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Decoder NYS Laws

The New York State Assembly has a webpage which allows anyone to access State laws.

In order to be somewhat efficient at this, it is helpful to know the following:

  • Most Education Law is found under "Consolidated Laws" on the web page - this Decoder is for those laws.
  • All consolidated Education Law is found in Chapter 16; that is the most basic level.
  • When you arrive at that location on the web page, you will find a list which is very hard to decipher because everything apparently has the same value and there is not formatting…
  • So - here is the hierarchy of the letter/alphabet maze now facing you:
  • Chapter 16
    • Title
      • Article
      • Part (sometimes)
        • Section
        • Subsections (often)

Consolidated Laws of New York (PLEASE NOTE: after clicking this link, you will need to click "EDN" to get a list of Education Laws)

Attendance Specific References:

TITLE I

  • Article 7 [Sections 301 - 318] #9;
  • Article 17 [Sections 801 - 813]
  • Article 19 [Sections 901 - 916]

TITLE II

  • Article 35 [Sections 1701 -1726]
  • Article 51 [Sections 2501 - 2530]
  • Article 52 [Sections 2550 - 2588]

Title IV

  • Article 61 [Sections 3001 - 3034]
  • Article 65 [Sections 3201 - 3243]
  • Part I [Sections 3001 - 3234]
  • Part II - [Sections 3240- 3243]

TITLE V

  • Article 73 [Sections 3601 - 3660-C]
  • Part I [Sections 3601 - 3611]
  • Article 77 [Sections 3801 - 3816]

TITLE VI

  • Article 81 [Sections 4001 -4006]
  • Article 83 [Sections 4101 - 4119]
  • Article 89 [Sections 4401 - 4410-a]
  • Article 93 [Sections 4601 - 4607]

This information is provided in the event that you are interested in finding additional parts of the laws related to attendance.