Bill Text: NY S00934 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a grant program for public K-12 schools which are eligible for support provided under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, for the purposes of installing laundry equipment for facilities for use by students and parents or guardians of students.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S00934 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00934-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           934

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 9, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- 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 establishing  a  grant
          program  for  the  installation of laundry equipment and facilities in
          certain schools

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

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3641-c
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 3641-c. Grants for laundry equipment or facilities. The commissioner
     4  shall  establish  a  program  of competitively awarded grants within the
     5  amount appropriated for such purpose, to public K-12 schools, as defined
     6  by the commissioner, which are eligible for support provided under Title
     7  I of the Elementary  and  Secondary  Education  Act  of  1965,  for  the
     8  purposes  of  installing  laundry  equipment  for  facilities for use by
     9  students and parents  or  guardians  of  students.  When  awarding  such
    10  grants,  preference  shall be given to schools with significant percent-
    11  ages of students who reside in emergency housing and/or  who  experience
    12  frequent absenteeism due to a lack of clean clothing.
    13    §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
    14  the date on which it shall have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03629-01-3