Establishes a grant program for public K-12 schools which are eligible for support provided under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, for the purposes of installing laundry equipment for facilities for use by students and parents or guardians of students.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1760
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 13, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a grant
program for the installation of laundry equipment and facilities in
certain schools
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 3641-c
2 to read as follows:
3 § 3641-c. Grants for laundry equipment or facilities. The commissioner
4 shall establish a program of competitively awarded grants within the
5 amount appropriated for such purpose, to public K-12 schools, as defined
6 by the commissioner, which are eligible for support provided under Title
7 I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, for the
8 purposes of installing laundry equipment for facilities for use by
9 students and parents or guardians of students. When awarding such
10 grants, preference shall be given to schools with significant percent-
11 ages of students who reside in emergency housing and/or who experience
12 frequent absenteeism due to a lack of clean clothing.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
14 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.
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