New York S 8111: Relates to authorizing and directing the commissioner of education to allow students attending a school closed due to a viral outbreak to receive instructional time for work completed outside of the school

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S08111 Summary:

BILL NOS08111B

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SAME ASSAME AS A08942-A

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §609, R & SS L

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Provides for retirement credit to emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians for a child care leave of absence.

Go to top S08111 Actions:

BILL NOS08111B

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

06/12/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

06/12/2025PRINT NUMBER 8111A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

05/11/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

05/11/2026PRINT NUMBER 8111B

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8111--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Civil Service and Pensions in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 providing retirement credit to emergency medical technicians and
 advanced emergency medical technicians for a child care leave of
 absence

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

 1 Section 1. Section 609 of the retirement and social security law is
 2 amended by adding a new subdivision i to read as follows:
 3 i. Notwithstanding any other law or code provision that prohibits a
 4 member from receiving retirement credit for any period during which the
 5 member was absent on leave without pay, including but not limited to,
 6 subdivision c of this section, any EMT member, as defined in paragraph
 7 two of subdivision a of section four hundred forty-five-e of this chap-
 8 ter and paragraph one of subdivision a of section six hundred four-e of
 9 this article, as added by chapter five hundred seventy-seven of the laws
 10 of two thousand, who is absent without pay for a child care leave of
 11 absence pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement
 12 covering the EMT member shall be eligible for credit for such period of
 13 child care leave provided such member files a claim for such service
 14 credit with the pension fund by December thirty-first, two thousand
 15 twenty-six or within ninety days following termination of the child care
 16 leave, whichever is later, and contributes to the pension fund an amount
 17 which such member would have contributed during the period of such child
 18 care leave, together with interest thereon. Service credit provided

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11193-07-6

 S. 8111--B 2

 1 pursuant to this subdivision shall not exceed one year of credit for
 2 each period of authorized child care leave.
 3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 SUMMARY: This proposed legislation would permit Emergency Medical
 Technicians of the New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS)
 to apply for and purchase up to one year of service credit for each
 period of authorized unpaid childcare leave.

 ILLUSTRATION - INCREASE (DECREASE) IN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
 by Fiscal Year for the first 25 years ($)

 Year One Year of One Year of Service
 Service Purchased Purchased Per Year
 2027 600 600
 2028 600 1,300
 2029 600 1,900
 2030 600 2,600
 2031 600 3,300
 2032 600 4,000
 2033 600 4,800
 2034 600 5,600
 2035 600 6,300
 2036 600 7,200
 2037 600 8,000
 2038 600 8,900
 2039 600 9,800
 2040 600 10,700
 2041 0 11,000
 2042 0 11,300
 2043 0 11,700
 2044 0 12,000
 2045 0 12,400
 2046 0 12,700
 2047 0 13,100
 2048 0 13,500
 2049 0 13,900
 2050 0 14,300
 2051 0 14,800

 Employer contribution impact beyond Fiscal Year 2051 is not shown.

 The potential increases in employ