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                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
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 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the use of
   the  onset  of menarche to determine a student's physical maturity for
   the purpose of permitting such  student  to  participate  in  athletic
   activities

   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  904-a
 to read as follows:
   §  904-A.  PHYSICAL  EVALUATIONS  REQUIRED  PRIOR  TO PARTICIPATION IN
 CERTAIN ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND
 REGULATIONS PROHIBITING THE USE OF THE ONSET OF MENARCHE AS A MEASURE OF
 A STUDENT'S LEVEL OF PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND MATURITY WHEN  DETERMINING
 THAT  THE STUDENT'S PARTICIPATION IN AN ATHLETIC ACTIVITY WILL NOT PRES-
 ENT A SAFETY OR HEALTH CONCERN FOR SUCH STUDENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05929-01-1