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Senate Bill S10364

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to Scouting America and Girl Scouts of the USA recruitment

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2025-S10364 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §816-a, Ed L

2025-S10364 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes an appropriate school administrator to allow an official member or members of Scouting America and Girl Scouts of the USA, upon request, to enter the school for the purpose of Scouting America and Girl Scouts of the USA recruitment.

2025-S10364 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10364
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- 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 Scouting  America  and
   Girl Scouts of the USA recruitment
 
   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  816-a
 to read as follows:
   §  816-A.  SCOUTING AMERICA AND GIRL SCOUTS OF THE USA RECRUITMENT. AN
 APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATOR, INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,  THE  SCHOOL
 PRINCIPAL  OR SUPERINTENDENT, OF ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL MAY ALLOW AN OFFICIAL
 MEMBER OR MEMBERS OF SCOUTING AMERICA AND GIRL SCOUTS OF THE  USA,  UPON
 REQUEST,  TO  ENTER  THE  SCHOOL FOR THE PURPOSE OF SCOUTING AMERICA AND
 GIRL SCOUTS OF THE USA  RECRUITMENT,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO:
 MAKING  PRESENTATIONS; DISSEMINATING LITERATURE; PARTICIPATING IN SCHOOL
 EVENTS; AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS BY STUDENTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15858-02-6

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