S 6645: Relates to permitting students made homeless by an act of terrorism or natural disaster to attend the school district in which they resided for two school years after the event.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6645 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 19, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- 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 permitting students made homeless by an act of terrorism or natural disaster to attend school in the school district in which they resided prior to being homeless for two school years after the event The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3209 of the education law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph c-1 to read as follows: 3 c-1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, where 4 a child becomes homeless as a result of an act of terrorism or a natural 5 disaster which results in the declaration of a state of emergency or 6 disaster by the state or by the federal government, such child may 7 designate and continue to be enrolled in the school district of origin 8 for up to two full school years after the act of terrorism or natural 9 disaster provided such school district is not overcrowded. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10016-01-5