Senate Bill S4668

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to permitting students made homeless by an act of terrorism or natural disaster to attend the school district in which they resided for two school years after the event

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education 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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2017-S4668 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3209, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6568
2019-2020: S2142
2021-2022: S5191
2023-2024: S4723
2025-2026: S6645

2017-S4668 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to permitting students made homeless by an act of terrorism or natural disaster to attend the school district in which they resided for two school years after the event.

2017-S4668 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4668 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4668
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 24, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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  students
   made  homeless  by  an  act of terrorism or natural disaster to attend
   school in the school district in which they  resided  prior  to  being
   homeless for two school years after the event
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  3209  of  the  education  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph c-1 to read as follows:
   C-1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE
 A CHILD BECOMES HOMELESS AS A RESULT OF AN ACT OF TERRORISM OR A NATURAL
 DISASTER  WHICH  RESULTS  IN  THE DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY OR
 DISASTER BY THE STATE OR BY  THE  FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT,  SUCH  CHILD  MAY
 DESIGNATE  AND  CONTINUE TO BE ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ORIGIN
 FOR UP TO TWO FULL SCHOOL YEARS AFTER THE ACT OF  TERRORISM  OR  NATURAL
 DISASTER PROVIDED SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NOT OVERCROWDED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02038-01-7

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