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Assembly Bill A6624

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the joint legislative committee on early childhood and learning

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2015-A6624 (ACTIVE) - Details

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2015-A6624 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the joint legislative committee on early childhood and learning.

2015-A6624 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6624

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Children and Families

AN ACT in relation to establishing the joint  legislative  committee  on
  early childhood and learning

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

  Section 1. a. There is hereby created the joint legislative  committee
on  early  childhood  and  learning.  The  committee  shall study issues
concerning early childhood  and  school  readiness,  including  but  not
limited  to  health  care,  mental  health, parental involvement, family
support, child care and early  learning.  The  committee  shall  solicit
input  from  members  of  the  public, especially those individuals with
expertise related to early childhood and school readiness issues, to aid
the committee in its work.
  b. The committee shall consist of the assembly majority leader, assem-
bly minority leader, senate majority leader, senate minority leader, two
members of the assembly appointed by the speaker of the assembly and two
members of the senate  appointed  by  the  temporary  president  of  the
senate. Any vacancies occurring among the members of the committee shall
be filled in the manner of the original appointment.
  c.  The  committee  shall (1) hold a hearing on any matter relating to
the functions of the committee; (2) identify state policies and  actions
that,  in conjunction with public and private partners and in support of
families and communities, can work to achieve conditions  of  well-being
for  children;  (3) review and make recommendations to align state stat-
utes, regulations, programs,  services  and  budgetary  priorities;  (4)
search  for  any interdepartmental gaps, inconsistencies and inefficien-
cies in the implementation or  attainment  of  the  state  policies  and
actions; (5) identify any new laws, regulations, programs, services, and
budgetary  priorities  that  are  needed  to  ensure and promote desired
conditions of well-being for children; (6)  serve  as  an  informational

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03367-01-5

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