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NY A 656

in committee

Relates to special day schools and the instruction of school delinquents

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 656 pass?

Not yet. NY A 656 is in committee as of 2026-01-15 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-15): ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

What is NY A 656 about?

Provides that schools need not provide special instruction to delinquent students whose violent behavior poses an unreasonable risk to teachers and students in special day schools or special school rooms; permits shared services in connection with the establishment of such special schools.

Who sponsors NY A 656?

Phil Steck is the primary sponsor of NY A 656.

Description

Provides that schools need not provide special instruction to delinquent students whose violent behavior poses an unreasonable risk to teachers and students in special day schools or special school rooms; permits shared services in connection with the establishment of such special schools.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-15 — ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Phil Steckprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-15

    ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 8880not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 372not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3108not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4233not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A656?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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