New York S 6581: Exempts compensation for active military service from inclusion in a resident's adjusted gross income

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S06581 Summary:

BILL NOS06581 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04820

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SPONSORCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §912, add §3039, Ed L

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Requires school districts and board of cooperative educational services to pay physical therapists and occupational therapists in alignment with the department's career ladder pathway framework; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOS06581 

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03/18/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6581

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher
 Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to physical therapists
 and occupational therapists in school districts and board of cooper-
 ative educational services

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

 1 Section 1. Section 912 of the education law, as amended by chapter 477
 2 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 912. Health and welfare services to all children. The voters and/or
 4 trustees or board of education of every school district shall, upon
 5 request of the authorities of a school other than public, provide resi-
 6 dent children who attend such school with any or all of the health and
 7 welfare services and facilities which are made available by such voters
 8 and/or trustees or board of education to or for children attending the
 9 public schools of the district. Such services may include, but are not
 10 limited to all services performed by a physician, physician assistant,
 11 physical therapist, occupational therapist, dentist, dental hygienist,
 12 registered professional nurse, nurse practitioner, school psychologist,
 13 school social worker or school speech therapist, and may also include
 14 dental prophylaxis, vision and hearing screening examinations, the
 15 taking of medical histories and the administration of health screening
 16 tests, the maintenance of cumulative health records and the adminis-
 17 tration of emergency care programs for ill or injured students. Any such
 18 services or facilities shall be so provided notwithstanding any
 19 provision of any charter or other provision of law inconsistent here-
 20 with. Where children residing in one school district attend a school
 21 other than public located in another school district, the school author-
 22 ities of the district of residence shall contract with the school
 23 authorities of the district where such nonpublic school is located, for

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01816-01-5

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 1 the provision of such health and welfare services and facilities to such
 2 children by the school district where such nonpublic school is located,
 3 for a consideration to be agreed upon between the school authorities of
 4 such districts, subject to the approval of the qualified voters of the
 5 district of residence when required under the provisions of this chap-
 6 ter. Every such contract shall be in writing and in the form prescribed
 7 by the commissioner, and before such contract is executed the same shall
 8 be submitted for approval to the superintendent of schools having juris-
 9 diction over such district of residence and such contract shall not
 10 become effective until approved by such superintendent.
 11 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3039 to read
 12 as follows:
 13 § 3039. Physical and occupational therapists. Each school district or
 14 board of cooperative educational services which employs a physical ther-
 15 apist as licensed pursuant to article one hundred thirty-six of this
 16 chapter or an occupational therapist licensed pursuant to article one
 17 hundred fifty-six of this chapter shall categorize and pay such thera-
 18 pists in alignment with the department's car