Bill Text: NY A00331 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires kindergartens to operate full day programs.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A00331 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00331-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           331
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, JAFFEE, PRETLOW, ZEBROWSKI, RAMOS, STECK,
          HEVESI,  RIVERA,  COOK,  GALEF, ABINANTI, RAIA, LUPARDO -- Multi-Spon-
          sored by -- M.   of A. GOTTFRIED -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to full day kindergarten
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  1712  of  the  education  law  is
     2  amended to read as follows:
     3    1. The board of education of each school district [may] shall maintain
     4  kindergartens  which shall be free to resident children between the ages
     5  of four and six years, provided, however, such board may  fix  a  higher
     6  minimum  age  for  admission to such kindergartens.  In the two thousand
     7  twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school year and thereafter, all such
     8  kindergartens shall be operated on a full-time basis.
     9    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2514 of the education law, as  added  by
    10  chapter 762 of the laws of 1950, is amended to read as follows:
    11    1.  The  board  of  education of each city school district [may] shall
    12  maintain kindergartens which shall be free to resident children  between
    13  the  ages of four and six years, provided, however, such board may fix a
    14  higher minimum age for admission to such  kindergartens.    In  the  two
    15  thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school year and thereafter,
    16  all such kindergartens shall be operated on a full-time basis.
    17    §  3. Subdivision 1 of section 2555 of the education law, such section
    18  as renumbered by chapter 762 of the laws of 1950, is amended to read  as
    19  follows:
    20    1. The board of education of each city [may] shall maintain kindergar-
    21  tens  which  shall be free to resident children between the ages of four
    22  and six years, provided, however, such board may fix  a  higher  minimum
    23  age  for  admission  to such kindergartens.  In the two thousand twenty-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  one--two thousand  twenty-two  school  year  and  thereafter,  all  such
     2  kindergartens shall be operated on a full-time basis.
     3    §  4.  The  opening  paragraph of subdivision 9 of section 3602 of the
     4  education law, as amended by section 9 of part A of chapter  57  of  the
     5  laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     6    School districts may make available full day kindergarten programs for
     7  all  children  wishing to attend such programs, and, commencing with the
     8  two thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school year, shall make
     9  full day kindergarten programs available to all children.
    10    § 5. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    11  the date on which it shall have become a law.