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A05655 Summary:

BILL NO	A05655
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Ramos
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §305, Ed L
Directs the commissioner of education to provide for the proportionate availability of adequate school supplies for use by left-handed students where adequate supplies are available for use by right-handed students; applies to any school supplies and equipment purchased by the department or schools on or after the effective date of rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner of education.

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A05655 Actions:

BILL NO	A05655
02/22/2021	referred to education
01/05/2022	referred to education

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A05655 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5655
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 22, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  providing  for  the
          availability of adequate supplies for left-handed students
 
          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 57 to read as follows:
     3    57. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations to provide
     4  for the proportionate  availability  of  adequate  school  supplies  and
     5  equipment  for  use  by left-handed students where adequate supplies and
     6  equipment are available for use by right-handed students.  The rules and
     7  regulations promulgated pursuant to this subdivision shall apply to  any
     8  school  supplies and equipment purchased by the department or schools on
     9  or after the effective date of such rules and regulations.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07910-01-1

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