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- Signed chap.518
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.314
- Substituted for A4170B
- Referred to education
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Amended on third reading 6355a
- Vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
- Substitution reconsidered
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- Substituted by A4170A
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.243
- Referred to education
- Referred to rules
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Relates to membership in parent-teacher associations by grandparents
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Vivian Cook
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6355A
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to permitting membership in certain school related associations by grandparents of certain children
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill will allow grandparents who have the written permission of their grandchild's parent or legal guardian to participate in the child's school parent's association or parent-teacher association within a community school district in the City of New York.
Summary of specific provisions
Subdivision 15 of Section 2590-h of the education law is amended by adding a new closing paragraph to read as follows: the chancellor shall by rule or regulation provide for the involvement including membership, in any parent's association or parent-teacher association established pursuant to this subdivision, of a grandparent of a child who attends a school within the jurisdiction of the community school district, where the parent or other person having legal custody of such child has indicated in writing that such grandparent provides direct care and exercises control over the child on a regular basis.
Justification
Although they are not always designated as legal guardians, grandparents often take a very active role in the lives of their grandchildren, including having custodial care and direct control over the day-to-day life of their grandchildren. Thus, these grandparents often wish to become involved with the parent, or parent-teacher association at their grandchild's school. Under current law, unless these grandparents are the designated legal guardians, they have not had an official designation under the law allowing them to participate in these associations. This legislation would allow grandparents, when given written permission from the child's parent or legal guardian, to participate in parent associations, as determined by a rule or regulation formulated by the Chancellor of the New York City Board of Education.
Prior legislative history
2003-04: S.69/A.1649 2005-06: S.927/A.1714 2007-08: S.1309/A.2684
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amendments to subdivision 15 of section 2590-h of the education law made by section one of this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such subdivision pursuant to section 34
of chapter 91 of the laws of 2002, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.
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