Bill Text: NY S08014 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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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-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         8014--B

                    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  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT in relation to  providing  that  certain  schools  shall  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 articles 81, 85 and 89 of
     2  the education law, 8 NYCRR 175.6(b)(4) or any other  provision  of  law,
     3  rule or regulation to the contrary, any school created pursuant to chap-
     4  ter  853  of the laws of 1976 and commonly referred to as an 853 school,
     5  any institution set forth in section 4201 of the education law providing
     6  instruction for the deaf or the blind, any provider of special education
     7  services or programs pursuant to section  4410 of the education law  and
     8  any  special  act  school  district  shall  continue  to receive tuition
     9  payments from the state for any period of time such schools are required
    10  to close in  response  to  the  outbreak  of  coronavirus  disease  2019
    11  (COVID-19).
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15794-03-0