Bill Text: NY A06803 | 2019-2020 | 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) 2020-07-14 - held for consideration in education [A06803 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06803-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6803
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 20, 2019
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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 60 to read as follows:
     3    60.  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  and
    15  completed on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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