Bill Text: NY A10101 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to maintaining kindergarten programs when school districts are receiving state funds to operate pre-kindergarten programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-19 - REFERRED TO RULES [A10101 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A10101-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10101
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 13, 2014
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       Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at request of M. of A. Nolan,
         Buchwald, Jaffee, Mayer, Otis,  Pretlow,  Paulin)  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to kindergarten programs
         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 maintain kinder-
    4  gartens  which  shall  be  free to resident children between the ages of
    5  four and six years, provided, however, such board may fix a higher mini-
    6  mum age for admission to  such  kindergartens.    PROVIDED  THAT  SCHOOL
    7  DISTRICTS THAT RECEIVE STATE FUNDS TO OPERATE A PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM
    8  DURING  THE  SCHOOL  YEAR  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED  TO MAINTAIN KINDERGARTEN
    9  PROGRAMS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
   10    S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2514 of the education law, as  added  by
   11  chapter 762 of the laws of 1950, is amended to read as follows:
   12    1.  The  board  of education of each city school district may maintain
   13  kindergartens which shall be free to resident children between the  ages
   14  of  four  and  six years, provided, however, such board may fix a higher
   15  minimum age for admission to such kindergartens.   PROVIDED THAT  SCHOOL
   16  DISTRICTS THAT RECEIVE STATE FUNDS TO OPERATE A PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM
   17  DURING  THE  SCHOOL  YEAR  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED  TO MAINTAIN KINDERGARTEN
   18  PROGRAMS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
   19    S 3. Subdivision 1 of section 2555 of the education law, such  section
   20  as  renumbered by chapter 762 of the laws of 1950, is amended to read as
   21  follows:
   22    1. The board of education of  each  city  may  maintain  kindergartens
   23  which  shall  be  free to resident children between the ages of four and
   24  six years, provided, however, such board may fix a  higher  minimum  age
   25  for  admission  to  such kindergartens.   PROVIDED THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS
   26  THAT RECEIVE STATE FUNDS TO OPERATE A  PRE-KINDERGARTEN  PROGRAM  DURING
   27  THE  SCHOOL  YEAR  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS
   28  DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.