STATE OF NEW YORK
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6258
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 30, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. RANZENHOFER -- 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 eligibility for senior
high school athletic competition
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 3208-b
2 to read as follows:
3 § 3208-b. Eligibility for senior high school athletic competition;
4 disability exception. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations to
5 allow a waiver of the four-year limitation on eligibility for senior
6 high school athletic competition when a student with a developmental or
7 physical disability, who is otherwise qualified to compete and has been
8 selected for such competition in the past, has not yet graduated high
9 school. The commissioner shall define developmental or physical disabil-
10 ity for purposes of this waiver in accordance with part 200 of the
11 commissioner's regulations. Such waiver shall be requested by the
12 athletic director of such student's school and the superintendent of
13 such school's district and may be granted by such school district's
14 section of the New York state public high school athletic association.
15 Such waiver shall only allow participation in a non-contact or non-col-
16 lision sport, provided that another qualified student, who is otherwise
17 eligible for competition, is not denied the opportunity to participate.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13071-01-9
