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Senate Bill S3890

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Permits parents or guardians of twins or higher order multiples who attend school in Nassau or Suffolk county to request placement of such children in the same classroom; repealer

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2025-S3890 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8345
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3210-a, Ed L

2025-S3890 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits parents or guardians of twins or higher order multiples who attend school in Nassau or Suffolk county to request placement of such children in the same classroom; defines "higher order multiples".

2025-S3890 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3890 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3890
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- 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 permitting parents  or
   guardians  of  twins  or  higher  order multiples who attend school in
   Nassau or Suffolk county to request placement of such children in  the
   same  classroom;  and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
   expiration thereof
 
   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 3210-a
 to read as follows:
   §  3210-A.  CLASSROOM  PLACEMENT OF TWINS OR HIGHER ORDER MULTIPLES IN
 SCHOOLS LOCATED IN NASSAU OR SUFFOLK  COUNTY.  1.  IN  THE  COUNTIES  OF
 NASSAU  OR SUFFOLK, A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF TWINS OR HIGHER ORDER MULTI-
 PLES MAY REQUEST THAT SUCH TWINS OR HIGHER ORDER MULTIPLES BE PLACED  IN
 THE  SAME  CLASSROOM  IF THE CHILDREN ARE IN THE SAME GRADE LEVEL AT THE
 SAME SCHOOL.   THE SCHOOL  MAY  RECOMMEND  CLASSROOM  PLACEMENT  TO  THE
 PARENTS  AND  PROVIDE  PROFESSIONAL  EDUCATION  ADVICE TO THE PARENTS TO
 ASSIST THEM IN MAKING THE BEST DECISION FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S  EDUCATION.
 A  SCHOOL SHALL PROVIDE THE PLACEMENT REQUESTED BY THE CHILDREN'S PARENT
 OR GUARDIAN, UNLESS THE SCHOOL BOARD MAKES A CLASSROOM PLACEMENT  DETER-
 MINATION  FOLLOWING  THE  SCHOOL  PRINCIPAL'S  REQUEST ACCORDING TO THIS
 SECTION. THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN SHALL REQUEST THE CLASSROOM PLACEMENT NO
 LATER THAN FOURTEEN DAYS AFTER THE FIRST DAY  OF  EACH  SCHOOL  YEAR  OR
 FOURTEEN DAYS AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF ATTENDANCE OF THE CHILDREN DURING A
 SCHOOL  YEAR IF THE CHILDREN ARE ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL AFTER THE SCHOOL
 YEAR COMMENCES.
   2. AT THE END OF THE INITIAL GRADING PERIOD, IF THE SCHOOL  PRINCIPAL,
 IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE CHILDREN'S CLASSROOM TEACHER, DETERMINES THAT
 THE REQUESTED CLASSROOM PLACEMENT  IS  DISRUPTIVE  TO  THE  SCHOOL,  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04239-01-5
 S. 3890                             2

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