Assembly Bill A93

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires public access to records of elementary and secondary schools

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A93 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Add §87-a, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2353
2011-2012: A767
2015-2016: A206
2017-2018: A1240
2019-2020: A2725

2013-A93 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes the records of elementary and secondary schools available for public inspection and copying under the freedom of information law.

2013-A93 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   93

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to public access to
  records of elementary and secondary schools

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

  Section 1.  The public officers law is amended by adding a new section
87-a to read as follows:
  S  87-A.  ACCESS  TO CERTAIN RECORDS OF SCHOOLS.  PARENTS OR GUARDIANS
SHALL HAVE ACCESS TO BOTH PHYSICAL AND ACADEMIC TESTING RECORDS OF THEIR
CHILD.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW,  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO  BE  APPLICABLE TO AN ELEMENTARY OR
SECONDARY SCHOOL WHICH PROVIDES INSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION
THIRTY-TWO  HUNDRED  FOUR  OF THE EDUCATION LAW; AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF
THIS ARTICLE, "AGENCY" SHALL INCLUDE THE GOVERNING BOARD OR BODY OF SUCH
ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, TEST-
ING RECORDS SHALL INCLUDE STATE ADMINISTERED  EXAMS,  SPECIAL  EDUCATION
DETERMINATION EXAMS, HEARING EXAMS, SPEECH EXAMS, AND VISION EXAMS.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September 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.
                                                           LBD03444-01-3

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