Makes instruction by electronic means available to students with chronic medical conditions who, due to such conditions, miss more than five consecutive days of school.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9119
IN ASSEMBLY
January 31, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to making instruction by
electronic means available to students with chronic medical conditions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 4402 of the education law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
3 9. The board of education or trustees of each school district and the
4 city school district of the city of New York shall, under regulations
5 prescribed by the commissioner and approved by the regents of the
6 university, make available instruction by electronic means to students
7 with a chronic medical condition who, due to such condition, miss more
8 than five consecutive days of school.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
10 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
11 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
12 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
13 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13967-01-1
