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S08168 Summary:

BILL NO	S08168
SAME AS	SAME AS A10199
SPONSOR	JACKSON
COSPNSR	PERSAUD, SEPULVEDA
MLTSPNSR
Amd §305, Ed L
Relates to suspending state assessments during a state disaster emergency; requires the commissioner of education to suspend state assessments during a state disaster emergency and for thirty days after such emergency has ended.

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S08168 Actions:

BILL NO	S08168
04/13/2020	REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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S08168 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8168
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     April 13, 2020
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        Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- 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  suspending  state
          assessments during a state disaster emergency
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amending  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 59 to read as follows:
     3    59.  Whenever a state disaster emergency is declared pursuant to arti-
     4  cle two-B of the  executive  law,  the  commissioner  shall  immediately
     5  suspend  all  state  assessments. Such suspension shall remain in effect
     6  for a period of thirty days after  such  state  disaster  emergency  has
     7  ended.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15893-01-0

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