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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 12, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S678
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S678 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง3204-a, Ed L
2009-S678 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires the furnishing of programs and services to pupils who attend private or parochial schools upon request of persons in parental relation; provides that such programs and services shall include participation in all extra-curricular activities, and participation in intraschool, intramural, and extramural athletics.
2009-S678 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S678 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to the provision of certain programs and services to private or parochial school pupils PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To allow private or parochial school pupils to participate in inter-school, intramural and extramural athletics, and other extracurricular activities with the consent of the board of education. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1: Adds a new Education Law section 3204-a to provide that local school districts shall allow private or parochial school children to participate in extracurricular activities and school athletic programs, upon a written request, to the board of education which is filed prior to June first each year. JUSTIFICATION : Presently, private or parochial school pupils may participate in extracurricular activities and intramural & extramural sports at the discretion of the local board of education, are precluded from participating in interscholastic sports by regulation. However, their families pay real property taxes to financially support such local school district. This legislation would afford parents of private or
2009-S678 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 678 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 12, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LARKIN -- 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 the provision of certain programs and services to private or parochial school pupils 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 3204-a to read as follows: S 3204-A. PROVISION OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO PRIVATE OR PAROCHIAL SCHOOL PUPILS. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "PROGRAMS AND SERVICES" SHALL MEAN PARTICIPATION IN ALL EXTRACUR- RICULAR ACTIVITIES, AND INTRASCHOOL, INTRAMURAL, AND EXTRAMURAL ATHLET- ICS PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER. 2. THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ANY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE SHALL FURNISH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO PUPILS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THIS STATE AND WHO ATTEND PRIVATE OR PARO- CHIAL SCHOOLS IN SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF THE PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATION TO ANY SUCH PUPIL. SUCH A REQUEST SHALL BE FILED WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THE PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATION TO ANY SUCH PUPIL RESIDE ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE PRECEDING THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR WHICH THE REQUEST IS MADE. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00499-02-9
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