Senate Bill S8288A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides for the use of rooms within a public school at a reasonable rate

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee


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    • In Committee Assembly
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S8288 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §414, Ed L

2025-S8288 - Summary

Provides for the use of rooms within a public school at a reasonable rate.

2025-S8288 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8288 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8288
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- 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 providing for not-for-
   profit community organizations to use rooms within a public school  at
   a nominal fee

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  414  of  the  education  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (l) to read as follows:
   (L) FOR MEETINGS AND EVENTS HELD BY NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMUNITY ORGANIZA-
 TIONS.
   §  2. Subdivision 2 of section 414 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 513 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   2. The trustees or board of education shall determine  the  terms  and
 conditions  for  such use which may include rental at least in an amount
 sufficient to cover all resulting expenses for  the  purposes  of  para-
 graphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (i), (j) and (k) of subdivision one
 of  this section AND WHICH MAY INCLUDE RENTAL IN A NOMINAL AMOUNT SUFFI-
 CIENT TO COVER ALL RESULTING EXPENSES FOR THE PURPOSES OF PARAGRAPH  (L)
 OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF THIS SECTION.   Any such use, pursuant to para-
 graphs (a), (c), (d), (h) and (j) of subdivision one  of  this  section,
 shall  not allow the exclusion of any district child solely because said
 child is not attending a district school or not attending  the  district
 school  which  is  sponsoring such use or on which grounds the use is to
 occur.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13267-01-5



              

2025-S8288A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §414, Ed L

2025-S8288A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the use of rooms within a public school at a reasonable rate.

2025-S8288A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8288A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8288--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing for the use
   of rooms within a public school at a reasonable rate
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  414 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 513 of the laws  of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  The  trustees  or board of education shall determine the terms and
 conditions for such use which may include REASONABLE rental at least  in
 an amount sufficient to cover all resulting expenses for the purposes of
 paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (i), (j) and (k) of subdivision
 one of this section. Any such use, pursuant to paragraphs (a), (c), (d),
 (h)  and  (j)  of  subdivision  one of this section, shall not allow the
 exclusion of any district child solely because said child is not attend-
 ing a district school or not attending  the  district  school  which  is
 sponsoring such use or on which grounds the use is to occur.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13267-02-5



              

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