Directs each board of cooperative educational services to adopt and implement a school year calendar for classes at such board and the component school districts thereof.

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S992-2013 Actions

• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO EDUCATION

S992-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S992

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the education law, in relation to requiring component school
districts to adopt the school year calendar of their board of
cooperative educational services

PURPOSE:
Directs each board of cooperative educational services to adopt and
implement a school year calendar for classes at such board and the
component school districts.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Amends subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the education law
to add a new paragraph 00 requiring the adoption and implementation
of a calendar of days of school attendance for each school year,
which shall be followed by the boards of cooperative educational
services and all the component school districts thereof.

Section 2. Contains the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
By adopting the same academic calendar, schools within the same BOCES
district would have a greater opportunity to share services such as
distance learning, afterschool programs and transportation between
districts.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.1497 of 2011-12; Referred to Education
S. 7622 of 2010; Referred to Education

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None

LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become law.

S992-2013 Text

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

                                     992

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

  AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  requiring  component
    school  districts  to adopt the school year calendar of their board of
    cooperative educational services

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


    Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section  1950 of the education law is
  amended by adding a new paragraph oo to read as follows:

    OO. ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT A CALENDAR OF DAYS OF  SCHOOL  ATTENDANCE  FOR
  EACH  SCHOOL  YEAR, WHICH SHALL BE FOLLOWED BY THE BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE
  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND ALL THE COMPONENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS THEREOF.
    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.
                                                             LBD01126-01-3