Bill Text: NY A05109 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the appointment of a military liaison to each school district, charter school, and private elementary and secondary school for purposes of providing military families with information regarding benefits they may be eligible for under the laws of this state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to education [A05109 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A05109-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5109

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 11, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education

        AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to the appointment of a
          military liaison to each school district

          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 59 to read as follows:
     3    59.  The  commissioner shall direct that each school district, charter
     4  school, and private elementary and secondary school appoint  a  military
     5  liaison  for  purposes  of  providing military families with information
     6  regarding benefits they may be eligible  for  under  the  laws  of  this
     7  state.  Such  liaison  shall provide information to families relating to
     8  article sixty-six of this chapter in addition  to  information  relating
     9  to,  but  not  limited  to,  taxes,  insurance, state aid, scholarships,
    10  social services, and retirement.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    12  have  become  a  law.    Effective  immediately, the addition, amendment
    13  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
    14  of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before
    15  such effective date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08855-01-1