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Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting discrimination on account of a person's military status in the United States armed forces
Purpose
To ensure that a student's military status is not used to disadvantage or disqualify him or her from participation in high school extracurricular activities, including, but not limited to, high school athletics.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 -- Adds a section 3201-b to the Education Law. This new section prohibits a student's military status from being used to exclude, disadvantage, or disqualify the student from high school or extracurricular activities, including, but not limited to, high school athletics.
Section 2 -- Effective date.
Justification
Recently, school officials at a Central New York school barred a high school student from playing on the school's soccer team because the student was unable to attend certain team activities that occurred early in the season. This would normally seem like a fair and just decision by the school officials, but in this case, the student was unable to participate in those activities because she was participating in military training.
No patriotic young American should have to choose between doing the things all young Americans love to do and serving his or her country. This legislation aims to protect those young New Yorkers who serve this nation by ensuring that their military status is not used to disadvantage, disqualify, or exclude them from high school activities.
Those who wear this country's uniform should be honored and respected for their commitment. By enacting this bill into law, we can provide a much needed protection to those high school students who serve this nation.
Legislative history
S.6662/A.9855 of 2008
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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