Bill Text: NY A03004 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the education law, in relation to changing the mandatory date for kindergarten enrollment

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-21 - held for consideration in education [A03004 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A03004-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3004
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 22, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. BARCLAY, TOWNSEND, BACALLES, FINCH -- read once
         and referred to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to changing the mandatory
         date for kindergarten enrollment
         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 3205 of the educa-
    2  tion law, as amended by chapter 518 of the laws of 1993, is  amended  to
    3  read as follows:
    4    c.  For purposes of this article, a minor who becomes six years of age
    5  on or before the [first of  December]  THIRTY-FIRST  OF  AUGUST  in  any
    6  school  year shall be required to attend upon full time instruction from
    7  the first day that the appropriate public  schools  are  in  session  in
    8  September  of such school year, and a minor who becomes six years of age
    9  after the [first of December] THIRTY-FIRST OF AUGUST in any school  year
   10  shall  be  required  to attend upon full time instruction from the first
   11  day of session in the following  September;  and,  except  as  otherwise
   12  provided  in  subdivision  three  of  this section, shall be required to
   13  remain in attendance until the last day of session in the school year in
   14  which the minor becomes sixteen years of age.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
   16  the  date  on  which  it  shall have become a law and shall apply to all
   17  minors entering kindergarten after such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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