STATE OF NEW YORK
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5152
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 23, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the application of the
dignity for all students act
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 17 of the education law, as added by chapter 482 of
2 the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 17. Application. Nothing in this article shall[:
4 1. Apply to private, religious or denominational educational insti-
5 tutions; or
6 2. Preclude] preclude or limit any right or cause of action provided
7 under any local, state or federal ordinance, law or regulation including
8 but not limited to any remedies or rights available under the Individ-
9 uals With Disabilities Education Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Law
10 of 1964, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the Americans
11 with Disabilities Act of 1990.
12 § 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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