Senate BillIntroduced
S 2594: Requires any public school located in a city with a population of one million or more to offer a remote learning option to all primary and secondary students when such public school is located in a county determined by the federal centers for disease control and prevention to have a substantial or high level of community transmission of any illness deemed by the federal centers for disease control and prevention to be an outbreak.
What S 2594 does, verified March 15, 2026
The bill requires public schools in cities with a population of one million or more to provide a remote learning option to all primary and secondary students. This remote learning option must be available when the county has a substantial or high level of community transmission of any illness, as determined by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The remote learning option will remain available until the county's transmission level is at a low or moderate level.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Author and sponsors
Full contact details, staff, and committees with Connect, $16/moUnlockRecent actions2 total · showing 2
| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION |
| Jan. 21, 2025 | REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 21, 2025 · 272 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2594 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LIU, BRISPORT, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education AN ACT to require any public school located in a city with a population of one million or more to provide a remote learning option when such public school is located in a county where community transmission of any illness is at a substantial or high level The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation or order to the 2 contrary, any public school located in a city with a population of one 3 million or more shall provide a remote learning option to all primary 4 and secondary students when such public school is located in a county 5 determined by the federal centers for disease control and prevention to 6 have a substantial or high level of community transmission of any 7 illness deemed by the federal centers for disease control and prevention 8 to be an outbreak. Such remote learning option shall remain available 9 until the federal centers for disease control and prevention determines 10 that community transmission in such county is at a low or moderate 11 level. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05982-02-5
Text of S 2594 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions