Bill Text: NY A10183 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits school districts from authorizing a currently enrolled public school student to be home schooled when the superintendent of the school district is notified of a pending child abuse or neglect investigation or if either custodial parent or a person instructing the child has been convicted of domestic violence, child abuse, or neglect.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-10 - referred to education [A10183 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A10183-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10183

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 10, 2024
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        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Bores) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting  the  home
          instruction of children in certain circumstances

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

     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Raylee's law".
     2    § 2. Section 3205 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     3  subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     4    4.  A  school  district  may not authorize a currently enrolled public
     5  school student to be instructed in the home if there is a pending  child
     6  abuse  or  neglect  investigation  against  either custodial parent or a
     7  person instructing the child, or if either custodial parent or a  person
     8  instructing  the  child  has ever been convicted of domestic violence or
     9  child abuse or neglect. The board of education of every school  district
    10  within the state shall develop and institute a policy to ensure that the
    11  school  district  superintendent is contacted when a report of suspected
    12  child abuse or neglect is made by  a  school  teacher  or  other  school
    13  personnel. Upon determination by the school district superintendent that
    14  an  investigation  has  been initiated, the superintendent shall request
    15  confirmation of case status from  the  office  of  children  and  family
    16  services,  which  shall provide confirmation within forty-eight hours of
    17  receipt of such request.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15316-01-4