Assembly Actions -
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Mar 03, 2016 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to education |
Feb 03, 2015 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A4585
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CLARK
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- 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
co-Sponsors
David McDonough
Richard Gottfried
multi-Sponsors
James F. Brennan
N. Nick Perry
2015-A4585 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A4585 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4585 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 3, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CLARK, McDONOUGH, SCARBOROUGH, GOTTFRIED -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting discrimi- nation based on a person's family status or pregnancy status THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 and paragraphs (a) and (e) of subdivision 3 of section 313 of the education law, as amended by chapter 2 of the laws of 2002, are amended to read as follows: (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state that the Amer- ican ideal of equality of opportunity requires that students, otherwise qualified, be admitted to educational institutions and be given access to all the educational programs and courses operated or provided by such institutions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, creed, mari- tal status, age, sexual orientation as defined in section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law or national origin, except that, with regard to religious or denominational educational institutions, students, otherwise qualified, shall have the equal opportunity to attend therein without discrimination because of race, color, sex, mari- tal status, FAMILY STATUS, PREGNANCY STATUS, age, sexual orientation as defined in section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law or national origin. It is a fundamental American right for members of various religious faiths to establish and maintain educational insti- tutions exclusively or primarily for students of their own religious faith or to effectuate the religious principles in furtherance of which they are maintained. Nothing herein contained shall impair or abridge that right. (a) To exclude or limit or otherwise discriminate against any person or persons seeking admission as students to such institution or to any educational program or course operated or provided by such institution EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03232-01-5
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