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STATE OF NEW YORK
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4752

2011-2012 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

February 7, 2011
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Introduced  by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  directing  school
  districts  and  boards of cooperative educational services to prohibit
  students from leaving the school campus in a motor vehicle during  the
  lunch period

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section  2801  of  the  education  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph a-1 to read as follows:
  A-1.  PROVISIONS PROHIBITING ANY STUDENT FROM LEAVING THE SCHOOL PROP-
ERTY IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, INCLUDING A SNOWMOBILE AND AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHI-
CLE, DURING SUCH STUDENT'S LUNCH PERIOD. SUCH PROVISIONS SHALL NOT APPLY
TO ANY STUDENT  WHO  LEAVES  SCHOOL  PROPERTY  FOR  A  SCHOOL  FUNCTION,
ILLNESS,  INJURY  OR  UPON REQUEST OF THE PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION TO
THE STUDENT, PROVIDED THAT SUCH A REQUEST SHALL NOT INCLUDE  A  PARENTAL
CONSENT  FOR  A STUDENT TO LEAVE SCHOOL PROPERTY DURING THE LUNCH PERIOD
SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF LEAVING SUCH PROPERTY DURING SUCH PERIOD.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06346-01-1