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Assembly Bill A5755

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to incorporating art and music into prekindergarten programs

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2025-A5755 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §805, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A5919
2017-2018: A3493
2019-2020: A2449
2021-2022: A3740

2025-A5755 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to incorporating art and music into prekindergarten programs.

2025-A5755 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5755
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to incorporating art  and
   music into prekindergarten programs
 
   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 805 to
 read as follows:
   § 805. MUSIC AND ART IN PREKINDERGARTEN  PROGRAMS.  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS,
 CHARTER  SCHOOLS,  OR  BOARDS  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MAY
 AUTHORIZE THE  INCORPORATION  OF  MUSIC  AND  ART  INTO  PREKINDERGARTEN
 PROGRAMS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10067-01-5

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