A9861-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Authorizes the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York to require minors who are five years old to attend kindergarten

Authorizes the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York to require minors who are five years old to attend kindergarten instruction.

Sponsor: Nolan / Multi-sponsor(s): Abbate, Brennan, Glick, Gottfried, Heastie, Markey / Co-sponsor(s): Reilly, Maisel, Paulin, Robinson, Titus, Rivera P, Crespo, Castro, Jaffee, Clark, Colton, Cusick, Millman, Miller M, Benedetto, Magnarelli, Cook, Titone, Weprin, Camara, Moya, Gibson, Roberts, Jeffries, Jacobs, Braunstein, Linares
Law Section: Education Law / Law: Amd S3205, Ed L

A9861-2011 Actions

Jul 18, 2012: signed chap.157
Jul 6, 2012: delivered to governor
Jun 21, 2012: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
Jun 21, 2012: PASSED SENATE
Jun 21, 2012: 3RD READING CAL.1531
Jun 21, 2012: SUBSTITUTED FOR S7015
Jun 4, 2012: REFERRED TO FINANCE
Jun 4, 2012: delivered to senate
Jun 4, 2012: passed assembly
May 24, 2012: advanced to third reading cal.668
May 22, 2012: reported
May 16, 2012: reported referred to ways and means
Apr 18, 2012: referred to education

A9861-2011 Votes

VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - Jun 21, 2012

Ayes (59): 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, 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
Nays (1): Montgomery
Excused (2): Espaillat, Huntley

A9861-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                          9861
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 April 18, 2012
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Education
 

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the  board
 of  education  of  the city school district of the city of New York to
 require minors who are five years old to attend kindergarten  instruc
 tion
 

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  NEW  YORK
 [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 on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15317-01-2

A9861-2011: Authorizes the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York to require minors who are five years old to attend kindergarten

A9861-2011 Actions

A9861-2011 Votes

A9861-2011 Text

Discuss!