New York A 389: Enables high school students to use public transportation without charge in order to ride to and from school

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A00389 Summary:

BILL NOA00389 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03436

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SPONSORStirpe (MS)

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COSPNSRBenedetto, Cook, Peoples-Stokes, Rosenthal, Woerner, Cruz, Taylor, Hunter, Fall, Lupardo,
 Santabarbara, Brabenec, Mikulin, Miller, Morinello, Ra, Walsh, Giglio, Manktelow, Barclay,
 Fitzpatrick, Smullen, DeStefano, McDonough, McMahon, Gallagher, Buttenschon, Durso, Levenberg,
 Clark, Weprin, Kay, Lunsford, Angelino, Gallahan, Bendett, DiPietro, Maher, Kassay, Simpson,
 Berger, Hevesi, Pirozzolo, Blankenbush, Eachus, Lucas, Jensen

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MLTSPNSRHawley, Ramos, Steck, Tague

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Add §3235, Ed L

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Allows school districts to permit home-schooled students to participate in district interscholastic sports.

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BILL NOA00389 

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01/08/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 389

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE, BENEDETTO, COOK, PEOPLES-STOKES, ROSEN-
 THAL, WOERNER, CRUZ, TAYLOR, HUNTER, FALL, LUPARDO, SANTABARBARA,
 BRABENEC, MIKULIN, MILLER, MORINELLO, RA, WALSH, GIGLIO, MANKTELOW,
 BARCLAY, FITZPATRICK, SMULLEN, DeSTEFANO, McDONOUGH, McMAHON, GALLAGH-
 ER, BUTTENSCHON, DURSO, LEVENBERG, CLARK, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by
 -- M. of A. HAWLEY, RAMOS, STECK, TAGUE -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing school
 districts to permit home-schooled students to participate in district
 interscholastic sports

 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 3235
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 3235. Home instruction students and interscholastic sports. The
 4 board of education or trustee of a school district may establish and
 5 adopt a policy to allow a student who receives home instruction to try
 6 out for and participate on a school district's interschool athletic
 7 team. The policy shall include, but not be limited to the following
 8 provisions:
 9 1. The student shall be required to meet all the same responsibilities
 10 and standards of behavior and eligibility for practice and competition
 11 as a public school student enrolled in the school district participating
 12 on the interschool athletic team including but not limited to the health
 13 examination, immunization, and age eligibility requirements;
 14 2. The student shall annually meet all academic requirements pursuant
 15 to section 100.10 of commissioner regulations; provided, however, that a
 16 board of education or trustee of a school district may require addi-
 17 tional academic eligibility requirements;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01490-01-5

 A. 389 2

 1 3. The student shall only be eligible to try out for and participate
 2 on their school district of residence's interschool athletic team; and
 3 4. Transportation shall be provided by the parent or guardian of the
 4 student.
 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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