Bill Text: NY S04008 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to student governments in secondary schools.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-12-28 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S04008 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4008
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 25, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- 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 encouraging  secondary
          schools to have student governments if feasible
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section  2503  of  the  education  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
     3    c.  Student  organizations  shall  include  student governments in all
     4  secondary schools consisting of peer elected students as long as  it  is
     5  feasible.   Each secondary school shall have a student government unless
     6  the board of education finds by  duly  noticed  resolution  that  it  is
     7  infeasible  to have a student government for the following year and such
     8  resolution cannot cover more than one school year.
     9    § 2. Subdivision 15 of section 2554 of the education law is amended by
    10  adding a new paragraph f to read as follows:
    11    f. Student organizations shall  include  student  governments  in  all
    12  secondary  schools  consisting of peer elected students as long as it is
    13  feasible.  Each secondary school shall have a student government  unless
    14  the  board  of  education  finds  by  duly noticed resolution that it is
    15  infeasible to have a student government for the following year and  such
    16  resolution cannot cover more than one school year.
    17    §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
    18  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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