Bill Text: NY A04430 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of education to provide for the proportionate availability of adequate school supplies for use by left-handed students where adequate supplies are available for use by right-handed students; and applies to any school supplies and equipment purchased by the department or schools on or after the effective date of rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner of education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to education [A04430 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A04430-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4430 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 30, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing for the availability of adequate supplies for left-handed students 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 amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 53 to read as follows: 3 53. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE 4 FOR THE PROPORTIONATE AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND 5 EQUIPMENT FOR USE BY LEFT-HANDED STUDENTS WHERE ADEQUATE SUPPLIES AND 6 EQUIPMENT ARE AVAILABLE FOR USE BY RIGHT-HANDED STUDENTS. THE RULES AND 7 REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY TO ANY 8 SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR SCHOOLS ON 9 OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS. 10 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08288-01-5