are renumbered paragraphs (v) and (vi) and a new para-
graph (iv) is added to read as follows:
(IV) (A) FOR PURPOSES OF CONSIDERING SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENCE PURSUANT
TO THIS SUBDIVISION FOR INSTRUCTION PROVIDED AT HOME TO STUDENTS OF
COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AGE, THE LOCAL SCHOOL AUTHORITY SHALL DEEM
HOME INSTRUCTION TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT IN AMOUNT AND QUALITY TO
THE INSTRUCTION GIVEN TO STUDENTS OF LIKE AGE AND ATTAINMENTS AT THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE CITY OR DISTRICT WHERE THE STUDENT RESIDES WHEN
THE PARENT OR PERSON IN A PARENTAL RELATION WITH THE STUDENT HAS
COMPLIED WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE AND THE HOME INSTRUCTION
REQUIREMENTS PRESCRIBED IN THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS THROUGH GRADE
TWELVE.
(B) ONCE A PARENT OR PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION HAS FULFILLED THE
OBLIGATIONS OF HOME INSTRUCTION AS SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS
PARAGRAPH TO COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL, SUCH PERSON SHALL REQUEST FROM THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OF THE STUDENT'S SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE,
AND SUCH SUPERINTENDENT SHALL PROVIDE, WITHIN THIRTY DAYS, TO THE PARENT
OR PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION, OR STUDENT, WHERE THE STUDENT IS EIGH-
TEEN YEARS OR OLDER, A LETTER, IN A FORM AND MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE
COMMISSIONER, CERTIFYING THE STUDENT'S SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF HOME
INSTRUCTION THAT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF
SUCH CITY OR DISTRICT, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, UPON REQUEST FROM AN
INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION OR LICENSED PRIVATE CAREER SCHOOL, THE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00878-01-5
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