A10216A-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Authorizes the city of Rochester school district to require kindergarten attendance

Bill A10216A-2011

Authorizes the city of Rochester school district to require kindergarten attendance

Authorizes the Rochester city school district to require kindergarten attendance.

Details

Same as: S7519A-2011
Versions A10216-2011 A10216A-2011
Sponsor:Gantt
Co-sponsor(s): Morelle
Committee: RULES
Law Section: Education Law
Law: Amd §3205, Ed L

Actions

Jul 18, 2012: signed chap.167
Jul 6, 2012: delivered to governor
Jun 20, 2012: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
Jun 20, 2012: PASSED SENATE
Jun 20, 2012: 3RD READING CAL.1429
Jun 20, 2012: SUBSTITUTED FOR S7519A
Jun 20, 2012: REFERRED TO RULES
Jun 20, 2012: delivered to senate
Jun 20, 2012: passed assembly
Jun 14, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.244
Jun 14, 2012: rules report cal.244
Jun 14, 2012: reported
Jun 13, 2012: reported referred to rules
Jun 13, 2012: reported referred to ways and means
Jun 6, 2012: print number 10216a
Jun 6, 2012: print number 10216
Jun 6, 2012: amend and recommit to education
May 15, 2012: referred to education

Votes

VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - Jun 20, 2012

Ayes (60): Adams, Addabbo, Alesi, Avella, Ball, Bonacic, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Diaz, Dilan, Duane, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Hassell-Thomps, Johnson, Kennedy, Klein, Krueger, Lanza, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Martins, Maziarz, McDonald, Montgomery, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Oppenheimer, Parker, Peralta, Perkins, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Saland, Sampson, Savino, Serrano, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin, Storobin, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
Excused (2): Espaillat, Huntley

Text


STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________

10216--A

IN ASSEMBLY

May 15, 2012
___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted
  as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law,  in relation to authorizing the
  Rochester city school district to require minors age  five  to  attend
  kindergarten

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 3205 of the  educa-
tion  law,  as  added  by chapter 546 of the laws of 1987, is amended to
read as follows:
  c. The board of education of the Syracuse city school district AND THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF  ROCHESTER
[is]  ARE  hereby authorized to require minors who are five years of age
on or before December first to attend kindergarten instruction. However,
the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to:
  (i) Minors whose parents elect not to enroll their children in  school
until the following September.
  (ii) Students enrolled in non-public schools or in home instruction.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15842-02-2

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