New York A 6693: Relates to conduit services

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A06693 Summary:

BILL NOA06693 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGallahan

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Ed L, generally

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Provides schools the option to operate one hundred eighty days of instruction or the equivalent number of hours of pupil instruction.

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BILL NOA06693 

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03/06/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA06693 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6693

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 7, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GALLAHAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the required number of
 days school is in session and providing schools the option to operate
 one hundred eighty days of instruction or the equivalent number of
 hours of pupil instruction

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds and declares
 2 that a number of schools nationwide have implemented a flexible school
 3 week schedule while still maintaining the statutorily required amount of
 4 instructional time. This type of flexibility has resulted in savings on
 5 such items as energy, transportation and substitute teacher costs, along
 6 with better attendance, less time lost to extracurricular activities,
 7 more opportunities for teacher training and appointments, and longer
 8 class periods for instructional time. Many of the districts in other
 9 states which have already implemented flexible school schedules tend to
 10 be smaller and rural with long transportation routes to and from
 11 schools, and with no other option to save costs other than to close
 12 schools or layoff staff. Given the fiscal crisis facing New York as well
 13 as rising fuel, energy, and transportation costs, a flexible school week
 14 schedule based on the equivalent hours of pupil instruction may offer
 15 schools operational flexibility without jeopardizing the amount of
 16 instructional time required by law.
 17 New York state is without legal authority to operate less than one
 18 hundred eighty days of instruction without forfeiting state aid. The
 19 lack of operational flexibility in school districts, in particular
 20 regard to instructional days, is a problem largely unaddressed in state
 21 statute or regulation. A well-planned alternative school week schedule
 22 can be cost-effective, and can provide flexibility for those school
 23 districts in fiscal crisis, while maintaining a quality education.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08811-01-5

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 1 Therefore, the legislature finds that enactment of this legislation is
 2 necessary and appropriate to make certain that school boards, after
 3 thorough review and public comment, have the discretion and authority to
 4 provide local school districts with operational flexibility to modify
 5 the number of instructional days per year, while maintaining the quality
 6 of education at the particular school or schools requesting a flexible
 7 school week schedule.
 8 § 2. Section 551 of the education law, as added by chapter 414 of the
 9 laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows:
 10 § 551. Apportionment. 1. In order to meet proper health, welfare and
 11 safety standards in qualifying schools for the benefit of the pupils
 12 enrolled therein, there shall be apportioned health, welfare and safety
 13 grants by the commissioner to each qualifying school for the school
 14 years beginning on and after July first, nineteen hundred seventy-one,
 15 an amount equal to the product of thirty dollars multiplied by the aver-
 16 age daily or equivalent hourly attendance of pupils receiving instruc-
 17 tion in such school, to be applied for costs of maintenance and repair.
 18 Such apportionment shall be increased by ten dollars multiplied by the
 19 average daily or equivalent hourly attendance of pupils receiving
 20 instruction in a school building constructed prior t