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NY S09542
Bill
Status
Introduced
8/26/2022
Primary Sponsor
Daphne Jordan
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AI Summary
- Commissioner of Education must develop a program allowing school districts to issue posthumous high school diplomas to deceased students upon request of parent, guardian, or custodian
- Eligible deceased students must have been enrolled in a public school in the district at time of death, academically on track to graduate in that school year, and completed at least eleventh grade
- Posthumous diplomas cannot be issued before the graduation date of the class in which the student was enrolled and are not required to be awarded at the same ceremony as other graduates
- Posthumous diplomas may be issued retroactively and do not count toward student graduation counts or federal and state accountability data collection
- Act is known as "Daniel's Diploma Law" and takes effect immediately
Legislative Description
Requires the commissioner of education to develop a program whereby school districts shall issue a high school diploma to a deceased student, at the request of the student's parent, guardian or custodian, if the student was enrolled in a public school in the district at the time of death, was academically on track at the time of death to receive a diploma at the end of the school year in which the student died and died after the completion of the eleventh grade school year or the equivalent of such year.
Last Action
REFERRED TO RULES
8/26/2022
Committee Referrals
Rules8/26/2022
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