New York S 8597: Relates to establishing emergency mental health units

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S08597 Summary:

BILL NOS08597 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10021

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SPONSORMAYER

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COSPNSRFAHY, MAY, RAMOS, SALAZAR, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §3201-b, Ed L

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Prohibits children from being denied access to a free public education on account of perceived or actual citizenship or immigration status or the perceived or actual citizenship or immigration status of their parents or person in a parental relationship.

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BILL NOS08597 

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12/03/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8597

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 December 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting children
 from being denied access to a free public education due to citizenship
 or immigration status

 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 3201-b
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 3201-b. Denial of a free public education prohibited. 1. For
 4 purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following
 5 meanings:
 6 (a) "School" shall include a school district, public school, charter
 7 school, board of cooperative educational services, special act school
 8 district as defined in section four thousand one of this chapter,
 9 approved preschool special education program pursuant to section forty-
 10 four hundred ten of this chapter, approved private residential or non-
 11 residential school for the education of students with disabilities
 12 including private schools established under chapter eight hundred
 13 fifty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-six, or state-oper-
 14 ated or state-supported school in accordance with article eighty-five,
 15 eighty-seven or eighty-eight of this chapter.
 16 (b) "School property" shall mean: in or within any building, struc-
 17 ture, athletic playing field, playground, parking lot, or land contained
 18 within the real property boundary line of a school; or in or on a school
 19 bus, as defined in section one hundred forty-two of the vehicle and
 20 traffic law.
 21 (c) "School function" shall mean a school sponsored event or activity,
 22 including if such event or activity occurs outside of school property.
 23 (d) "Immigration authorities" shall mean any officer, employee,
 24 government employee, or agent thereof, who is responsible for enforce-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13665-09-5

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 1 ment of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, including but not
 2 limited to any officer or agent of the United States immigration and
 3 customs enforcement agency or the United States customs and border
 4 protection, and any officer or agent of local law enforcement partic-
 5 ipating in or otherwise facilitating immigration enforcement activity.
 6 (e) "Child" shall mean a person entitled to attend the public schools
 7 of this state under section three thousand two hundred two of this part.
 8 (f) "School personnel" shall mean any employee, agent, or officer of a
 9 school or any volunteer or employee of any firm, corporation, institu-
 10 tion, or governmental agency who works on school property.
 11 2. Notwithstanding any general, special, local law, rule or regulation
 12 of the education department to the contrary, no child shall be refused
 13 admission into, be discouraged from participation in, have their admis-
 14 sion delayed, or be excluded from any school in the state of New York on
 15 account of perceived or actual citizenship or immigration status or the
 16 perceived or actual citizenship or immigration status of their parents
 17 or person in a parental relationship.
 18 (a) No school or school personnel shall exclude, discourage, or impede
 19 a student from participation in or deny a student the benefits of any