Bill Text: NY S05756 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the appointment of a military liaison to each school district, charter school, and private elementary and secondary school for purposes of providing military families with information regarding benefits they may be eligible for under the laws of this state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S05756 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05756-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5756

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 15, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 the appointment  of  a
          military liaison to each school district

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

     1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 60 to read as follows:
     3    60. The commissioner shall direct that each school  district,  charter
     4  school,  and  private elementary and secondary school appoint a military
     5  liaison for purposes of providing  military  families  with  information
     6  regarding  benefits  they  may  be  eligible  for under the laws of this
     7  state. Such liaison shall provide information to  families  relating  to
     8  article  sixty-six  of  this chapter in addition to information relating
     9  to, but not limited  to,  taxes,  insurance,  state  aid,  scholarships,
    10  social services, and retirement.
    11    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    12  have become a law.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
    13  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
    14  of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
    15  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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