New York S 5444: Establishes protections for the rights of pregnant students, parenting students, and students with pregnancy-related conditions in schools

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S05444 Summary:

BILL NOS05444B

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SAME ASSAME AS A06606-B

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SPONSORPERSAUD

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Title 7 Art 129-C §§6450 - 6450-c, amd §§355, 6306 & 6206, Ed L

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Establishes protections for the rights of pregnant students, parenting students, and students with pregnancy-related conditions in schools; requires schools to establish liaison officers for such students and to disseminate information relating to resources available to such students; directs that rules be established to administer such rights and to establish minimum periods of time for a leave of absence at the student's option.

Go to top S05444 Actions:

BILL NOS05444B

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02/21/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

04/15/2025REFERENCE CHANGED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

05/16/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

05/16/2025PRINT NUMBER 5444A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

04/16/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

04/16/2026PRINT NUMBER 5444B

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5444--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- committee
 discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Higher Educa-
 tion -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the
 Committee on Higher Education 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 education law, in relation to protecting rights of
 pregnant students, parenting students, and students with pregnancy-re-
 lated conditions in schools and education

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "protecting rights of pregnant students, parenting students, and
 3 students with pregnancy-related conditions in schools and education
 4 act".
 5 § 2. Title 7 of the education law is amended by adding a new article
 6 129-C to read as follows:
 7 ARTICLE 129-C
 8 PROTECTIONS FOR PREGNANT STUDENTS,
 9 PARENTING STUDENTS, AND STUDENTS WITH PREGNANCY-RELATED CONDITIONS
 10 Section 6450. Definitions.
 11 6450-a. Rights and protections.
 12 6450-b. Designation of liaison officer.
 13 6450-c. Dissemination of information.
 14 § 6450. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms
 15 shall have the following meanings:
 16 1. "Institution" shall mean any college or university chartered by the
 17 regents or incorporated by special act of the legislature that maintains
 18 a campus in New York.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09767-11-6

 S. 5444--B 2

 1 2. "Parenting student" shall have the same meaning as "familial
 2 status" as defined in subdivision twenty-six of section two hundred
 3 ninety-two of the executive law.
 4 3. "Pregnancy-related condition" shall include but not be limited to
 5 childbirth, termination of pregnancy, lactation, and medical conditions
 6 or recovery related to any of these conditions.
 7 4. "Reasonable accommodation" shall mean actions taken which permit a
 8 student, prospective student, parenting student or student with a preg-
 9 nancy-related condition, to perform in a reasonable manner the activ-
 10 ities involved in obtaining a degree from an educational institution or
 11 participating in student life and include, but are not limited to,
 12 provision of an accessible learning environment, acquisition or modifi-
 13 cation of equipment, support services for pregnant students, parenting
 14 students or students with a pregnancy-related condition, and modified
 15 learning or testing schedule; provided, however, that such actions do
 16 not impose an undue hardship on the institution from which such actions
 17 are requested.
 18 5. "Cooperative dialogue" shall mean the