Senate Bill S1624

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing boards of education of every school district to require minors who are five years of age to attend kindergarten

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  • 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

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2019-S1624 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7112
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3205, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A10294

2019-S1624 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to allowing boards of education of every school district to require minors who are five years of age to attend kindergarten.

2019-S1624 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1624 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1624
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 allowing  a  board  of
   education  to  require  minors  who  are  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 277 of the laws of 2017, 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] OF EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN THE
 STATE  IS  hereby authorized to require minors who are five years of age
 on or before December first to attend kindergarten 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04323-01-9

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