N.Y. Education Law Section 3201
Discrimination on account of race, creed, color or national origin prohibited

1.

No person shall be refused admission into or be excluded from any public school in the state of New York on account of race, creed, color or national origin.

2.

Except with the express approval of a board of education having jurisdiction, a majority of the members of such board having been elected, no student shall be assigned or compelled to attend any school on account of race, creed, color or national origin, or for the purpose of achieving equality in attendance or increased attendance or reduced attendance, at any school, of persons of one or more particular races, creeds, colors, or national origins; and no school district, school zone or attendance unit, by whatever name known, shall be established, reorganized or maintained for any such purpose, provided that nothing contained in this section shall prevent the assignment of a pupil in the manner requested or authorized by his parents or guardian, and further provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect, in any way, the right of a religious or denominational educational institution to select its pupils exclusively or primarily from members of such religion or denomination or from giving preference to such selection to such members or to make such selection to its pupils as is calculated to promote the religious principle for which it is established.

Source: Section 3201 — Discrimination on account of race, creed, color or national origin prohibited, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/3201 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

3201
Discrimination on account of race, creed, color or national origin prohibited 3201‑A
Discrimination on account of sex 3202
Public schools free to resident pupils 3203
Selection of school for attendance of children when district line intersects a dwelling 3204
Instruction required 3205
Attendance of minors upon full time day instruction 3206
Attendance of minors upon part time instruction 3207
Attendance upon evening instruction 3207‑A
Service of persons seventeen years of age as election inspectors or poll clerks 3208
Attendance 3208‑A
Special proceeding to determine physical capacity of student to participate in athletic programs 3209
Education of homeless children 3209‑A
Child abuse prevention 3210
Amount and character of required attendance 3211
Records of attendance upon instruction 3211‑A
Reports of reading tests 3212
Definition of persons in parental relation and their duties 3212‑A
Records of telephone numbers 3213
Supervisors of attendance 3214
Student placement, suspensions and transfers 3215
Unlawful employment 3215‑A
General certification provisions 3216
Employment certificates 3217
Procedure for issuance of employment certificates 3218
Evidence of age 3219
Consent of parent or guardian 3220
Certificate of physical fitness 3221
Pledge of employment 3222
Schooling record 3223
Duties of employers 3224
Temporary services 3225
Special employment certificate 3226
Farm work permits 3227
Street trades 3228
Newspaper carrier 3230
School district meetings and activities 3232
Courts having jurisdiction 3233
Penalties 3234
Enforcement
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Accessed:
Apr. 20, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 3201’s source at nysenate​.gov

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