| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to education |
| Jan 07, 2015 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S876
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2015-S876 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S876 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S876
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to
requiring minors who are five years old to attend kindergarten
instruction
PURPOSE: To require all 5-year-olds in Rockland and Westchester
counties to attend kindergarten instruction.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends subdivision 2 of section 3205
of the education law by adding a new paragraph d to provide that in
each school district in the counties of Rockland and Westchester,
minors who are five years of age on or before December first shall
attend kindergarten instruction.
Section 2. Effective date.
JUSTIFICATION: Attending kindergarten should not be optional. Years of
research has proven that kindergarten is a crucial time in the
development of children and that those who attend kindergarten perform
better in school. The state education law states that 5-year-olds are
entitled to a free public education, yet school attendance is not
compulsory until a child is 6' years of age. Due to this anomaly, a
school district that did not offer kindergarten instruction would be
required to enroll a 5-year-old and place them in a first grade class.
This is not an appropriate placement for a 5-year-old. Additionally,
2015-S876 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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876
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 7, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sens. CARLUCCI, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KLEIN, LATIMER -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring minors who
are five years old to attend kindergarten instruction
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. IN EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTIES OF ROCKLAND AND WESTCHES-
TER, MINORS WHO ARE FIVE YEARS OF AGE ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER FIRST SHALL
ATTEND KINDERGARTEN INSTRUCTION, HOWEVER, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARA-
GRAPH 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 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.
LBD00291-01-5
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