Assembly Bill A96

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires kindergarten instruction 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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2017-A96 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3205, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9497
2019-2020: A350

2017-A96 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-A96 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    96
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, BUCHWALD, COOK, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, SIMON,
   RAIA, JAFFEE, PEOPLES-STOKES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BUTLER
   -- read once and referred 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. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 3205 of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by chapter 118 of the laws of 2015, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   c.  [The  board of education of the Syracuse city school district, 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, the board of education of the city  school  district  of  the
 city of Utica, 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,] IN EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE STATE, MINORS  WHO
 ARE  FIVE  YEARS OF AGE ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER FIRST SHALL ATTEND KINDER-
 GARTEN 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.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD06317-01-7

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