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Assembly Bill A6594

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides school preference when a student is applying to the same public elementary or middle school as a sibling

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2025-A6594 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2647
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3203-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9912

2025-A6594 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that in a city with a population of one million or more, where a student is applying to attend a public elementary or middle school and such student has a sibling who already attends such school, such student whose application is pending shall be given preference for admission.

2025-A6594 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6594
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to providing school
   application preference when a student is applying to the  same  public
   elementary or middle school as a sibling

   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 3203-a
 to read as follows:
   § 3203-A. SCHOOL APPLICATION PREFERENCE FOR SIBLINGS IN A CITY WITH  A
 POPULATION  OF  ONE MILLION OR MORE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE
 OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, IN  A  CITY  WITH  A  POPULATION  OF  ONE
 MILLION  OR  MORE, WHERE A STUDENT IS APPLYING OR WAITLISTED TO ATTEND A
 PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SUCH STUDENT HAS  A  SIBLING  WHO
 ALREADY  ATTENDS SUCH SCHOOL BEING APPLIED TO, SUCH STUDENT WHOSE APPLI-
 CATION IS PENDING SHALL BE GIVEN PREFERENCE FOR ADMISSION AS A RESULT OF
 HAVING A SIBLING WHO ALREADY ATTENDS SUCH SCHOOL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07025-01-5

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