STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN ASSEMBLY
November 6, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hevesi) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT relating to requiring the state to reimburse non-public and
private schools where COVID testing is mandated
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
2 where COVID-19 testing of students, teachers and staff is mandated by
3 the state pursuant to executive order or other directive relating to
4 in-person instruction and settings, the state shall reimburse all non-
5 public and private schools that are subject to such mandate for the
6 costs associated with such testing requirements. The commissioner of
7 education shall adopt necessary rules and/or regulations and provide a
8 process and procedure to ensure the reimbursement of eligible costs
9 pursuant to this act.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD17560-01-0
