Assembly Bill A5849

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study on the number of children who are caregivers and how being a caregiver impacts their education

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  • 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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2021-A5849 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2114
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education, Commissioner of
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10480, S8090
2019-2020: A2557, S2170
2023-2024: A822, A9010, S965

2021-A5849 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study on the number of children who are caregivers and how being a caregiver impacts their education.

2021-A5849 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5849
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JOYNER, COOK, LAVINE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
   of A. NIOU, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Educa-
   tion
 
 AN ACT authorizing  and  directing  the  commissioner  of  education  to
   conduct  a  study on the number of children who are caregivers and how
   being a caregiver impacts their education

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  commissioner  of  education is hereby authorized and
 directed to conduct a study on the number of children who are caregivers
 and how being a caregiver  impacts  the  child's  education.  "Caregiver
 children"  shall  be defined as students with sick, disabled, or elderly
 relatives that such students care for outside of school. The commission-
 er of education shall give recommendations based on  the  study's  find-
 ings. Such study shall include, but not be limited to:
   (a) the number of caregiver children within the state;
   (b) the amount of time caregiver children spend caring for relatives;
   (c) how being a caregiver child impacts the child's education;
   (d) the circumstances that lead to a child becoming a caregiver child;
 and
   (e)  any  recommendations  on  how  to reduce the negative educational
 impacts of being a caregiver child.
   § 2. Within one year of the effective date of this  act,  the  commis-
 sioner  of  education  shall  submit  a  report  of his or her findings,
 conclusions and recommendations to the governor, the temporary president
 of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the chairs of the senate
 and assembly committees on education. Such  report  shall  also  include
 such  legislative  proposals  as  such  commissioner  deems necessary to
 implement his or her recommendations.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03950-01-1

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