Bill Text: NY A05573 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits local trustees or boards of education from deeming students nonresidents when they must move to neighboring districts temporarily while parents are deployed to active military service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-20 - enacting clause stricken [A05573 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A05573-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5573
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 23, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. TOWNS, STEVENSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
A. PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to school district resi-
dency requirements for students whose parents are activated to mili-
tary service
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3202 of the education law is
2 amended to read as follows:
3 2. Nonresidents of a district, if otherwise competent, may be admitted
4 into the school or schools of a district or city, upon the consent of
5 the trustees or the board of education, upon terms prescribed by such
6 trustees or board. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
7 CONTRARY, NONRESIDENT STATUS SHALL NOT APPLY TO A STUDENT WHO SUBSE-
8 QUENTLY BECOMES A NONRESIDENT BECAUSE HE OR SHE MUST RESIDE OUTSIDE OF
9 HIS OR HER SCHOOL DISTRICT TEMPORARILY WHILE ONE OR BOTH PARENTS ARE IN
10 ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE.
11 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09647-01-1
