New York S 10372: Requires community service for graduation from high school

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S10372 Summary:

BILL NOS10372 

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SPONSORRHOADS

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Requires a total of thirty-six hours, or eight hours per year, for a high school student to graduate.

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BILL NOS10372 

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05/15/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10372

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring community
 service by certain students

 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 819 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 819. Community service. The commissioner, in cooperation with the
 4 board of regents, is authorized and directed to establish and develop a
 5 requirement of community service for all secondary school students. All
 6 secondary school students shall complete a minimum of eight community
 7 service hours per academic year in grades nine through twelve. Thirty-
 8 six hours of community service is necessary for a student to graduate.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 10 the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13495-01-5

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