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A 8612: Authorizes students attending the Syracuse Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics high school, who participated in a high school athletic competition for a school district other than the Syracuse city school district in 7th and/or 8th grade, to be eligible for senior high school athletic competitions.
What A 8612 does, verified September 28, 2025
The bill aims to establish a comprehensive education and workforce training center in Syracuse, focusing on science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM). The center will provide instruction to students in Onondaga, Cortland, and Madison county BOCES and the Central New York region. The center's high school will be eligible for senior high school athletic competitions, allowing students to participate in sports during each of the four consecutive seasons of a sport, starting from their entry into the ninth grade and prior to graduation. Students attending the high school will continue to be enrolled in their school district of residence and will be eligible for a high school diploma upon successful completion of the educational program. The Syracuse city school district will be responsible for issuing the high school diploma.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: substituted by s8077 (2025-06-13)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8612
- What is the current status of A 8612?
- As of September 28, 2025, A 8612 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 13, 2025, was "substituted by s8077".
- Did A 8612 pass?
- Not yet. A 8612 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 8612, and where is it now?
- A 8612 was authored by Asm. William Magnarelli with 1 coauthor.
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| Jun. 13, 2025 | substituted by s8077 |
| Jun. 13, 2025 | ordered to third reading rules cal.763 |
| Jun. 13, 2025 | rules report cal.763 |
| Jun. 13, 2025 | reported |
| Jun. 13, 2025 | reported referred to rules |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 22, 2025 · 424 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8612 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, amending the education law relating to establishing the Syracuse Comprehensive Education and Workforce Training Center focusing on Science, Technolo- gy, Engineering, Arts, and Math to provide instruction to students in the Onondaga, Cortland and Madison county BOCES and the central New York region in the areas of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics, in relation to authorizing certain students attending the Syracuse Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics high school to be eligible for senior high school athletic competitions The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 2 of part B of chapter 56 of the 2 laws of 2020, amending the education law relating to establishing the 3 Syracuse Comprehensive Education and Workforce Training Center focusing 4 on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math to provide instruc- 5 tion to students in the Onondaga, Cortland and Madison county BOCES and 6 the central New York region in the areas of science, technology, engi- 7 neering, arts and mathematics, as amended by chapter 309 of the laws of 8 2024, is amended to read as follows: 9 5. (a) Students attending such high school shall continue to be 10 enrolled in their school district of residence. The Syracuse city school 11 district shall be responsible for the issuance of a high school diploma 12 to students who attended the high school based on such students' 13 successful completion of the high school's educational program. 14 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the 15 contrary, a student attending such high school who participated in a 16 high school athletic competition for a school district other than the 17 Syracuse city school district while enrolled in the seventh grade, 18 eighth grade, or both shall be eligible for senior high school athletic EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13136-02-5A. 8612 2 1 competitions in a sport during each of the four consecutive seasons of 2 such sport commencing with such student's entry into the ninth grade and 3 prior to graduation. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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