Senate Bill S1034

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education 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-S1034 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3970
Current Committee:
Senate 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: S8103, A4795
2021-2022: S1928, A5835

2023-S1034 (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-S1034 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1034 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1034
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- 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 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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