Directs the commissioner of education to provide for the proportionate availability of adequate school supplies for use by left-handed students where adequate supplies are available for use by right-handed students; applies to any school supplies and equipment purchased by the department or schools on or after the effective date of rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner of education.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6118
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 26, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing for the
availability of adequate supplies for left-handed students
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 57 to read as follows:
57. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE
FOR THE PROPORTIONATE AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND
EQUIPMENT FOR USE BY LEFT-HANDED STUDENTS WHERE ADEQUATE SUPPLIES AND
EQUIPMENT ARE AVAILABLE FOR USE BY RIGHT-HANDED STUDENTS. THE RULES AND
REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY TO ANY
SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR SCHOOLS ON
OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05108-01-5
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