Bill Text: NY S06969 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows home-schooled children to participate in interscholastic athletic activities and driver's education in the district where they reside.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-12 - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO EDUCATION [S06969 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06969-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6969
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    December 13, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the  participation  of
          home-schooled pupils in certain school activities
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 806-a of the education law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3. Whenever such course of instruction is offered within a district, a
     4  child  residing  within  that  district  but not attending the school at
     5  which such course is offered, shall be allowed to  participate  in  such
     6  course,  provided  such  child  otherwise meets the requirements of such
     7  course and pays fees related to such course, if any.
     8    § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  3202-a  to
     9  read as follows:
    10    §  3202-a.  Participation of home-schooled students in athletic activ-
    11  ities. Whenever a  district  shall  offer  an  interscholastic  athletic
    12  activity,  a  child residing within such district but not attending such
    13  school, shall be allowed an opportunity to participate in such  athletic
    14  activity;  provided,  that  such  child is not a pupil at another school
    15  within such district.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    17  it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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