Bill Text: NY S08014 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Provides that certain schools shall experience no financial harm for reduced enrollment or inability to operate for the full 180 session days due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-12-23 - approval memo.61 [S08014 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S08014-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Provides that certain schools shall experience no financial harm for reduced enrollment or inability to operate for the full 180 session days due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-12-23 - approval memo.61 [S08014 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S08014-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8014 IN SENATE March 9, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT in relation to providing that certain schools to receive tuition payments from the state for any period of time such schools are required to close in response to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of article 81 of the educa- 2 tion law, 8 NYCRR 175.6(b)(4) or any other provision of law, rule or 3 regulation to the contrary, any school created pursuant to chapter 853 4 of the laws of 1976 and commonly referred to as 853 schools, shall 5 continue to receive tuition payments from the state for any period of 6 time such schools are required to close in response to the outbreak of 7 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15794-01-0