Bill Text: NY S02862 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the "childcare and early education sector on the economy act" to study the economic impact on the state economy of quality childcare and early education programs for children aged 0-4, and afterschool programs for children aged 5-12.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-27 - PRINT NUMBER 2862A [S02862 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02862-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2862--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 29, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
          opment and Small Business -- recommitted to the Committee on Commerce,
          Economic Development and Small Business in accordance with Senate Rule
          6,  sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to the "child-
          care and early education sector on the economy act"
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "childcare and early education sector on the economy act".
     3    § 2. Legislative findings and purpose. The  legislature  hereby  finds
     4  and declares that there appears to be a serious shortage of high-quality
     5  childcare and early education options in communities throughout New York
     6  state.  There is a strong consensus among researchers that childcare and
     7  early education programs provide a substantial economic payoff to commu-
     8  nities where they are located.  The  legislature  declares  that  it  is
     9  crucial  for  the governor and legislators to obtain reliable, objective
    10  information about the economic benefits  and  burdens  of  investing  in
    11  expanded childcare and early education programs within the state.
    12    The  purpose  of this act is to study the economic impact on the state
    13  economy of quality childcare and early education programs  for  children
    14  aged 0-4, and after-school programs for children aged 5-12.
    15    §  3.  The economic development law is amended by adding a new article
    16  23 to read as follows:
    17                                 ARTICLE 23
    18           ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CHILDCARE AND EARLY EDUCATION SECTOR
    19  Section 450. Definitions.
    20          451. Study of the economic impact of the childcare industry.
    21          452. Nature of the study.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06544-02-6