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A 5313: Allows home-schooled children to participate in interscholastic athletic activities and driver's education in the district where they reside.
What A 5313 does, verified May 19, 2026
The bill aims to allow home-schooled children to participate in certain school activities, including athletic activities, in their local school district. A home-schooled child can participate in a course offered in a district if they meet the course requirements and pay any associated fees. Similarly, a home-schooled child can participate in an interscholastic athletic activity in their local district, provided they are not a student at another school within the district. The changes take effect on the 120th day after the bill becomes law.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: held for consideration in education (2026-05-18)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5313
- What is the current status of A 5313?
- As of May 19, 2026, A 5313 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on May 18, 2026, was "held for consideration in education".
- Did A 5313 pass?
- Not yet. A 5313 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5313, and where is it now?
- A 5313 was authored by Asm. Alec Brook-Krasny with 8 coauthors.
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| May. 18, 2026 | held for consideration in education |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to education |
| Feb. 13, 2025 | referred to education |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 13, 2025 · 277 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5313 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BROOK-KRASNY, NOVAKHOV -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the participation of home-schooled pupils in certain school activities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 806-a of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. Whenever such course of instruction is offered within a district, a 4 child residing within that district but not attending the school at 5 which such course is offered, shall be allowed to participate in such 6 course, provided such child otherwise meets the requirements of such 7 course and pays fees related to such course, if any. 8 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3202-a to 9 read as follows: 10 § 3202-a. Participation of home-schooled students in athletic activ- 11 ities. Whenever a district shall offer an interscholastic athletic 12 activity, a child residing within such district but not attending such 13 school, shall be allowed an opportunity to participate in such athletic 14 activity; provided, that such child is not a pupil at another school 15 within such district. 16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 17 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09206-01-5
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