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Assembly Bill A9149A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the Cohoes and Watervliet city school districts to require minors five years of age to attend kindergarten

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2015-A9149 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6720
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3205, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A1377, S2274

2015-A9149 - Summary

Authorizes the Cohoes and Watervliet city school districts to require minors five years of age to attend kindergarten.

2015-A9149 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9149

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the Cohoes
  city  school  district  to  require minors five years of age to attend
  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 amended by chapter 118 of the laws of 2015, is  amended  to
read as follows:
  c.  The  board  of education of the Syracuse city school district, the
board of education of the city school district of the city of New  York,
the  board  of  education  of  the  city  school district of the city of
Rochester, the board of education of the city  school  district  of  the
city of Utica, the board of education of the city school district of the
city  of  Buffalo,  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  OF THE COHOES CITY SCHOOL
DISTRICT and the board of education of the city school district  of  the
city  of  Yonkers  are  hereby authorized to require minors who are five
years of age on or before December first to attend kindergarten instruc-
tion. 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 immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13805-01-6

2015-A9149A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6720
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3205, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A1377, S2274

2015-A9149A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the Cohoes and Watervliet city school districts to require minors five years of age to attend kindergarten.

2015-A9149A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 9149--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee  on  Education  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing  the  city
  school districts of Cohoes and Watervliet to require minors five years
  of age to attend 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 amended by chapter 118 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
read as follows:
  c. The board of education of the Syracuse city  school  district,  the
board  of education of the city school district of the city of New York,
the board of education of the  city  school  district  of  the  city  of
Rochester,  the  board  of  education of the city school district of the
city of Utica, the board of education of the city school district of the
city of Buffalo THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OF
THE  CITY  OF COHOES, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
OF THE CITY OF WATERVLIET, and the board of education of the city school
district of the city of Yonkers are hereby authorized to require  minors
who  are five years of age on or before December first to attend kinder-
garten 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 immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13805-02-6

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