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Senate Bill S2647

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-S2647 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6594
Current Committee:
Senate New York City Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3203-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9912

2025-S2647 (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-S2647 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2647 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2647
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City 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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