Assembly Bill A100

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the compulsory age for full time instruction from six to five years of age

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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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2017-A100 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3205, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9722
2019-2020: A500
2021-2022: A818
2023-2024: A878

2017-A100 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the compulsory age for full time instruction from six to five years of age.

2017-A100 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    100
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PAULIN, FAHY, JAFFEE, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Spon-
   sored by -- M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the compulsory age for
   full time instruction

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 3205 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 262 of the laws  of  1959,  paragraphs  a  and  b  as
 amended by chapter 296 of the laws of 1969 and paragraph c as amended by
 chapter 518 of the laws of 1993, is 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 shall be
 required to attend upon full time instruction from the  first  day  that
 the  appropriate  public  schools  are  in  session in September of such
 school year, and a minor who becomes [six] FIVE years of age  after  the
 first  of  December  in any school year shall be required to attend upon
 full time instruction from the first day of  session  in  the  following
 September;  and,  except  as  otherwise provided in subdivision three of
 this section, shall be required to remain in attendance until  the  last
 day  of  session  in  the school year in which the minor becomes sixteen
 years of age.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD06315-01-7

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