S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 4, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, FAHY, JAFFEE, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Spon-
sored by -- M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the compulsory age for
full time instruction
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3205 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 262 of the laws of 1959, paragraphs a and b as
amended by chapter 296 of the laws of 1969 and paragraph c as amended by
chapter 518 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
1. a. In each school district of the state, each minor from [six] FIVE
to sixteen years of age shall attend upon full time instruction.
b. Each minor from [six] FIVE to sixteen years of age on an Indian
reservation shall attend upon full time day instruction.
c. For purposes of this article, a minor who becomes [six] FIVE years
of age on or before the first of December in any school year shall be
required to attend upon full time instruction from the first day that
the appropriate public schools are in session in September of such
school year, and a minor who becomes [six] FIVE years of age after the
first of December in any school year shall be required to attend upon
full time instruction from the first day of session in the following
September; and, except as otherwise provided in subdivision three of
this section, shall be required to remain in attendance until the last
day of session in the school year in which the minor becomes sixteen
years of age.
§ 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.
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