Bill Text: NY A02460 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the state to reimburse non-public and private schools for the cost of testing where COVID-19 testing is being mandated by the state.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-5)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to education [A02460 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02460-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2460

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 26, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. HEVESI, BRABENEC, BUTTENSCHON, SEAWRIGHT, DINOW-
          ITZ, TAYLOR, BYRNES, TAGUE,  McDONOUGH,  STERN,  THIELE,  EICHENSTEIN,
          GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

        AN  ACT  relating  to  requiring  the  state to reimburse non-public and
          private schools where COVID testing is mandated

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
     2  where  COVID-19  testing  of students, teachers and staff is mandated by
     3  the state pursuant to executive order or  other  directive  relating  to
     4  in-person  instruction  and settings, the state shall reimburse all non-
     5  public and private schools that are subject  to  such  mandate  for  the
     6  costs  associated  with  such  testing requirements. The commissioner of
     7  education shall adopt necessary rules and/or regulations and  provide  a
     8  process  and  procedure  to  ensure  the reimbursement of eligible costs
     9  pursuant to this act.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05028-01-3