Senate Bill S876

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires kindergarten instruction for Rockland and Westchester counties for minors who are five years of age on or before December first

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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-S876 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A144
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3205, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5056, A5786
2017-2018: A2043
2019-2020: A483
2021-2022: A5006
2023-2024: A1170

2015-S876 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires kindergarten instruction for Rockland and Westchester counties for minors who are five years of age on or before December first.

2015-S876 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S876 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   876

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. CARLUCCI, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KLEIN, LATIMER -- read
  twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
  Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to requiring minors who
  are five years old to attend kindergarten instruction

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  3205 of the education law is
amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
  D. IN EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTIES OF ROCKLAND  AND  WESTCHES-
TER,  MINORS WHO ARE FIVE YEARS OF AGE ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER FIRST SHALL
ATTEND KINDERGARTEN INSTRUCTION, HOWEVER, THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  PARA-
GRAPH 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 on the first of July  next  succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00291-01-5

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