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                                   8002
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 1, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law,  in relation to allowing school
   districts to permit home-schooled students to attend career  education
   classes
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3602-c of the education law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 2-d to read as follows:
   2-D.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, STUDENTS
 WHO ARE ENTITLED TO ATTEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE STATE  WITHOUT  THE
 PAYMENT  OF  TUITION  PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED TWO OF THIS
 CHAPTER, AND WHO ARE HOME-SCHOOLED, SHALL, UPON THE WRITTEN  REQUEST  OF
 THE  PARENT OR PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION TO ANY SUCH STUDENT, APPLY TO
 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IN  WHICH  THE  STUDENT
 RESIDES,  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  ATTENDING  CAREER EDUCATION CLASSES, AS
 DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  AT  LOCAL
 BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. SUCH REQUESTS SHALL BE FILED
 BEFORE  THE  FIFTEENTH  DAY OF APRIL PRECEDING THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR WHICH
 THE REQUEST IS MADE. THE BOARD OF  EDUCATION  OR  TRUSTEE  OF  A  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  MAY  ESTABLISH  AND  ADOPT  A  POLICY  TO  ALLOW A STUDENT WHO
 RECEIVES HOME INSTRUCTION TO ATTEND SUCH CAREER EDUCATION  CLASSES.  THE
 POLICY SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS:
   A. THE STUDENT SHALL BE REQUIRED TO MEET ALL THE SAME RESPONSIBILITIES
 AND  STANDARDS  OF  BEHAVIOR  AND ELIGIBILITY AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT
 ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTENDING SUCH CAREER EDUCATION  CLASSES
 INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO THE HEALTH EXAMINATION AND IMMUNIZATION
 REQUIREMENTS;
   B. THE STUDENT SHALL ANNUALLY MEET ALL ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS  PURSUANT
 TO SECTION 100.10 OF COMMISSIONER REGULATIONS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10989-01-3
 A. 8002                             2
              

 
 BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  OR  TRUSTEE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY REQUIRE ADDI-
 TIONAL ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS; AND
   C.  TRANSPORTATION  SHALL  ONLY  BE PROVIDED TO SUCH STUDENTS FROM THE
 SCHOOL A SCHOOL BUS DEPARTS FROM TO  TRANSPORT  STUDENTS  TO  BOARDS  OF
 COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND BACK.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.