STATE OF NEW YORK
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4279
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 8, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. RANZENHOFER, HANNON, GALLIVAN, MARCHIONE -- 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 minimum standards for
nonpublic schools relating to mild traumatic brain injuries
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 42 of section 305 of the educa-
2 tion law, as added by chapter 496 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 b. The rules and regulations established pursuant to this subdivision
5 shall be deemed to be the minimum standards that must be complied with
6 by every public and nonpublic school relating to mild traumatic brain
7 injuries. [Such rules and regulations may also be implemented by nonpub-
8 lic schools if they so authorize.] Nothing in this subdivision shall
9 prohibit any public school or nonpublic school from adopting and imple-
10 menting more stringent standards.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect the first of July next succeeding the
12 date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
13 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
14 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
15 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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