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NY A02240
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/15/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jo Simon
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AI Summary
- Permits school absences for students due to mental or behavioral health reasons, adding this as an excused absence category alongside religious observance
- Requires the Commissioner of Education to establish rules governing mental or behavioral health absences for students in public schools
- Extends the same mental or behavioral health absence provisions to students who attend instruction elsewhere than at public schools (e.g., private schools)
- Updates gender-neutral language throughout the attendance statute, replacing "he" and "his" with "such minor" and "such principal's"
- Takes effect on July 1st following enactment, with authority for the Education Department to develop implementing regulations immediately upon passage
Legislative Description
Provides for absence from school for the mental or behavioral health of the minor.
Last Action
referred to education
1/7/2026
Committee Referrals
Education1/15/2025
Full Bill Text
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