New York A 10624: Requires any public school located in a city with a population of one million or more to provide a remote learning option when community transmission of any illness is at a substantial or high level

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STATE OF NEW YORK
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10624
IN ASSEMBLY
March 13, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to require any public school located in a city with a population
of one million or more to provide a remote learning option when such
public school is located in a county where community transmission of
any illness is at a substantial or high level
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation or order to the
2 contrary, any public school located in a city with a population of one
3 million or more shall provide a remote learning option to all primary
4 and secondary students when such public school is located in a county
5 determined by the federal centers for disease control and prevention to
6 have a substantial or high level of community transmission of any
7 illness deemed by the federal centers for disease control and prevention
8 to be an outbreak. Such remote learning option shall remain available
9 until the federal centers for disease control and prevention determines
10 that community transmission in such county is at a low or moderate
11 level.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05982-02-5