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NY A08438
Bill
Status
12/29/2023
Primary Sponsor
Carrie Woerner
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AI Summary
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Each school district's board of education or board of trustees must establish a policy and procedures to award high school diplomas posthumously to students who completed eleventh grade and were enrolled or expected to enroll in twelfth grade at the time of death.
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School districts must coordinate with parents or guardians of deceased students regarding diploma presentation, including location, proxy recipient designation, family attendance at graduation ceremony, and scope of recognition or participation.
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Districts must provide annual written notice to all students and parents or guardians about the posthumous diploma policy and procedures.
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Posthumous diplomas cannot be issued before the graduation date of the deceased student's high school graduating class, and family attendance or participation in graduation activities is optional.
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Posthumous diplomas shall not count toward student graduation counts or be used for federal or state accountability data collection purposes.
Legislative Description
Directs the board of education or the board of trustees of each school district shall establish a policy and adopt procedures permitting the district to confer a diploma on a student posthumously if, at the time of death, such student had completed the eleventh grade class of a public school in the district and was enrolled or expected to be enrolled in the twelfth grade class within the same public school district the following school year.
Last Action
referred to education
1/3/2024