S 8077: 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.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8077 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE May 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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. LBD13136-02-5 
 S. 8077 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.