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STATE OF NEW YORK
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4185

2011-2012 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

February 2, 2011
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Introduced  by  M. of A. CASTRO, CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  HIKIND, MAYERSOHN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Educa-
  tion

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to assisting the  parents
  of  children  who disrupt the education process, in efforts to curtail
  such misbehavior

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  3212 of the education law is
amended by adding a new paragraph f to read as follows:
  F. SHALL, IN THE CASE OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS  BEEN  DISCIPLINED  FOR
REPEATED  DISRUPTIVE  ACTIVITY,  VIOLENT  ACTS  AND/OR A WEAPONS-RELATED
OFFENSE, WHEN DIRECTED BY ANY COURT HAVING JURISDICTION AS  PROVIDED  IN
SECTION  THREE  THOUSAND  TWO  HUNDRED  THIRTY-TWO  OF  THIS PART AND/OR
REQUESTED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT  WHERE  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL  ATTENDS  UPON
INSTRUCTION, PARTICIPATE IN AN APPROPRIATE PARENTING SUPPORT, COUNSELING
OR  EDUCATION PROGRAM, AND/OR IN COMMUNITY SERVICE WITH SUCH INDIVIDUAL.
WHERE SUCH PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATION REQUIRE LEAVE FROM WORK TO  HELP
SCHOOLS  CORRECT  DISRUPTIVE  BEHAVIOR  IN  THE INDIVIDUALS ENTRUSTED TO
THEIR CHARGE AND CARE, TO  ATTEND  AND  PARTICIPATE  IN  SUCH  PARENTING
SUPPORT, COUNSELING, OR EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND/OR TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH
COMMUNITY  SERVICE,  THE  EMPLOYERS OF SUCH PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATION
SHALL PROVIDE SUCH PERSONS WITH UP TO THREE DAYS PER YEAR  OF  PAID  JOB
LEAVE FOR THESE PURPOSES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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