Senate Bill S4369

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the Yonkers city school district to require certain minors who are five years of age to attend kindergarten

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A6333 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2015-S4369 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6333
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3205, Ed L

2015-S4369 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the Yonkers city school district to require certain minors who are five years of age to attend kindergarten.

2015-S4369 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4369 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4369

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 17, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. STEWART-COUSINS, LATIMER -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Educa-
  tion

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the Yonk-
  ers city school district to require certain minors who are five  years
  of age 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 187 and 189 of the laws of
2014, 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, 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 [and], the board  of  education  of  the  city  school
district  of  the city of Buffalo AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF YONKERS 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.
                                                           LBD09928-01-5

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