Assembly Actions -
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Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to education |
Nov 17, 2021 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S7528
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 42nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2021-S7528 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S7528 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7528 SPONSOR: SKOUFIS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to the compulsory age for full time instruction and certain related exceptions PURPOSE: This bill lowers the compulsory age of full-time school attendance to five years of age, from the current age of six. It requires that all children between the ages of five to sixteen years of age attend school full-time. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Defines the term "child of compulsory school age." Section 2: States that children aged five to sixteen in all school districts are required to attend school full-time. Section 2 also provides that a parent may elect not to enroll their child in school in
2021-S7528 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7528 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E November 17, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the compulsory age for full time instruction and certain related exceptions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 2 of the education law, as amended by chapter 363 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows: 11. Compulsory school ages. The term "child of compulsory school age" means any child [between six and sixteen years of age] lawfully required to attend upon instruction PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER. § 2. Subdivision 1, paragraph c of subdivision 2 and subdivision 3 of section 3205 of the education law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 262 of the laws of 1959, paragraphs a and b of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 296 of the laws of 1969, paragraph c of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 518 of the laws of 1993, paragraph c of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 703 of the laws of 2019 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 183 of the laws of 2004, are amended to read as follows: 1. a. In each school district of the state, each minor from [six] FIVE to sixteen years of age shall attend upon full time instruction. b. Each minor from [six] FIVE to sixteen years of age on an Indian reservation shall attend upon full time day instruction. c. For purposes of this article, a minor who becomes [six] FIVE years of age on or before the first of December in any school year OR ON OR BEFORE A LATER DATE IN SUCH SCHOOL YEAR, NOT LATER THAN DECEMBER THIR- TY-FIRST, ESTABLISHED BY THE TRUSTEES OR BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR ADMIS- SION TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SUCH MINOR'S SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE shall be required to attend upon full time instruction from the first EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02014-01-1
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