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A08701 Summary:

BILL NO	A08701
SAME AS	SAME AS S04008-C
SPONSOR	Buchwald
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §817, Ed L
Relates to student governments in secondary schools.

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A08701 Actions:

BILL NO	A08701
10/23/2019	referred to education
01/08/2020	referred to education

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A08701 Committee Votes:

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A08701 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8701
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    October 23, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to student governments
 
          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 817 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 817. Student government. The board of education or trustees of every
     4  school district serving high school  students  in  grades  nine  through
     5  twelve  with  no  districtwide  or school building peer selected student
     6  government shall establish at least one student government  organization
     7  within  such  district  or school building with the goal of ensuring all
     8  eligible students have the opportunity to participate  in  such  student
     9  government.
    10    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
    11  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09251-10-9

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