Bill Text: NY A09721 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to requiring students in grades seven through twelve to maintain a minimum grade point average as a condition of participation in a school-sponsored club, team or extracurricular organization that regularly meets to practice and/or compete interscholastically.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-05 - referred to education [A09721 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A09721-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9721 IN ASSEMBLY April 5, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, MAGNARELLI, HOOPER, RAIA -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. HIKIND -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring students to maintain a minimum grade point average as a condition to participation in certain school-sponsored clubs, teams or organizations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1604 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 43 to read as follows: 3 43. To adopt rules, as it may deem necessary, requiring students in 4 grades seven to twelve to maintain a minimum grade point average as a 5 condition to participation in a school-sponsored club, team or extracur- 6 ricular organization that regularly meets to practice and/or compete 7 interscholastically. 8 § 2. Section 1709 of the education law is amended by adding a new 9 subdivision 43 to read as follows: 10 43. To adopt rules, as it may deem necessary, requiring students in 11 grades seven to twelve to maintain a minimum grade point average as a 12 condition to participation in a school-sponsored club, team or extracur- 13 ricular organization that regularly meets to practice and/or compete 14 interscholastically. 15 § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 2503 of the education law is amended by 16 adding a new paragraph e to read as follows: 17 e. Shall adopt rules, as it may deem necessary, requiring students in 18 grades seven to twelve to maintain a minimum grade point average as a 19 condition to participation in a school-sponsored club, team or extracur- 20 ricular organization that regularly meets to practice and/or compete 21 interscholastically. 22 § 4. Section 2554 of the education law is amended by adding a new 23 subdivision 28 to read as follows: 24 28. To adopt rules, as it may deem necessary, requiring students in 25 grades seven to twelve to maintain a minimum grade point average as a 26 condition to participation in a school-sponsored club, team or extracur- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14381-01-6