STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9149 IN ASSEMBLY January 29, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the Cohoes city school district to require minors five years of age to attend kindergarten 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 2 of section 3205 of the educa- 2 tion law, as amended by chapter 118 of the laws of 2015, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 c. The board of education of the Syracuse city school district, the 5 board of education of the city school district of the city of New York, 6 the board of education of the city school district of the city of 7 Rochester, the board of education of the city school district of the 8 city of Utica, the board of education of the city school district of the 9 city of Buffalo, the board of education of the Cohoes city school 10 district and the board of education of the city school district of the 11 city of Yonkers are hereby authorized to require minors who are five 12 years of age on or before December first to attend kindergarten instruc- 13 tion. However, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to: 14 (i) Minors whose parents elect not to enroll their children in school 15 until the following September. 16 (ii) Students enrolled in non-public schools or in home instruction. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13805-01-6