Bill Text: NY S01996 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the use of remote or virtual learning as a form of punishment or disciplinary action; provides exceptions for failure to comply with COVID-19 health and safety protocols.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01996 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01996-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1996

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 18, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the use of
          remote or virtual learning as a form  of  punishment  or  disciplinary
          action

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 3214 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 3-b to read as follows:
     3    3-b.  Remote  or virtual learning as a punishment prohibited. No board
     4  of education, board of  trustees  or  sole  trustee,  superintendent  of
     5  schools, district superintendent of schools, school principal, or teach-
     6  er  shall  require  a  student  to  attend classes via remote or virtual
     7  learning as a form  of  punishment  or  disciplinary  action.  Provided,
     8  however,  discipline  requiring  remote  learning may be implemented for
     9  failure to adhere to health and safety protocols, developed by state and
    10  local governments, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic,  including  but
    11  not  limited  to,  protocols related to masks and social distancing. Any
    12  such discipline shall be included  in  the  school  district's  code  of
    13  conduct and also posted separately on such school district's website.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




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