New York A 6386: Establishes a New York city grant program for laundry equipment or facilities in certain schools

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A06386 Summary:

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Establishes a grant program for New York city's public K-12 schools which are eligible for support provided under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, for the purposes of installing laundry equipment for facilities for use by students and parents or guardians of students.

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03/04/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6386

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 4, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a New
 York city grant program for laundry equipment or facilities in certain
 schools

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3641-c
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 3641-c. New York city pilot grant program for laundry equipment or
 4 facilities. The chancellor of the New York city department of education
 5 shall establish a pilot program of competitively awarded grants within
 6 the amount appropriated for such purpose, to public schools serving
 7 grades kindergarten through twelve, which are eligible for support
 8 provided under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
 9 1965, for the purposes of installing laundry equipment for facilities
 10 for use by students and parents or guardians of students. When awarding
 11 such grants, preference shall be given to schools with significant
 12 percentages of students who reside in emergency housing and/or who expe-
 13 rience frequent absenteeism due to a lack of clean clothing.
 14 § 2. Eighteen months after the effective date of this act, the chan-
 15 cellor shall submit a report on the New York city pilot grant program
 16 for laundry equipment or facilities to the governor, the temporary pres-
 17 ident of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the
 18 senate education committee, and the chair of the assembly education
 19 committee, as well as make the report available on its website. The
 20 report shall include, but is not limited to: (a) the number of schools
 21 that were awarded funds; (b) the number of schools that applied for
 22 pilot grant but were not awarded funds; (c) the number of students at
 23 each school that were awarded pilot grant funds; (d) the number of
 24 students at each school that applied for the pilot grant program but

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02305-02-5

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 1 were not awarded funding; and (e) absenteeism and attendance results of
 2 schools that installed laundry equipment compared to previous years.
 3 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 4 the date on which it shall have become a law.

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