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
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