Bill Text: NY S07466 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires public schools to start no earlier than eight thirty a.m.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S07466 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S07466-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7466 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE October 25, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- 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 requiring public schools to start no earlier than eight thirty a.m. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 60 to read as follows: 3 60. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring 4 all public schools within the state to start no earlier than eight thir- 5 ty a.m. 6 § 2. Section 3604 of the education law is amended by adding a new 7 subdivision 8-a to read as follows: 8 8-a. No public school within the state shall be entitled to any 9 portion of such school moneys on such apportionment unless the report of 10 the trustees or board of education for the preceding school year shall 11 show that the public schools started no earlier than eight thirty a.m. 12 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all 13 academic years beginning on and after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11912-01-1
