Assembly Bill A4939

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Appropriates monies for funding day care services to children of persons 24 and under to enable such persons to continue education; appropriation

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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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2017-A4939 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §410, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4196
2011-2012: A3710
2013-2014: A6125
2015-2016: A4450
2019-2020: A7171
2021-2022: A5059
2023-2024: A4470

2017-A4939 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides funds for day care services for the children of persons 24 and under to enable such persons to continue secondary and post-secondary education; provides criteria to be governed by standards established for economically and educationally disadvantaged students under special opportunity programs for state and city universities; appropriates $5,600,000 to the office of children and family services therefor.

2017-A4939 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4939
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. RAMOS, SKOUFIS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  day  care
   services and making an appropriation therefor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 410 of the social services law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   3-A. DAY CARE UNDER THIS TITLE SHALL ALSO MEAN AND  INCLUDE  DAY  CARE
 PROGRAMS PROVIDING CARE FOR THE CHILDREN OF PERSONS TWENTY-FOUR YEARS OF
 AGE  OR  YOUNGER, TO ENABLE SUCH PERSONS TO CONTINUE SECONDARY AND POST-
 SECONDARY EDUCATION. THE CRITERIA FOR SUCH DAY CARE ELIGIBILITY SHALL BE
 DETERMINED ACCORDING TO THE FINANCIAL CRITERIA PROMULGATED  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  SIXTY-FOUR  HUNDRED  FIFTY-TWO  OF  THE EDUCATION LAW GOVERNING
 FINANCIAL AID TO EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMS AND STUDENTS.
   §  2.  The  sum  of  five  million  six   hundred   thousand   dollars
 ($5,600,000), or so much thereof as shall be necessary, is hereby appro-
 priated to the office of children and family services from any moneys in
 the  general  fund  to  the  credit of the local assistance account, not
 otherwise appropriated, to be used for reimbursement of  start-up  funds
 and operating expenses, including personal service, of day care programs
 providing  care  for the children of persons twenty-four years of age or
 younger, to enable such persons to continue secondary and post-secondary
 education. Such moneys shall  be  distributed,  upon  request  therefor,
 through  local  social services districts as provided in subdivision 3-a
 of section 410 of the social services law, and shall be payable upon the
 audit and warrant of the state  comptroller  on  vouchers  certified  or
 approved  by  the  commissioner  of  the  office  of children and family
 services or his or her duly designated  representative  as  provided  by
 law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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