A08800 Summary:
BILL NO | A08800A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S06087-A |
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SPONSOR | Castro (MS) |
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COSPNSR | Stevenson, Crespo, Rodriguez, Heastie, Gibson, Scarborough, Thiele, Arroyo, Jeffries, Hikind, McEneny, Reilly, Barron, Pretlow, Camara, Ortiz, Hooper, Perry, Espinal, Rivera P, Miller M, Brindisi, Colton, Ramos, Meng, Weprin, Roberts, Rivera N, Linares, Cusick, Boyland, Hevesi |
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MLTSPNSR | Abbate, Amedore, Aubry, Barclay, Burling, Butler, Calhoun, Ceretto, Conte, Cook, Corwin, Crouch, Curran, Fitzpatrick, Gabryszak, Giglio, Goodell, Graf, Hawley, Kolb, Lopez P, Losquadro, Malliotakis, McDonough, McKevitt, McLaughlin, Miller D, Miller J, Murray, Palmesano, Ra, Raia, Robinson, Saladino, Schimminger, Simanowitz, Smardz, Tedisco, Tobacco, Walter, Wright |
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Amd S414, Ed L | |
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Authorizes the use of school buildings and school sites for religious meetings and worship when not in use for school purposes or when such service or worship is deemed not disruptive of normal school operations. |
A08800 Actions:
BILL NO | A08800A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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01/04/2012 | referred to education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/31/2012 | amend and recommit to education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/31/2012 | print number 8800a |
A08800 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8800--A IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 4, 2012 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CASTRO, STEVENSON, CRESPO, RODRIGUEZ, HEASTIE, GIBSON, SCARBOROUGH, THIELE, ARROYO, JEFFRIES, HIKIND, McENENY, REIL- LY, BARRON, PRETLOW, CAMARA, ORTIZ, HOOPER, PERRY, ESPINAL, P. RIVERA, M. MILLER, BRINDISI, COLTON, RAMOS, MENG -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, AUBRY, BARCLAY, BOYLAND, BURLING, BUTLER, CALHOUN, CERETTO, CORWIN, CROUCH, CURRAN, FITZPATRICK, GABRYSZAK, GIGLIO, GRAF, HAWLEY, LOSQUADRO, MALLIOTAKIS, McDONOUGH, McLAUGHLIN, D. MILLER, J. MILLER, MOYA, MURRAY, PALMESANO, RA, RAIA, REILICH, ROBINSON, SALA- DINO, SCHIMMINGER, SIMANOWITZ, TEDISCO, TOBACCO, WALTER, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing religious meetings and worship in school buildings and school sites The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph and paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of 2 section 414 of the education law, the opening paragraph as amended by 3 chapter 369 of the laws of 1977 and paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 4 345 of the laws of 2009, are amended and a new subdivision 3 is added to 5 read as follows: 6 Schoolhouses and the grounds connected therewith and all property 7 belonging to the district shall be in the custody and under the control 8 and supervision of the trustees or board of education of the district. 9 The trustees or board of education, or in the city of New York the 10 community school board, may adopt reasonable regulations for the use of 11 such schoolhouses, grounds or other property, all portions thereof, when 12 not in use for school purposes or when the school is in use for school 13 purposes if in the opinion of the trustees or board of education use 14 will not be disruptive of normal school operations, for such other 15 public purposes as are herein provided[; except, however, in the city of16New York each community school board shall be authorized to prohibit any17use of schoolhouses and school grounds within its district which wouldEXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13680-03-2A. 8800--A 2 1otherwise be permitted under the provisions of this section]. Such regu- 2 lations shall provide for the safety and security of the pupils and 3 shall not conflict with the provisions of this chapter and shall conform 4 to the purposes and intent of this section and shall be subject to 5 review on appeal to the commissioner of education as provided by law. 6 The trustees or board of education of each district may, subject to 7 regulations adopted as above provided, permit the use of the schoolhouse 8 and rooms therein, and the grounds and other property of the district, 9 when not in use for school purposes or when the school is in use for 10 school purposes if in the opinion of the trustees or board of education 11 use will not be disruptive of normal school operations, for any of the 12 following purposes: 13 (c) For holding social, civic, religious and recreational meetings and 14 entertainments, and other uses pertaining to the welfare of the communi- 15 ty; but such meetings, entertainment and uses shall be non-exclusive and 16 shall be open to the general public. Civic meetings shall include, but 17 not be limited to, meetings of parent associations and parent-teacher 18 associations. 19 3. Nothing in this section shall authorize the trustees or board of 20 education of the district to adopt or interpret regulations for the use 21 of schoolhouses, grounds or other property, pursuant to subdivision one 22 of this section, that would result in the exclusion or limitation of 23 speech, during non school hours, even where students may be present, 24 including speech that expresses religious conduct or discusses subjects 25 from a religious viewpoint. 26 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.