Assembly Bill A8918

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the dates for attendance of minors upon full day instruction

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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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2019-A8918 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3205, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A2410

2019-A8918 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Revises the dates for attendance of minors upon full day instruction, specifically when children shall start attending school for full days.

2019-A8918 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8918
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the dates for  attend-
   ance of minors upon full day 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 1 of section 3205 of the  educa-
 tion  law,  as amended by chapter 518 of the laws of 1993, is amended to
 read as follows:
   c. For purposes of this article, a minor who becomes six years of  age
 on  or  before the first of [December] NOVEMBER in any school year shall
 be required to attend upon full time instruction from the first day that
 the appropriate public schools are  in  session  in  September  of  such
 school year, and a minor who becomes six years of age after the first of
 [December]  NOVEMBER in any school year shall be required to attend upon
 full time instruction from the first day of  session  in  the  following
 September;  and,  except  as  otherwise provided in subdivision three of
 this section, shall be required to remain in attendance until  the  last
 day  of  session  in  the school year in which the minor becomes sixteen
 years of age.
   § 2. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section  3205  of  the  education
 law,  as  amended  by  section  one  of  this act, is amended to read as
 follows:
   c. For purposes of this article, a minor who becomes six years of  age
 on or before the first of [November] OCTOBER in any school year shall be
 required  to  attend  upon full time instruction from the first day that
 the appropriate public schools are  in  session  in  September  of  such
 school year, and a minor who becomes six years of age after the first of
 [November]  OCTOBER  in any school year shall be required to attend upon
 full time instruction from the first day of  session  in  the  following
 September;  and,  except  as  otherwise provided in subdivision three of

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

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