STATE OF NEW YORK
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11166
IN ASSEMBLY
June 12, 2018
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Montesano)
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting school
districts from asking invasive questions when a voter requests an
absentee ballot for school related elections and votes
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 2018-a of the
2 education law, as amended by chapter 136 of the laws of 1991, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 b. [(1) Where such duties, occupation, business, or studies are of
5 such a nature as ordinarily to require such absence, a brief description
6 of such duties, occupation, business, or studies shall be set forth in
7 such application. (2) Where such duties, occupation, business, or
8 studies are not of such a nature as ordinarily to require such absence,
9 such application shall contain a statement of the special circumstances
10 on account of which such absence is required] No application for an
11 absentee ballot shall require the applicant to divulge the destination,
12 duration, or reason for their vacation, occupation or business related
13 travel, or study related absence from the district.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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