New York Laws
Title 9-B - Public Assistance Employment Programs
336-A - Educational Activities.

(a) In accordance with the provisions of this chapter, any such
participant who is under age eighteen shall be required to attend
educational activities designed to prepare the individual for a high
school degree or equivalency certificate. Participants who are not
subject to compulsory school attendance requirements may be exempted
from the requirements of this paragraph under criteria established by
the department in consultation with the state education department and
consistent with federal law and regulations.
(b) Any such participant who is age eighteen or nineteen shall be
assigned to educational activities, except that the district shall
assign such participant to employment and/or other activities under this
title if the district has determined that such alternative activities
are consistent with the participant's employability plan and, pursuant
to department regulations, there has been a determination by the
district based on such plan that educational activities are not
appropriate for such participant or that the participant has failed to
make good progress in such educational activities.
(c) Any such participant who is an adult in a two-parent family and is
under age twenty-five may be required to participate in educational
activities consistent with his or her employment goals set forth in the
employability plan.
(d) The social services official shall not assign a participant
described in this subdivision to any activities which interfere with the
educational activities assigned pursuant to such participant's
employability plan and described in this subdivision.
5. Any applicant for or recipient of public assistance pursuing
activities described in this subdivision shall not be assigned to any
other activity prior to conducting an assessment and developing an
employability plan as prescribed in section three hundred thirty-five or
three hundred thirty-five-a of this title. Local social services
districts may periodically reevaluate a participant's employment plan
and make assignments to other work activities in order to meet
participation rates, giving due consideration to the participant's
progress in the current, and if applicable, prior program.
6. Nothing required in this section shall be construed to supersede
the eligibility requirements of teen parents as set forth in this
chapter.