Assembly Bill A955

2023-2024 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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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A955 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S230
Current Committee:
Assembly 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: A8506, S7362
2019-2020: A1249, S1894
2021-2022: A823, S2568

2023-A955 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-A955 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    955
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, ZEBROWSKI, THIELE, STECK, SIMON, SANTA-
   BARBARA,  PRETLOW,  LUPARDO,  McDONOUGH,  DICKENS,  MAGNARELLI,  COOK,
   TAYLOR,  VANEL, HYNDMAN, COLTON, WEPRIN, JONES, FAHY, LAVINE, WOERNER,
   JEAN-PIERRE, RIVERA, RAMOS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  RA  --
   read once and referred 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 REPEALED.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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00101-01-3

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