Assembly Bill A3970

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Promotes the inclusion of children living in temporary housing in prekindergarten programs

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A3970 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1034
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9237
2017-2018: A4429
2019-2020: A4795, S8103
2021-2022: A5835, S1928

2023-A3970 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Promotes the inclusion of children living in temporary housing in prekindergarten programs; requires school districts to prioritize homeless children on any pre-K waitlists and provides for the reimbursement to school districts of hiring additional staff to accommodate the enrollment of a homeless child.

2023-A3970 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3970
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to promoting the inclu-
   sion of  children  living  in  temporary  housing  in  prekindergarten
   programs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3602-e of the education law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21.  EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT IMPLEMENTING A PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM SHALL
 PROMOTE THE INCLUSION OF HOMELESS CHILDREN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION  THIR-
 TY-TWO HUNDRED NINE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE
 THE CLASS SIZE FOR A  PREKINDERGARTEN  CLASS  HAS  REACHED  ITS  MAXIMUM
 CAPACITY,  AS  DETERMINED BY REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER, THE SCHOOL
 DISTRICT IN WHICH A HOMELESS CHILD IS CURRENTLY TEMPORARILY HOUSED IN  A
 MOTEL,  HOTEL,  SHELTER  OR  OTHER  TEMPORARY  HOUSING ARRANGEMENT SHALL
 PRIORITIZE SUCH CHILD'S PLACEMENT ON ANY WAITLIST FOR  ENROLLMENT  IN  A
 PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM.
   B.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE
 THE CLASS SIZE FOR A PREKINDERGARTEN CLASS NECESSITATES  THE  HIRING  OF
 ADDITIONAL  STAFF,  AS DETERMINED BY REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER, TO
 ACCOMMODATE THE ENROLLMENT OF A  HOMELESS  CHILD,  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT
 SHALL BE REIMBURSED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE DIRECT COST OF HIRING SUCH
 ADDITIONAL STAFF, NOT OTHERWISE REIMBURSED UNDER OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAMS,
 CALCULATED PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
 and/or  repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the implementa-
 tion of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  on  or
 before such date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03524-01-3

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