Assembly Bill A9472

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes the Utica school district to require certain minors five years old to attend kindergarten

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A9472 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7193
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3205, Ed L

2013-A9472 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the Utica school district to require certain minors five years old to attend kindergarten.

2013-A9472 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9472

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 1, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Education

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the Utica
  school district to require certain minors five  years  old  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 separately amended by chapters 157 and 167 of the laws of
2012, 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  New  York
[and], the board of education of the city school district of the city of
Rochester  AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE
CITY OF UTICA 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.
                                                           LBD14943-01-4

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