NY State Senate Bill 2025-S2594

Senate Bill S2594

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires any public school located in a city with a population of one million or more to provide a remote learning option when community transmission of any illness is at a substantial or high level

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee New York City Education Committee

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2025-S2594 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate New York City Education
Law Section:: Public Health
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S7381
2023-2024: S1399

2025-S2594 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires any public school located in a city with a population of one million or more to offer a remote learning option to all primary and secondary students when such public school is located in a county determined by the federal centers for disease control and prevention to have a substantial or high level of community transmission of any illness deemed by the federal centers for disease control and prevention to be an outbreak.

2025-S2594 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2594

SPONSOR: LIU
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to require any public school located in a city with a population
of one million or more to provide a remote learning option when such
public school is located in a county where community transmission of any
illness is at a substantial or high level

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Requires that a public school located in a county with
substantial or high levels of community transmission of any disease or
illness defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an
outbreak in the United States provide a remote learning option.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Due to risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a remote learn- ing
option was made available to protect the students and their vulnerable
family members. A remote learning option significantly decreased the

risk and possible spread of COVID-19 transmission in schools and in the
community at large during the pandemic.

As we look forward to addressing public health and our ability to miti-
gate the spread of harmful illnesses, remote learning has proven to be
an effective solution in protecting the health of students, families and
teachers during periods of high levels of community transmission.

This bill would require that the Department of Education provide a
remote learning option whenever there is a substantial or high spread of
an illness defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to
be an outbreak in the United States. .

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

1/03/24 REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION

1/11/23 REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION

01/05/22 REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S2594 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2594
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  LIU,  BRISPORT,  HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER,
   RAMOS, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education
 
 AN  ACT to require any public school located in a city with a population
   of one million or more to provide a remote learning option  when  such
   public  school  is located in a county where community transmission of
   any illness is at a substantial or high level
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation or order to the
 contrary, any public school located in a city with a population  of  one
 million  or  more  shall provide a remote learning option to all primary
 and secondary students when such public school is located  in  a  county
 determined  by the federal centers for disease control and prevention to
 have a  substantial  or high  level  of  community transmission  of  any
 illness deemed by the federal centers for disease control and prevention
 to  be  an  outbreak. Such remote learning option shall remain available
 until the federal centers for disease control and prevention  determines
 that  community  transmission  in  such  county  is at a low or moderate
 level.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05982-02-5

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