Bill Text: NY S02764 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides an exception to high school athletic competition eligibility by permitting pupils with a developmental or physical disability to compete for a fifth year.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S02764 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S02764-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2764 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 23, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RANZENHOFER -- 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 eligibility for senior high school athletic competition 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 3208-b 2 to read as follows: 3 S 3208-B. ELIGIBILITY FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC COMPETITION; 4 DISABILITY EXCEPTION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO 5 ALLOW A WAIVER OF THE FOUR-YEAR LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR SENIOR 6 HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC COMPETITION WHEN A STUDENT WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL OR 7 PHYSICAL DISABILITY, WHO IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED TO COMPETE AND HAS BEEN 8 SELECTED FOR SUCH COMPETITION IN THE PAST, HAS NOT YET GRADUATED HIGH 9 SCHOOL. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEFINE DEVELOPMENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABIL- 10 ITY FOR PURPOSES OF THIS WAIVER IN ACCORDANCE WITH PART 200 OF THE 11 COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS. SUCH WAIVER SHALL BE REQUESTED BY THE 12 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF SUCH STUDENT'S SCHOOL AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF 13 SUCH SCHOOL'S DISTRICT AND MAY BE GRANTED BY SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT'S 14 SECTION OF THE NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. 15 SUCH WAIVER SHALL ONLY ALLOW PARTICIPATION ON AN UNOFFICIAL, NON-SCORING 16 BASIS IN A NON-CONTACT OR NON-COLLISION SPORT, PROVIDED THAT ANOTHER 17 QUALIFIED STUDENT, WHO IS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR COMPETITION, IS NOT 18 DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. 19 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05155-01-3