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                                   4137
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. STIRPE, BUTTENSCHON -- 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.
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 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.