Bill Text: NY A05785 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires kindergartens to operate full day programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to education [A05785 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A05785-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5785
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 6, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, JAFFEE, PRETLOW, ZEBROWSKI, RAMOS, STECK,
         ROBERTS, CLARK, ESPINAL, GIBSON, HEVESI, RIVERA, SCARBOROUGH, SEPULVE-
         DA,  STEVENSON,  COOK,  KELLNER  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A.
         BOYLAND, FARRELL, GABRYSZAK, GOTTFRIED, HEASTIE, MILLMAN -- read  once
         and referred to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to full day kindergarten
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  1712  of  the  education  law  is
    2  amended to read as follows:
    3    1. The board of education of each school district [may] SHALL maintain
    4  kindergartens  which shall be free to resident children between the ages
    5  of four and six years, provided, however, such board may  fix  a  higher
    6  minimum  age  for  admission to such kindergartens.  IN THE TWO THOUSAND
    7  FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN  SCHOOL  YEAR  AND  THEREAFTER,  ALL  SUCH
    8  KINDERGARTENS SHALL BE OPERATED ON A FULL-TIME BASIS.
    9    S  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 2514 of the education law, as added by
   10  chapter 762 of the laws of 1950, is amended to read as follows:
   11    1. The board of education of each city  school  district  [may]  SHALL
   12  maintain  kindergartens which shall be free to resident children between
   13  the ages of four and six years, provided, however, such board may fix  a
   14  higher  minimum  age  for  admission to such kindergartens.   IN THE TWO
   15  THOUSAND FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND  THEREAFTER,  ALL
   16  SUCH KINDERGARTENS SHALL BE OPERATED ON A FULL-TIME BASIS.
   17    S  3. Subdivision 1 of section 2555 of the education law, such section
   18  as renumbered by chapter 762 of the laws of 1950, is amended to read  as
   19  follows:
   20    1. The board of education of each city [may] SHALL maintain kindergar-
   21  tens  which  shall be free to resident children between the ages of four
   22  and six years, provided, however, such board may fix  a  higher  minimum
   23  age   for  admission  to  such  kindergartens.    IN  THE  TWO  THOUSAND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 5785                             2
    1  FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN  SCHOOL  YEAR  AND  THEREAFTER,  ALL  SUCH
    2  KINDERGARTENS SHALL BE OPERATED ON A FULL-TIME BASIS.
    3    S 4. Subdivision 9 of section 3602 of the education law, as amended by
    4  section  16  of  part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, is amended to
    5  read as follows:
    6    9. Aid for conversion to full day kindergarten. School  districts  may
    7  make  available  full day kindergarten programs for all children wishing
    8  to attend such programs, AND, COMMENCING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND  FIFTEEN-
    9  -TWO  THOUSAND  SIXTEEN  SCHOOL  YEAR,  SHALL MAKE FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN
   10  PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO ALL CHILDREN. For aid payable in the two  thousand
   11  seven--two  thousand  eight school year and thereafter, school districts
   12  which provided any half-day kindergarten programs or had no kindergarten
   13  programs in the nineteen hundred  ninety-six--ninety-seven  school  year
   14  and  in  the base year shall be eligible for aid equal to the product of
   15  the district's selected foundation aid calculated pursuant  to  subdivi-
   16  sion  four of this section multiplied by the positive difference result-
   17  ing when the full day  kindergarten  enrollment  of  children  attending
   18  programs  in  the  district  in  the  base  year is subtracted from such
   19  enrollment in the current year.
   20    S 5. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
   21  the date on which it shall have become a law.