New York S 2465: Allows home-schooled children to participate in interscholastic athletic activities and drivers ed in the district where they reside

Status: REFERRED TO EDUCATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 2465

Sponsors: John Liu, Alexis Weik, Anthony H. Palumbo, George Borrello, Jake Ashby, Pamela Helming, Rachel May, Robert Ortt

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S02465 Summary:

BILL NOS02465 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10631

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SPONSORLIU

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COSPNSRASHBY, BORRELLO, HELMING, MAY, ORTT, PALUMBO, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §806-a, add §3202-a, Ed L

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Allows home-schooled children to participate in interscholastic athletic activities and driver's education in the district where they reside.

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BILL NOS02465 

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01/21/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2465

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 21, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. LIU, ASHBY, MAY, ORTT, PALUMBO, WEIK -- read twice
 and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
 on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the participation of
 home-schooled pupils in certain school activities

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

 1 Section 1. Section 806-a of the education law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 3 3. Whenever such course of instruction is offered within a district, a
 4 child residing within that district but not attending the school at
 5 which such course is offered, may be allowed to participate in such
 6 course, provided such child otherwise meets the requirements of such
 7 course and pays fees related to such course, if any.
 8 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3202-a to
 9 read as follows:
 10 § 3202-a. Participation of home-schooled students in athletic activ-
 11 ities. Whenever a district shall offer an interscholastic athletic
 12 activity, a child residing within such district but not attending such
 13 school, may be allowed an opportunity to participate in such athletic
 14 activity; provided, that such child is not a pupil at another school
 15 within such district.
 16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 17 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06242-01-5

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