Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study on the number of children who are caregivers and how being a caregiver impacts their education.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9010
SPONSOR: Bichotte Hermelyn TITLE OF BILL:
An act authorizing and directing the commissioner of education to
conduct a study on the number of children who are caregivers and how
being a caregiver impacts their education
PURPOSE:
To study how many children are caregivers in their households and how
this affects their education.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
SECTION 1 DIRECTS THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON
THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO ARE CAREGIVERS AND HOW BEING A CAREGIVER
IMPACTS THEIR EDUCATION AND GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE STUDY'S
FINDINGS.
SECTION 2 ESTABLISHES THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION SHALL SUBMIT A
REPORT OF HIS OR HER FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION TO THE
GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE
ASSEMBLY, AND THE CHAIRS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES ON EDUCA-
TION.
SECTION 3 IS THE EFFECTIVE DATE:.
JUSTIFICATION:
SECTION 1 DIRECTS THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON
THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO ARE CAREGIVERS AND HOW BEING A CAREGIVER
IMPACTS THEIR EDUCATION AND GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE STUDY'S
FINDINGS.
SECTION 2 ESTABLISHES THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION SHALL SUBMIT
AREPORT OF HIS OR HER FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION TO THE
GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE
ASSEMBLY, AND THE CHAIRS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES ON EDUCA-
TION.
SECTION 3 IS THE EFFECTIVE DATE:.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
03/01/21 referred to education
01/05/22 referred to education
Assembly:
01/23/19 Referred to Education,
06/11/18 Amend and recommit to Education,
04/30/18 Referred to Education
Senate:
01/23/19 Referred to Education,
06/11/18 Amend and Recommit to Education,
03/27/18 Referred to Education
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9010
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, ARDILA, ALVAREZ, EACHUS,
TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT authorizing and directing the commissioner of education to
conduct a study on the number of children who are caregivers and how
being a caregiver impacts their education
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The commissioner of education is hereby authorized and
2 directed to conduct a study on the number of children who are caregivers
3 and how being a caregiver impacts the child's education. "Caregiver
4 children" shall be defined as students with sick, disabled, or elderly
5 relatives that such students care for outside of school. The commission-
6 er of education shall give recommendations based on the study's find-
7 ings. Such study shall include, but not be limited to:
8 (a) the number of caregiver children within the state;
9 (b) the amount of time caregiver children spend caring for relatives;
10 (c) how being a caregiver child impacts the child's education;
11 (d) the circumstances that lead to a child becoming a caregiver child;
12 and
13 (e) any recommendations on how to reduce the negative educational
14 impacts of being a caregiver child.
15 § 2. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the commis-
16 sioner of education shall submit a report of his or her findings,
17 conclusions and recommendations to the governor, the temporary president
18 of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the chairs of the senate
19 and assembly committees on education. Such report shall also include
20 such legislative proposals as such commissioner deems necessary to
21 implement his or her recommendations.
22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02325-01-3
