New York Assembly Bill A06478 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6478 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to separating interscho- lastic athletic championships between public and non-public schools The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 63 to read as follows: 3 63. The commissioner shall require the public schools athletic league, 4 the New York state public high school athletic association, and other 5 high school interscholastic athletic associations hold separate state 6 interscholastic athletic championships for public and non-public 7 schools. Such requirement shall prohibit public and non-public schools 8 from holding interscholastic athletic competitions prior to any state 9 interscholastic athletic championships for a particular sport. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 11 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the 12 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 13 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 14 to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06460-01-5