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NY A10624

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/13/2026

Primary Sponsor

Alicia Hyndman

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires public schools in cities with populations of one million or more to offer remote learning options to all primary and secondary students during disease outbreaks
  • Remote learning requirement is triggered when the CDC determines the county has "substantial" or "high" community transmission levels of any outbreak illness
  • Remote learning option must remain available until the CDC downgrades community transmission to "low" or "moderate" levels
  • Applies specifically to New York City, the only city in the state meeting the one million population threshold
  • Takes effect immediately upon passage

Legislative Description

Requires any public school located in a city with a population of one million or more to offer a remote learning option to all primary and secondary students when such public school is located in a county determined by the federal centers for disease control and prevention to have a substantial or high level of community transmission of any illness deemed by the federal centers for disease control and prevention to be an outbreak.

Last Action

referred to education

3/13/2026

Committee Referrals

Education3/13/2026

Full Bill Text

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