Provides for transfer of a student's academic and medical records to new school by the school district in which student was previously enrolled within 2 days of notification of said transfer; records shall include all records maintained by a school or school district which are subject to the provisions of 20 USC 1232-g.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6624
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 12, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. OAKS, BARCLAY, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, MONTESANO, SALADI-
NO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CORWIN, FINCH, GOODELL, KOLB,
McDONOUGH, McLAUGHLIN, REILICH -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to release of records
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2-a of the education law is amended by adding a new
2 closing paragraph to read as follows:
3 Within two days of being notified that a child has transferred to
4 another school district or to a private or charter school, school
5 authorities in the school district or private school or charter school
6 in which the child was previously enrolled shall transfer all of the
7 child's records to the school in which the child has enrolled. For
8 purposes of this section student records shall include all records main-
9 tained by a school or school district which are subject to the
10 provisions of 20 USC 1232-g.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04317-01-3
