---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides that certain schools shall experience no financial harm for their inability to operate for the full 180 session days due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)"
description: "Provides that certain schools shall experience no financial harm for their inability to operate for the full 180 session days due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 897"
citation: "New York S 897 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HARCKHAM"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54fae0df-7017-40a2-aca4-e7ede89c9a70"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S897"
source_hash: "139cff84b0362afecda1859033d0ca6130bbf29138ecc243cda05f3603c44819"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 897 (2021-2022) — Provides that certain schools shall experience no financial harm for their inability to operate for the full 180 session days due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Provides that certain schools shall experience no financial harm for their inability to operate for the full 180 session days due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S897** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S897&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **18–3** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HARCKHAM — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.50
- **2021-01-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-01-25** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-01-25** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A958
- **2021-04-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.196
- **2021-04-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-04-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11** SIGNED CHAP.130 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54fae0df-7017-40a2-aca4-e7ede89c9a70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).