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Assembly Bill A8567

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes the board of education of the Buffalo school district to require pre-kindergarten for minors four years of age

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2013-A8567 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3205, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A3245
2017-2018: A2713

2013-A8567 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the board of education of the Buffalo school district to require pre-kindergarten for minors four years of age.

2013-A8567 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8567

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 23, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- 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 Buffalo school district to require pre-kindergar-
  ten for minors four years of age

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  3205 of the education law is
amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
  D. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE BUFFALO  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IS  HEREBY
AUTHORIZED  TO  REQUIRE  MINORS  WHO  ARE FOUR YEARS OF AGE ON OR BEFORE
DECEMBER FIRST TO ATTEND  PRE-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 HOME INSTRUCTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect 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.
                                                           LBD11980-02-3

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