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S 831 NY

Provides for the posthumous awarding of high school diplomas

NY · session 2025-2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 8, 2025

Latest action (Jan 7, 2026) REFERRED TO EDUCATION

Summary

Directs the board of education or the board of trustees of each school district shall establish a policy and adopt procedures permitting the district to confer a diploma on a student posthumously if, at the time of death, such student had completed the eleventh grade class of a public school in the district and was enrolled or expected to be enrolled in the twelfth grade class within the same public school district the following school year.

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1 coauthor / cosponsor

Action history (2)
  1. Jan 8, 2025 REFERRED TO EDUCATION · upper
  2. Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO EDUCATION · upper

Text versions (2)

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  • S831 · HTML
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