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Assembly Bill A9782

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes school districts in Rochester and the city of New York to mandate school attendance in kindergarten

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2011-A9782 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3205, Ed L

2011-A9782 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes school districts in Rochester and the city of New York to mandate school attendance in kindergarten.

2011-A9782 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9782

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 2, 2012
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  authorizing  school
  districts  in Rochester and the city of New York to require attendance
  in kindergarten

  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]  BOARDS  of  education  of the [Syracuse] city school
[district is] DISTRICTS OF SYRACUSE, ROCHESTER AND NEW YORK  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] AND TO ALLOW SUCH
EXCEPTIONS AS THEY DEEM APPROPRIATE, INCLUDING EXCEPTIONS FOR:
  (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 immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15111-01-2

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