Bill Text: NY A06814 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits school districts from disallowing homeschooled students from participating in district interscholastic sports.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to education [A06814 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A06814-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6814
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 19, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Education
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to prohibiting school
         districts from disallowing home-schooled students  from  participating
         in district interscholastic sports
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 1501-d
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 1501-D. HOMESCHOOLED STUDENTS;  INTERSCHOLASTIC  SPORTS.    NOTWITH-
    4  STANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, BOARDS OF EDUCATION
    5  OF   SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  ARE  PROHIBITED  FROM  DISALLOWING  HOMESCHOOLED
    6  STUDENTS FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE  DISTRICT'S  INTERSCHOLASTIC  SPORTS,
    7  AND SHALL MAKE PROVISION FOR SUCH PARTICIPATION.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02993-01-3