Bill Text: NY S01399 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires any public school located in a city with a population of one million or more to offer a remote learning option to all primary and secondary students when such public school is located in a county determined by the federal centers for disease control and prevention to have a substantial or high level of community transmission of COVID-19.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION [S01399 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01399-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1399

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 11, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  LIU,  BRISPORT,  HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER,
          RAMOS, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered  printed,
          and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on New York City
          Education

        AN ACT to require any public school located in a city with a  population
          of  one  million or more to provide a remote learning option when such
          public school is located in a county where community  transmission  of
          COVID-19 is at a substantial or high level

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

     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation or order  to  the
     2  contrary,  any  public school located in a city with a population of one
     3  million or more shall provide a remote learning option  to  all  primary
     4  and  secondary  students  when such public school is located in a county
     5  determined by the federal centers for disease control and prevention  to
     6  have  a   substantial   or high   level   of   community transmission of
     7  COVID-19. Such remote learning option shall remain available  until  the
     8  federal  centers  for  disease  control  and  prevention determines that
     9  community transmission in such county is at a low or moderate level.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




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