Relates to the appointment of a military liaison to each school district, charter school, and private elementary and secondary school for purposes of providing military families with information regarding benefits they may be eligible for under the laws of this state.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3325
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 24, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 the appointment of a
military liaison to each school district
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 63 to read as follows:
3 63. The commissioner shall direct that each school district, charter
4 school, and private elementary and secondary school appoint a military
5 liaison for purposes of providing military families with information
6 regarding benefits they may be eligible for under the laws of this
7 state. Such liaison shall provide information to families relating to
8 article sixty-six of this chapter in addition to information relating
9 to, but not limited to, taxes, insurance, state aid, scholarships,
10 social services, and retirement.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
12 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
13 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
14 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
15 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03300-01-5
