NY State Senate Bill 2021-S1981

Senate Bill S1981

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing and directing the commissioner of education to allow students attending a school closed due to a viral outbreak to receive instructional time for work completed outside of the school

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to education
Jan 16, 2021	referred to education

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2021-S1981 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S8111
2023-2024: S1986

2021-S1981 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S1981 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1981

SPONSOR: JACKSON
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing and
directing the commissioner of education to allow students attending a
school closed due to a viral outbreak to receive instructional time for
work completed outside of the school; and providing for the repeal of
such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to allow students to accrue their required
annual instructional hours while they are completing their school work
outside of school due to their school's closure from a viral outbreak.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new subdivision 57 to Section 305 of the Education Law
that authorizes the Commissioner of Education to promulgate rules and

regulations to allow students to accrue instructional hours towards
their annual requirement for their school work completed outside of
school while their school is closed due to a viral outbreak.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has resulted in the
closure of many venues in order to contain and prevent further spread of
this disease. Colleges and universities have closed their classrooms and
have moved instruction of their courses online out of abundance of
caution so students, faculty, and staff do not catch the disease.
Schools in New York are also starting to close as well.  Students must
be allowed to complete their coursework outside of school and have that
completed coursework count towards their required instructional hours
because of these closures. Students should not be prevented from accru-
ing their required instructional hours because of school closures stem-
ming from a viral outbreak. This legislation authorizes the Commissioner
of Education to create rules and regulations to achieve this purpose.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-2020: S.8111 - Referred to Education

 
STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed December 31, 2020.

2021-S1981 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1981
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. JACKSON, PERSAUD -- 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  authorizing  and
   directing  the commissioner of education to allow students attending a
   school closed due to a viral outbreak to  receive  instructional  time
   for work completed outside of the school; and providing for the repeal
   of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
   57. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED  TO  PROMULGATE  RULES
 AND  REGULATIONS  WHICH  ALLOW  FOR  INSTRUCTIONAL  HOURS  TO BE ACCRUED
 TOWARDS THE REQUIRED ANNUAL INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS AND ANY  OTHER  INSTRUC-
 TIONAL HOUR REQUIREMENT FOR THE STUDENT'S GRADE FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME A
 STUDENT  SPENDS  COMPLETING SCHOOL WORK OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL WHILE SUCH
 SCHOOL IS CLOSED DUE TO A VIRAL OUTBREAK.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed December 31, 2021.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02320-01-1

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