Bill Text: NY A09257 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to children's eligibility for the universal prekindergarten program; requires such children shall be resident children of four years of age in accordance with certain conditions stipulated in this bill, and resident children of five years of age, where the school district has approved a resolution permitting them to be eligible for the program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-04 - referred to education [A09257 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09257-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 6943                                                  A. 9257
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 4, 2014
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  the  definition  of
         eligible  children  for  the  purposes  of  universal  prekindergarten
         programs
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  c  of  subdivision  1 of section 3602-e of the
    2  education law, as amended by section 19 of part B of chapter 57  of  the
    3  laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
    4    c. "Eligible children" shall mean resident children who are four years
    5  of  age  on  or  before  December  first  of  the year in which they are
    6  enrolled or who will otherwise be first eligible to enter public  school
    7  kindergarten  commencing  with  the  following school year, AND RESIDENT
    8  CHILDREN WHO ARE FIVE YEARS OF  AGE  ON  SUCH  DATE,  WHERE  THE  SCHOOL
    9  DISTRICT HAS APPROVED A RESOLUTION PERMITTING SUCH CHILDREN TO BE ELIGI-
   10  BLE FOR ITS UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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