Bill Text: NY S05928 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Permits membership in parent-teacher associations of community school districts by grandparents considered to be "person in parental relation" where parent or other person having legal custody indicates in writing that such grandparent provides direct care and exercises control over the child on a regular basis; makes provision for greater involvement in school related activities by such person in parental relation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S05928 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S05928-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5928--A
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 18, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  KLEIN,  KRUEGER, MONSERRATE, MONTGOMERY,
         PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
         committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules -- committee discharged, bill
         amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
         tee
       AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting membership
         in certain school related  associations  by  grandparents  of  certain
         children
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 15 of section 2590-h of the education  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended by adding a new
    3  closing paragraph to read as follows:
    4    THE CHANCELLOR SHALL BY RULE OR REGULATION PROVIDE FOR THE INVOLVEMENT
    5  INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP, IN  ANY  PARENTS'  ASSOCIATION  OR  PARENT-TEACHER
    6  ASSOCIATION  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, OF A GRANDPARENT
    7  OF A CHILD WHO ATTENDS A SCHOOL WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMUNITY
    8  SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE THE PARENT OR OTHER PERSON HAVING  LEGAL  CUSTODY
    9  OF  SUCH  CHILD  HAS INDICATED IN WRITING THAT SUCH GRANDPARENT PROVIDES
   10  DIRECT CARE AND EXERCISES CONTROL OVER THE CHILD ON A REGULAR BASIS.
   11    S 2. Subdivision 15 of section 2590-h of the education law, as amended
   12  by chapter 720 of the laws of 1996, is amended by adding a  new  closing
   13  paragraph to read as follows:
   14    THE CHANCELLOR SHALL BY RULE OR REGULATION PROVIDE FOR THE INVOLVEMENT
   15  INCLUDING  MEMBERSHIP,  IN  ANY  PARENTS'  ASSOCIATION OR PARENT-TEACHER
   16  ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, OF  A  GRANDPARENT
   17  OF A CHILD WHO ATTENDS A SCHOOL WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMUNITY
   18  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  WHERE THE PARENT OR OTHER PERSON HAVING LEGAL CUSTODY
   19  OF SUCH CHILD HAS INDICATED IN WRITING THAT  SUCH  GRANDPARENT  PROVIDES
   20  DIRECT CARE AND EXERCISES CONTROL OVER THE CHILD ON A REGULAR BASIS.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 5928--A                          2
    1    S  3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
    2  ments to subdivision 15 of section 2590-h of the education law  made  by
    3  section one of this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion
    4  of  such subdivision pursuant to section 34 of chapter 91 of the laws of
    5  2002,  as  amended, when upon such date the provisions of section two of
    6  this act shall take effect.