NY State Senate Bill 2025-S8322

Senate Bill S8322

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the New York state public high school athletic association to establish a central committee, an executive committee, and state sport committees

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

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

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 02, 2025	referred to rules

2025-S8322 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8845
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §305, Ed L

2025-S8322 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to promulgate rules and regulations requiring the New York state public high school athletic association to establish a central committee, an executive committee, and state sport committees.

2025-S8322 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8322

SPONSOR: RYAN S
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the New York
state public high school athletic association to establish a central
committee, an executive committee, and state sport committees

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Commissioner of the New
York State Education Department to require the New York State Public
High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) to establish committees with
membership wholly representative of their member schools.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: amends section 305 of the education law by creating a new
subsection 63, granting the commissioner the authority to promulgate
rules and regulations requiring NYSPHSAA to establish a central commit-
tee, an executive committee, and sport committees. The new subsection

also outlines membership requirements for each committee.

Section 2: effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

NYSPHSAA is a non-profit, voluntary, educational service organization
composed of public, parochial, and private schools dedicated to provid-
ing equitable and safe competition for the students of its member
schools. The goals of NYSPHSAA include fostering a sportsmanlike envi-
ronment, and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

To that end, this legislation seeks to ensure that students attending
member large city school districts represented by the Conference of Big
5 School Districts (Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers) have a
voice on the committees responsible for.the gt vernance of NYSPHSAA.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S8322 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8322
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 2, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. S. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the New York
   state public high school athletic association to establish  a  central
   committee, an executive committee, and state sport committees

   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 63 to read as follows:
   63. A. THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED  TO  PROMUL-
 GATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  REQUIRING  THE NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC HIGH
 SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION TO ESTABLISH:
   (A) A CENTRAL COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF THE
 SECTIONS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BIG FIVE, ELECTED FROM THE NEW  YORK
 STATE  PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MEMBER SCHOOLS IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PLAN:
   (I) THE STATE SHALL BE DIVIDED INTO GEOGRAPHIC AREAS CALLED  SECTIONS,
 EACH OF WHICH SHALL ELECT FOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE:
 ONE  CHIEF  SCHOOL  OFFICER,  ONE  PRINCIPAL, ONE MALE REPRESENTATIVE OF
 ATHLETICS AND ONE FEMALE REPRESENTATIVE OF  ATHLETICS  FROM  THE  MEMBER
 SCHOOLS OF THE SECTION; AND
   (II)  THE  BIG  FIVE  SHALL  ALSO  APPOINT FOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO THE
 CENTRAL COMMITTEE: ONE CHIEF SCHOOL OFFICER,  ONE  PRINCIPAL,  ONE  MALE
 REPRESENTATIVE  OF  ATHLETICS AND ONE FEMALE REPRESENTATIVE OF ATHLETICS
 FROM THE MEMBER SCHOOLS OF THE SECTION;
   (B) AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF TWENTY-FOUR MEMBERS,  INCLUD-
 ING  EACH  OF  THE  FEMALE  REPRESENTATIVES  OF ATHLETICS ON THE CENTRAL
 COMMITTEE, AND ONE ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FROM  EACH  OF  THE  ELEVEN
 SECTIONS  AND  THE BIG FIVE AS DETERMINED BY EACH RESPECTIVE SECTION AND
 THE BIG FIVE.  SECTIONAL AND BIG FIVE REPRESENTATIVES  SHALL  CONSTITUTE
 THE VOTING BODY OF THE COMMITTEE; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13175-01-5

 S. 8322                             2
 
   (C)  STATE SPORT COMMITTEES CONSISTING OF ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH
 SECTION AND THE BIG FIVE.
   B.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "BIG FIVE" SHALL
 MEAN THE CONFERENCE OF BIG FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COMPRISING THE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS OF NEW YORK CITY, YONKERS, BUFFALO, SYRACUSE, AND ROCHESTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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