Assembly Bill A6333

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the Yonkers city school district to require certain minors who are five years of age to attend kindergarten

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A6333 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4369
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3205, Ed L

2015-A6333 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the Yonkers city school district to require certain minors who are five years of age to attend kindergarten.

2015-A6333 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6333

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. PRETLOW, MAYER -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the  Yonk-
  ers  city school district to require certain minors who are five years
  of age to attend kindergarten

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 3205 of the educa-
tion law, as separately amended by chapters 187 and 189 of the  laws  of
2014, is amended to read as follows:
  c.  The board of education of the Syracuse city school district [and],
the board of education of the city school district of the  city  of  New
York,  the board of education of the city school district of the city of
Rochester [and], the board of education of the city school  district  of
the  city  of  Utica  [and],  the  board of education of the city school
district of the city of Buffalo AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF  THE  CITY
SCHOOL  DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF YONKERS are hereby authorized to require
minors who are five years of age on or before December first  to  attend
kindergarten  instruction.  However,  the  provisions  of this paragraph
shall not apply to:
  (i) Minors whose parents elect not to enroll their children in  school
until the following September.
  (ii) Students enrolled in non-public schools or in home instruction.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09928-01-5

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