Senate Bill S3517

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to full day kindergarten

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2019-S3517 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7070
2017-2018: S700

2019-S3517 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to full day kindergarten.

2019-S3517 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3517 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3517
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 8, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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 full day kindergarten
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  9  of  section 3602 of the education law, as
 amended by section 9 of part A of chapter 57 of the  laws  of  2013  and
 paragraph c as added by section 12 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   9.  Aid  for conversion to full day kindergarten. School districts may
 make available full day kindergarten programs for all  children  wishing
 to attend such programs.
   a. For aid payable in the [two thousand seven--two thousand eight] TWO
 THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY  school  year  and thereafter,
 school districts which provided any half-day  kindergarten  programs  or
 had  no kindergarten programs in the [nineteen hundred ninety-six--nine-
 ty-seven] TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN school year  [and
 in the base year], and which have not received an apportionment pursuant
 to  this  paragraph in any prior school year, shall be eligible for FIVE
 YEAR TRANSITION aid.  THE AID IN THE FIRST YEAR OF FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN
 TRANSITION IS equal to the product of the district's selected foundation
 aid calculated pursuant to subdivision four of this  section  multiplied
 by  the  positive  difference  resulting  when the full day kindergarten
 enrollment of children attending programs in the district  in  the  base
 year is subtracted from such enrollment in the current year. THE REMAIN-
 ING TRANSITION AID SHALL BE APPORTIONED AS FOLLOWS:
   I.  AID  IN YEAR TWO SHALL EQUAL EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE AID RECEIVED BY
 THE DISTRICT IN YEAR ONE.
   II. AID IN YEAR THREE SHALL EQUAL SIXTY  PERCENT OF THE  AID  RECEIVED
 BY THE DISTRICT IN YEAR ONE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06249-01-9
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.