Bill Text: NY A05594 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5594

Introduced

Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - referred to education [A05594 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A05594-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5594

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 18, 2025
                                       ___________

        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:

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  3602-
     2  eee to read as follows:
     3    §  3602-eee. Combination pre-kindergarten and daycare programs. 1. For
     4  the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
     5  ing meanings:
     6    (a) "Pre-kindergarten  program"  means  any  pre-kindergarten  program
     7  operating  pursuant  to  section  thirty-six hundred two-e or thirty-six
     8  hundred two-ee of this part, or any other rule or regulation promulgated
     9  by the department.
    10    (b) "Daycare program" means any  child  day  care,  as  such  term  is
    11  defined by section three hundred ninety of the social services law.
    12    2.  The  department,  in  conjunction  with the office of children and
    13  family services, shall create a single, streamlined  process  whereby  a
    14  facility  or  program  operating  both  a pre-kindergarten program and a
    15  daycare program may apply for and receive any certification,  licensing,
    16  or  other  requirement otherwise necessary to operate a pre-kindergarten
    17  program or daycare program under the laws of the state.
    18    3. The department and the office of children and family services shall
    19  be authorized to promulgate any rules and/or  regulations  necessary  to
    20  effectuate the provisions of this section.
    21    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    22  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    23  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    24  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    25  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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