Bill Text: NY S07401 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7401

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits the housing of migrants in schoolhouses or on such grounds in the New York City community school district system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION [S07401 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7401

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 23, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. LANZA, STEC, BORRELLO, MARTINS, MATTERA, TEDISCO --
          read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
          the Committee on New York City Education

        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the hous-
          ing of migrants in schoolhouses or on such grounds

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

     1    Section  1. Section 2590-h of the education law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 57 to read as follows:
     3    57. Establish a policy prohibiting schoolhouses and grounds from being
     4  used for the purposes of providing permanent or  temporary  housing  for
     5  migrant populations.
     6    §  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
     7  ments to section 2590-h of the education law made by section one of this
     8  act shall not affect the expiration and reversion of  such  section  and
     9  shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11605-01-3