Bill Text: NY S07015 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York to require minors who are five years old to attend kindergarten instruction.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9861 [S07015 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S07015-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7015
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 20, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  FLANAGAN, GOLDEN, LANZA -- read twice and ordered
         printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Educa-
         tion
       AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the board
         of education of the city school district of the city of  New  York  to
         require  minors who are five years old to attend kindergarten instruc-
         tion
         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 2 of section 3205 of the educa-
    2  tion law, as added by chapter 546 of the laws of  1987,  is  amended  to
    3  read as follows:
    4    c. The board of education of the Syracuse city school district AND THE
    5  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    6  [is] ARE hereby authorized to require minors who are five years  of  age
    7  on or before December first to attend kindergarten instruction. However,
    8  the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to:
    9    (i)  Minors whose parents elect not to enroll their children in school
   10  until the following September.
   11    (ii) Students enrolled in non-public schools or in home instruction.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
   13  the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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