Bill Text: NY A08701 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to student governments in secondary schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A08701 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08701-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8701

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    October 23, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to student governments

          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 817 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 817. Student government. The board of education or trustees of every
     4  school district serving high school  students  in  grades  nine  through
     5  twelve  with  no  districtwide  or school building peer selected student
     6  government shall establish at least one student government  organization
     7  within  such  district  or school building with the goal of ensuring all
     8  eligible students have the opportunity to participate  in  such  student
     9  government.
    10    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
    11  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09251-10-9