NY State Senate Bill 2021-S2568

Senate Bill S2568

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to amending the universal full-day pre-kindergarten program subscription amount for regions other than New York city; repealer

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2021-S2568 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A823
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Rpld §3602-ee sub 4, amd §3602-ee, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S7362, A8506
2019-2020: S1894, A1249
2023-2024: S230, A955

2021-S2568 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to amending the universal full-day pre-kindergarten program subscription amount for regions other than New York city.

2021-S2568 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2568

SPONSOR: GALLIVAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to the universal full-day
pre-kindergarten program; and to repeal subdivision 4 of section 3602-ee
of such law relating thereto

 
PURPOSE:

To enable all school districts in the state to participate in the state-
wide universal full-day pre-kindergarten program.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one repeals subdivision 4 of section 3602-ee.

Section two removes the competitive elements of the program and provides
that the subscription for each region of the state other than the New
York city region shall be in an amount sufficient to provide slots for
all, qualifying programs.

Section three provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Although New York enacted a statewide universal full-day pre-kindergar-
ten program, many districts outside of New York City have not been able
to participate since they have to compete with other districts for
limited funds.

This legislation would remove the competitive element from the program,
so that any district that applies and meets the requirements of the
program would receive funding. Many school districts outside of New York
City have not started pre-kindergarten programs because they have not
been able to receive funding under the current program.  In fact, in the
2015-16 school year, 82% of four-year-olds outside of New York City did
not have full-day pre-kindergarten. This legislation would ensure that
all four-year-olds in the state have access to full-day pre-kindergar-
ten.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: S.1894/A.1249 Referred to Education

2017-18: S.7362/A.8506 Advanced to 3rd Reading/Referred to Education

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
The first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become
a law.

2021-S2568 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2568
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 the universal full-day
   pre-kindergarten program; and  to  repeal  subdivision  4  of  section
   3602-ee of such law relating thereto

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 3602-ee of the  education  law  is
 REPEALED.
   §  2. Subdivisions 1 and 5 of section 3602-ee of the education law, as
 added by section 1 of part CC of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2014,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  purpose of the universal full-day pre-kindergarten program is
 to incentivize and  fund  state-of-the-art  innovative  pre-kindergarten
 programs [and to encourage program creativity through competition].
   5.  The  department shall develop a scoring system, which it shall use
 to evaluate which applications shall be funded [on a competitive  basis]
 based  on  merit  and  factors including but not limited to the criteria
 listed above and student and community need. [Upon  review  of  applica-
 tions,  if the program is oversubscribed in any region or regions of the
 state, the department shall notify the division  of  the  budget,  which
 shall  develop  a  plan  for  distribution of available slots within any
 oversubscribed region.] The subscription for the New York city region is
 three hundred million dollars. THE SUBSCRIPTION FOR EACH REGION  OF  THE
 STATE  OTHER  THAN THE NEW YORK CITY REGION SHALL BE IN AN AMOUNT SUFFI-
 CIENT TO PROVIDE SLOTS FOR ALL QUALIFYING PROGRAMS. The department shall
 allocate full-day pre-kindergarten conversion  slots  and  new  full-day
 pre-kindergarten  slots  based  on  available  funding  and  shall  make
 payments upon documentation of eligible expenditures in the  base  year,
 which  shall  be limited to the actual number of slots operated and paid
 on a per-pupil basis pursuant to subdivision fourteen of this section.
   § 3. 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.
                                                            LBD01850-01-1

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