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.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9861
SPONSOR: Nolan TITLE OF BILL: 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 instruction
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill authorizes the school
district of the city of New York to require children five years of age
to attend kindergarten.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends Education Law § 3202
to authorize the school district of the city of New York to require
children five years of age to attend kindergarten.
JUSTIFICATION: Early childhood education is important to the develop-
ment and academic success of students. This bill authorizes the school
district of the city of New York to require children five years of age
to attend kindergarten.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This bill shall take effect on July 1 next succeeding
the date on which it shall become a law,
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9861
IN ASSEMBLY
April 18, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Education
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 § 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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