STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5675 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WEBER -- 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 schools to allow trade unions to make a recruitment presentation in a high school The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 807-e 2 to read as follows: 3 § 807-e. Trade union recruitment. The principal of any high school may 4 allow any local trade union, upon request, to enter the school for the 5 purpose of trade union recruitment, including, but not limited to: 6 making presentations; disseminating literature; and answering questions 7 by students. For the purposes of this section, the term "trade union" 8 shall mean an organized association of workers in a trade, group of 9 trades, or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and 10 interests. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 12 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. LBD09125-01-3