Bill Text: NY A07957 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7957 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires eligible agencies that receive state funding for universal prekindergarten located in a city with a population of one million or more to accept administration for children's services child care vouchers if such eligible agency is a licensed or registered child care setting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - referred to cities [A07957 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07957-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7957

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     August 18, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Cities

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation to requiring eligible agencies that receive state funding for
          universal  prekindergarten  located in a city with a population of one
          million or more to accept child care vouchers

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
     2  by adding a new section 21-121 to read as follows:
     3    § 21-121 Acceptance of  child  care  vouchers  by  agencies  receiving
     4  universal  prekindergarten  funding.  Any eligible agency, as defined by
     5  paragraph b of subdivision one of section thirty-six  hundred  two-e  of
     6  the  education  law, that receives funding for universal prekindergarten
     7  pursuant to sections thirty-six hundred  two-e  and  thirty-six  hundred
     8  two-ee  of the education law, and that is located in a city with a popu-
     9  lation of one million or more, shall  be  required  to  accept  adminis-
    10  tration  for  children's  services  child care vouchers if such eligible
    11  agency is a licensed or registered child care setting.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11658-01-3