Bill Text: NY S08227 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Directs a study on the feasibility of adjusting the compulsory attendance age of minors attending full time instruction; on or before July 1, 2023.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S08227 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S08227-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8227

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 3, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing a  study  on
          the  feasibility  of adjusting the compulsory attendance age of minors
          attending full time instruction

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

     1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 60 to read as follows:
     3    60.  On  or  before July first, two thousand twenty-three, the commis-
     4  sioner shall conduct a study on the feasibility of adjusting the compul-
     5  sory attendance age for when minors shall attend full  time  instruction
     6  and  deliver  a report of the findings and recommendations based on such
     7  findings to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the
     8  speaker of the assembly. The commissioner shall consult with  educators,
     9  parents,  and other stakeholders to conduct a study which shall include,
    10  but not be limited to:
    11    (a) the social, emotional,  and  educational  appropriateness  of  the
    12  state's compulsory attendance age for when minors shall attend full time
    13  instruction;
    14    (b)  the  appropriateness  and  feasibility  of  adjusting  the age of
    15  required attendance to start school in New  York  state  to  minors  who
    16  become  five  years  of  age  after the first of September in any school
    17  year; and
    18    (c) the educational programs and  services  available  to  minors  who
    19  would otherwise be enrolled in prekindergarten pursuant to an adjustment
    20  in the state's compulsory attendance age.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14204-01-2
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