Assembly Bill A9861

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York to require minors who are five years old to attend kindergarten

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  • 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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2011-A9861 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7015
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3205, Ed L

2011-A9861 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York to require minors who are five years old to attend kindergarten instruction.

2011-A9861 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9861

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 18, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the  board
  of  education  of  the city school district of the city of New York to
  require minors who are five years old to attend kindergarten  instruc-
  tion

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 3205 of the  educa-
tion  law,  as  added  by chapter 546 of the laws of 1987, is amended to
read as follows:
  c. The board of education of the Syracuse city school district AND THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF  NEW  YORK
[is]  ARE  hereby authorized to require minors who are five years of age
on or before December first to attend kindergarten instruction. However,
the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to:
  (i) Minors whose parents elect not to enroll their children in  school
until the following September.
  (ii) Students enrolled in non-public schools or in home instruction.
  S  2.  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.
                                                           LBD15317-01-2

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