Bill Text: NY A08931 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits preschools and nursery schools to operate for more than three hours per day.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-15 - held for consideration in children and families [A08931 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A08931-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8931
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 4, 2012
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       Introduced  by M. of A. RABBITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Children and Families
       AN ACT to amend the social  services  law,  in  relation  to  permitting
         preschools  and  nursery  schools to operate for more than three hours
         per day
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Clause (D) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdi-
    2  vision  1 of section 390 of the social services law, as added by chapter
    3  750 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (D) a kindergarten, pre-kindergarten, [or] nursery school OR PRESCHOOL
    5  for children three years of age or older, or  after-school  program  for
    6  children  operated by a public school district or by a private school or
    7  academy which is providing elementary or secondary education or both, in
    8  accordance with the compulsory education requirements of  the  education
    9  law,  provided  that the kindergarten, pre-kindergarten, nursery school,
   10  or after school program is located on the premises or campus  where  the
   11  elementary or secondary education is provided, FURTHER PROVIDED THAT THE
   12  NURSERY  SCHOOL  OR THE PRESCHOOL SHALL BE PERMITTED TO OPERATE FOR MORE
   13  THAN THREE HOURS PER DAY.
   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.
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