Bill Text: NY S07347 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the Buffalo school district to require minors five years of age to attend kindergarten.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-23 - SIGNED CHAP.189 [S07347 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S07347-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N S E N A T E
May 13, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the
Buffalo school district to require minors five years of age to attend
kindergarten
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 separately amended by chapters 157 and 167 of the laws of
3 2012, is amended to 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 and the board of education of the city school district of the city of
7 Rochester AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE
8 CITY OF BUFFALO are hereby authorized to require minors who are five
9 years of age on or before December first to attend kindergarten instruc-
10 tion. However, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to:
11 (i) Minors whose parents elect not to enroll their children in school
12 until the following September.
13 (ii) Students enrolled in non-public schools or in home instruction.
14 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15160-01-4
