Bill Text: NY S08090 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study on the number of children who are caregivers and how being a caregiver impacts their education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-11 - PRINT NUMBER 8090A [S08090 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08090-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8090--A
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 27, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN  ACT  authorizing  and  directing  the  commissioner  of education to
          conduct a study on the number of children who are caregivers  and  how
          being a caregiver impacts their education
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The commissioner of  education  is  hereby  authorized  and
     2  directed to conduct a study on the number of children who are caregivers
     3  and  how  being  a  caregiver  impacts the child's education. "Caregiver
     4  children" shall be defined as students with sick, disabled,  or  elderly
     5  relatives that such students care for outside of school. The commission-
     6  er  of  education  shall give recommendations based on the study's find-
     7  ings. Such study shall include, but not be limited to:
     8    (a) the number of caregiver children within the state;
     9    (b) the amount of time caregiver children spend caring for relatives;
    10    (c) how being a caregiver child impacts the child's education;
    11    (d) the circumstances that lead to a child becoming a caregiver child;
    12  and
    13    (e) any recommendations on how  to  reduce  the  negative  educational
    14  impacts of being a caregiver child.
    15    § 2. On or before January 1, 2020, the commissioner of education shall
    16  submit  a report of his or her findings, conclusions and recommendations
    17  to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of
    18  the  assembly,  and  the chairs of the senate and assembly committees on
    19  education. Such report shall also include such legislative proposals  as
    20  such  commissioner  deems  necessary to implement his or her recommenda-
    21  tions.
    22    § 3. 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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