Bill Text: NY S04008 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to student governments in secondary schools.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-12-28 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S04008 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S04008-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4008--C 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 25, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MAYER, COMRIE, FUNKE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN, LIU, MAY, MONTGOMERY, PERSAUD, RAMOS, SALAZAR, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Educa- tion -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading 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. LBD09251-09-9