NY State Senate Bill 2017-S6969

Senate Bill S6969

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Allows home-schooled children to participate in interscholastic athletic activities and drivers ed in the district where they reside

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 12, 2018	committee discharged and committed to education
Jan 03, 2018	referred to alcoholism and drug abuse
Dec 13, 2017	referred to rules

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2017-S6969 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §806-a, add §3202-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S736
2021-2022: S5884
2023-2024: S2170

2017-S6969 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows home-schooled children to participate in interscholastic athletic activities and driver's education in the district where they reside.

2017-S6969 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6969

SPONSOR: MONTGOMERY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to the participation of
home-schooled pupils in certain school activities

 
PURPOSE:

The bill's purpose is to allow home schooled students to participate in
driver's education and interscholastic athletic activities which are
offered by the school within which district the student resides in.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill requires amendment of section 806a and section 3202-a of the
education law.

Section 1 adds a new subdivision 3 to section 806-a of the education
law. Whenever driver's education is offered within a district, a child

residing within the district but not attending the school at which the
course is offered, will be allowed to participate in the source,
provided the child meets the requirements and pays fees related, if
there are any. Section 2 adds a new section 3202-a to the education law.
Whenever a district offers an interscholastic athletic activity, a child
residing within the district but not attending the school, will be
allowed an opportunity to participate in such activity; provided, that
the child is not a pupil at another school within such district.

Section 3 sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The intention of this legislation is to amend the current education law,
which requires the student's enrollment in the school district as a
condition for participation in that school's interscholastic sports
program, in order for home schooled students to be better integrated in
society and societal activities through participation in public school's
interscholastic extracurricular activities.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2013-2014: A5711 - Referred to Education
2011-2012: A10485 - Referred to Education

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Undetermined

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Undetermined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it
shall have become a law.

2017-S6969 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6969
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- 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 the  participation  of
   home-schooled pupils in certain school activities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 806-a of the education law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. WHENEVER SUCH COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IS OFFERED WITHIN A DISTRICT, A
 CHILD  RESIDING  WITHIN  THAT  DISTRICT  BUT NOT ATTENDING THE SCHOOL AT
 WHICH SUCH COURSE IS OFFERED, SHALL BE ALLOWED TO  PARTICIPATE  IN  SUCH
 COURSE,  PROVIDED  SUCH  CHILD  OTHERWISE MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH
 COURSE AND PAYS FEES RELATED TO SUCH COURSE, IF ANY.
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  3202-a  to
 read as follows:
   §  3202-A.  PARTICIPATION OF HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS IN ATHLETIC ACTIV-
 ITIES. WHENEVER A  DISTRICT  SHALL  OFFER  AN  INTERSCHOLASTIC  ATHLETIC
 ACTIVITY,  A  CHILD RESIDING WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT BUT NOT ATTENDING SUCH
 SCHOOL, SHALL BE ALLOWED AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH  ATHLETIC
 ACTIVITY;  PROVIDED,  THAT  SUCH  CHILD IS NOT A PUPIL AT ANOTHER SCHOOL
 WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09126-01-7

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