S02175 Summary:

BILL NOS02175
 
SAME ASSAME AS A03678-A
 
SPONSORROBACH
 
COSPNSRAKSHAR, AMEDORE, AVELLA, ESPAILLAT, FUNKE, HAMILTON, LATIMER, LAVALLE, MARCHIONE, MARTINS, MONTGOMERY, NOZZOLIO, ORTT, PARKER, RITCHIE, RIVERA, SEWARD
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add S1501-d, Ed L
 
Prohibits school districts from disallowing home-schooled students from participating in district interscholastic sports.
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S02175 Actions:

BILL NOS02175
 
01/21/2015REFERRED TO EDUCATION
06/17/2015COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
06/17/2015ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1770
06/17/2015PASSED SENATE
06/17/2015DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/17/2015referred to education
01/06/2016died in assembly
01/06/2016returned to senate
01/06/2016REFERRED TO EDUCATION
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S02175 Memo:

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S02175 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2175
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 21, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sens. ROBACH, ESPAILLAT -- 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 prohibiting school
          districts from disallowing home-schooled students  from  participating
          in district interscholastic sports
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 1501-d
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 1501-d. Home-schooled students; interscholastic  sports.    Notwith-
     4  standing any other provision of law to the contrary, boards of education
     5  of  school  districts  are  prohibited  from  disallowing  home-schooled
     6  students from participating in the  district's  interscholastic  sports,
     7  and  shall  make provision for such participation in accordance with the
     8  following:
     9    (1) Home-schooled students shall not be denied by  a  school  district
    10  the  opportunity to participate in all interscholastic activities if the
    11  student fulfills the following conditions:
    12    (a) The student must meet all school  district  physical  examination,
    13  immunization, and age eligibility requirements with the exception of:
    14    (i) The school district's school or class attendance requirements; and
    15    (ii) The class requirements of the voluntary association administering
    16  interscholastic activities.
    17    (b)  (i)  The  student  must achieve a minimum score on a standardized
    18  achievement test permitted under section 100.10  of  the  commissioner's
    19  regulations.  The  examination  shall be taken at the end of each school
    20  year and shall be used to determine eligibility for the following  year.
    21  The  minimum,  composite  test  score  that a student must achieve shall
    22  place the student at or above  the  thirty-fourth  percentile  based  on
    23  national  norms.  The parent or legal guardian shall submit the examina-
    24  tion results to the school district; or
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07875-01-5

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     1    (ii) A school district may adopt alternative requirements, in  consul-
     2  tation  with  the  parent  or legal guardian of a home-schooled student,
     3  that a student must meet to participate in  interscholastic  activities,
     4  including but not limited to a requirement that a student submit a port-
     5  folio  of  work  samples  to  a  school district committee for review to
     6  determine whether a student is eligible to participate in  interscholas-
     7  tic activities.
     8    (c)  The  home-schooled  student shall be required to fulfill the same
     9  responsibilities and standards of behavior  and  performance,  including
    10  related  class or practice requirements, of other students participating
    11  in the interscholastic activity of  the  team  or  squad  and  shall  be
    12  required to meet the same standards for acceptance on the team or squad.
    13  The home school student must also comply with all public school require-
    14  ments during the time of participation.
    15    (d)  A  home-schooled  student participating in interscholastic activ-
    16  ities must reside within the attendance boundaries  of  the  school  for
    17  which the student participates.
    18    (e)  Transportation  must be provided by the parent or guardian of the
    19  student. The student may  use  the  same  transportation  as  all  other
    20  students  in  the  school  unit,  as long as additional expenses are not
    21  incurred.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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