Creates a single, streamlined process whereby a facility or program operating both a pre-kindergarten program and a daycare program may apply for and receive any certification, licensing, or other requirement otherwise necessary to operate a pre-kindergarten program or daycare program under the laws of the state.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5594
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 18, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to creating a single,
streamlined process whereby combination pre-kindergarten and daycare
programs may be certified to operate
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3602-
eee to read as follows:
§ 3602-EEE. COMBINATION PRE-KINDERGARTEN AND DAYCARE PROGRAMS. 1. FOR
THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
ING MEANINGS:
(A) "PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM" MEANS ANY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM
OPERATING PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-E OR THIRTY-SIX
HUNDRED TWO-EE OF THIS PART, OR ANY OTHER RULE OR REGULATION PROMULGATED
BY THE DEPARTMENT.
(B) "DAYCARE PROGRAM" MEANS ANY CHILD DAY CARE, AS SUCH TERM IS
DEFINED BY SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
2. THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILY SERVICES, SHALL CREATE A SINGLE, STREAMLINED PROCESS WHEREBY A
FACILITY OR PROGRAM OPERATING BOTH A PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM AND A
DAYCARE PROGRAM MAY APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE ANY CERTIFICATION, LICENSING,
OR OTHER REQUIREMENT OTHERWISE NECESSARY TO OPERATE A PRE-KINDERGARTEN
PROGRAM OR DAYCARE PROGRAM UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE.
3. THE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL
BE AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND/OR REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO
EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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