New York S 2631: Requires public elementary schools to start no earlier than eight a.m. and public secondary schools to start no earlier than eight thirty a.m.

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S02631 Summary:

BILL NOS02631A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRPALUMBO

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§305 & 3604, Ed L

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Requires public elementary schools to start no earlier than eight a.m. and public secondary schools to start no earlier than eight thirty a.m.

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BILL NOS02631A

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01/22/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/27/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

01/27/2025PRINT NUMBER 2631A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2631--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- 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

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring public
 elementary schools to start no earlier than eight a.m. and public
 secondary schools to start no earlier than eight thirty a.m.

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

 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 63 to read as follows:
 3 63. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring
 4 all public elementary schools within the state to start no earlier than
 5 eight a.m. and all public secondary schools within the state to start no
 6 earlier than eight thirty a.m.
 7 § 2. Section 3604 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 8 subdivision 8-a to read as follows:
 9 8-a. a. No public elementary school within the state shall be enti-
 10 tled to any portion of such school moneys on such apportionment unless
 11 the report of the trustees or board of education for the preceding
 12 school year shall show that such public elementary school started no
 13 earlier than eight a.m.
 14 b. No public high school within the state shall be entitled to any
 15 portion of such school moneys on such apportionment unless the report of
 16 the trustees or board of education for the preceding school year shall
 17 show that such public secondary schools started no earlier than eight
 18 thirty a.m.
 19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 20 academic years beginning on and after such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06985-02-5

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