Senate Bill S6943

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to children's eligibility for the prekindergarten program

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

2013-S6943 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9257
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602-e, Ed L

2013-S6943 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to children's eligibility for the universal prekindergarten program; requires such children shall be resident children of four years of age in accordance with certain conditions stipulated in this bill, and resident children of five years of age, where the school district has approved a resolution permitting them to be eligible for the program.

2013-S6943 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6943 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

    S. 6943                                                  A. 9257

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                              April 4, 2014
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  the  definition  of
  eligible  children  for  the  purposes  of  universal  prekindergarten
  programs

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  c  of  subdivision  1 of section 3602-e of the
education law, as amended by section 19 of part B of chapter 57  of  the
laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  c. "Eligible children" shall mean resident children who are four years
of  age  on  or  before  December  first  of  the year in which they are
enrolled or who will otherwise be first eligible to enter public  school
kindergarten  commencing  with  the  following school year, AND RESIDENT
CHILDREN WHO ARE FIVE YEARS OF  AGE  ON  SUCH  DATE,  WHERE  THE  SCHOOL
DISTRICT HAS APPROVED A RESOLUTION PERMITTING SUCH CHILDREN TO BE ELIGI-
BLE FOR ITS UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14023-01-4

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.