STATE OF NEW YORK
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3436
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 27, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing school
districts to permit home-schooled students to participate 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 3235
2 to read as follows:
3 § 3235. Home instruction students and interscholastic sports. The
4 board of education or trustee of a school district may establish and
5 adopt a policy to allow a student who receives home instruction to try
6 out for and participate on a school district's interschool athletic
7 team. The policy shall include, but not be limited to the following
8 provisions:
9 1. The student shall be required to meet all the same responsibilities
10 and standards of behavior and eligibility for practice and competition
11 as a public school student enrolled in the school district participating
12 on the interschool athletic team including but not limited to the health
13 examination, immunization, and age eligibility requirements;
14 2. The student shall annually meet all academic requirements pursuant
15 to section 100.10 of commissioner regulations; provided, however, that a
16 board of education or trustee of a school district may require addi-
17 tional academic eligibility requirements;
18 3. The student shall only be eligible to try out for and participate
19 on their school district of residence's interschool athletic team; and
20 4. Transportation shall be provided by the parent or guardian of the
21 student.
22 § 2. 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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