STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9010

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 1, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BICHOTTE HERMELYN,  ARDILA, ALVAREZ, EACHUS,
          TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT authorizing  and  directing  the  commissioner  of  education  to
          conduct  a  study on the number of children who are caregivers and how
          being a caregiver impacts their education

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  commissioner  of  education is hereby authorized and
     2  directed to conduct a study on the number of children who are caregivers
     3  and how being a caregiver  impacts  the  child's  education.  "Caregiver
     4  children"  shall  be defined as students with sick, disabled, or elderly
     5  relatives that such students care for outside of school. The commission-
     6  er of education shall give recommendations based on  the  study's  find-
     7  ings. Such study shall include, but not be limited to:
     8    (a) the number of caregiver children within the state;
     9    (b) the amount of time caregiver children spend caring for relatives;
    10    (c) how being a caregiver child impacts the child's education;
    11    (d) the circumstances that lead to a child becoming a caregiver child;
    12  and
    13    (e)  any  recommendations  on  how  to reduce the negative educational
    14  impacts of being a caregiver child.
    15    § 2. Within one year of the effective date of this  act,  the  commis-
    16  sioner  of  education  shall  submit  a  report  of his or her findings,
    17  conclusions and recommendations to the governor, the temporary president
    18  of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the chairs of the senate
    19  and assembly committees on education. Such  report  shall  also  include
    20  such  legislative  proposals  as  such  commissioner  deems necessary to
    21  implement his or her recommendations.
    22    § 3. 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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