What's happening
This bill gives parents or guardians the right to access their child's physical and academic testing records in New York schools.
Why it matters
Empowers parents and guardians. by giving them direct legal access to detailed physical and academic testing records, which can help them better advocate for their child's needs and address concerns about educational progress or health.
Includes a wide range of records. such as state exams, special education assessments, hearing, speech, and vision tests—ensuring families have a comprehensive view of their child's school-based evaluations.
Expands public records law. to specifically include school governing bodies, clarifying that these institutions must comply with transparency and records access requirements, which could lead to more accountability in educational decision-making.
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Let Parents See School Records
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2725
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 25, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to public access to records of elementary and secondary schools
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The public officers law is amended by adding a new section 87-a to read as follows:
§ 87-a. Access to certain records of schools. Parents or guardians shall have access to both physical and academic testing records of their child. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this article shall be deemed to be applicable to an elementary or secondary school which provides instruction in accordance with section thirty-two hundred four of the education law; and for the purposes of this article, "agency" shall include the governing board or body of such elementary or secondary school. For the purposes of this section, testing records shall include state administered exams, special education determination exams, hearing exams, speech exams, and vision exams.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00956-01-9
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