STATE OF NEW YORK
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717
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT exempting the Wantagh union free school district from any law,
rule, or regulation relating to the use of indigenous names, mascots,
and logos
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contra-
2 ry the Wantagh union free school district shall be exempt from any law,
3 rule, or regulation relating to the use of indigenous names, mascots,
4 and logos, including but not limited to part 123 of title 8 of the New
5 York codes, rules and regulations.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02634-01-5
