Senate Bill S230

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to amending the universal full-day pre-kindergarten program subscription amount for regions other than New York city; repealer

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Current 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

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2023-S230 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A955
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §3602-ee sub 4, amd §3602-ee, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7362, A8506
2019-2020: S1894, A1249
2021-2022: S2568, A823

2023-S230 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to amending the universal full-day pre-kindergarten program subscription amount for regions other than New York city.

2023-S230 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S230 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    230
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 the universal full-day
   pre-kindergarten program; and  to  repeal  subdivision  4  of  section
   3602-ee of such law relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 3602-ee of the  education  law  is
 REPEALED.
   §  2. Subdivisions 1 and 5 of section 3602-ee of the education law, as
 added by section 1 of part CC of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2014,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  purpose of the universal full-day pre-kindergarten program is
 to incentivize and  fund  state-of-the-art  innovative  pre-kindergarten
 programs [and to encourage program creativity through competition].
   5.  The  department shall develop a scoring system, which it shall use
 to evaluate which applications shall be funded [on a competitive  basis]
 based  on  merit  and  factors including but not limited to the criteria
 listed above and student and community need. [Upon  review  of  applica-
 tions,  if the program is oversubscribed in any region or regions of the
 state, the department shall notify the division  of  the  budget,  which
 shall  develop  a  plan  for  distribution of available slots within any
 oversubscribed region.] The subscription for the New York city region is
 three hundred million dollars. THE SUBSCRIPTION FOR EACH REGION  OF  THE
 STATE  OTHER  THAN THE NEW YORK CITY REGION SHALL BE IN AN AMOUNT SUFFI-
 CIENT TO PROVIDE SLOTS FOR ALL QUALIFYING PROGRAMS. The department shall
 allocate full-day pre-kindergarten conversion  slots  and  new  full-day
 pre-kindergarten  slots  based  on  available  funding  and  shall  make
 payments upon documentation of eligible expenditures in the  base  year,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00101-01-3
              

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