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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 288: Relates to restrictions on authority for the withholding of public monies from educational institutions

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 288 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to restrictions on authority for the withholding of public monies from educational institutions. Primary sponsor: Steve Rhoads (Republican/Conservative). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO EDUCATION.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Provides that the commissioner of education may also withhold from any district or city its share of the public money of the state for willfully disobeying any provision of law, or for such decisions, orders or regulations as aforesaid whose willful violation constitutes an immediate threat to the health, safety, education or welfare of students, employees or visitors at such common school, educational institution, school district or public school.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Steve RhoadsPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Peter OberackerCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate51
Tony PalumboCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Alexis WeikCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate8

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO EDUCATION
  2. REFERRED TO EDUCATION

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source