Bill Text: NY A04662 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An act to amend the education law, in relation to providing for the availability of adequate supplies for left-handed students

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to education [A04662 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A04662-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4662
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 5, 2009
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  providing  for  the
         availability of adequate supplies for left-handed students
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 42 to read as follows:
    3    42. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE
    4  FOR THE PROPORTIONATE  AVAILABILITY  OF  ADEQUATE  SCHOOL  SUPPLIES  AND
    5  EQUIPMENT  FOR  USE  BY LEFT-HANDED STUDENTS WHERE ADEQUATE SUPPLIES AND
    6  EQUIPMENT ARE AVAILABLE FOR USE BY RIGHT-HANDED STUDENTS.  THE RULES AND
    7  REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY TO  ANY
    8  SCHOOL  SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR SCHOOLS ON
    9  OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07611-01-9
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