Bill Text: NY A01055 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Explicitly authorizes prekindergarten education for homeless children; authorizes the designator to select the school district for such child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to education [A01055 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A01055-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1055 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 10, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, BLAKE, HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to pre-kindergarten education for homeless children The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3209 of the education law, as 2 added by chapter 569 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 3 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the 4 provisions of this section shall apply to a homeless child in pre-kin- 5 dergarten through twelfth grade. 6 8. The commissioner may promulgate regulations to carry out the 7 purposes of this section. 8 § 2. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 of section 3209 of the 9 education law, as added by chapter 569 of the laws of 1994, are amended 10 to read as follows: 11 c. School district of origin. The term "school district of origin" 12 shall mean the school district within the state of New York in which the 13 homeless child was attending a public school on a tuition-free basis, or 14 was attending a pre-kindergarten program, or was entitled to attend when 15 circumstances arose which caused such child to become homeless, which is 16 different from the school district of current location. Whenever the 17 school district of origin is designated pursuant to subdivision two of 18 this section, the child shall be entitled to return to the school build- 19 ing where previously enrolled. For the purposes of this section, the 20 terms "school" or "school building" shall include an eligible agency 21 that administers a pre-kindergarten program. 22 d. School district of current location. The term "school district of 23 current location" shall mean the public school district within the state 24 of New York in which the hotel, motel, shelter or other temporary hous- 25 ing arrangement of a homeless child, or the residential program for EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01240-01-7A. 1055 2 1 runaway and homeless youth, is located, which is different from the 2 school district of origin. Whenever the school district of current 3 location is designated pursuant to subdivision two of this section, the 4 child shall be entitled to attend the school that is zoned for his or 5 her temporary location or any school that nonhomeless students who live 6 in the same attendance zone in which the homeless child or youth is 7 temporarily residing are entitled to attend. If the homeless child is 8 eligible for pre-kindergarten and the school district of current 9 location operates a pre-kindergarten program, the child shall be enti- 10 tled to attend a pre-kindergarten program. 11 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 12 the date on which it shall have become a law.