S7519A-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Authorizes the city of Rochester school district to require kindergarten attendance

Authorizes the Rochester city school district to require kindergarten attendance.

Sponsor: ROBACH
Law Section: Education Law / Law: Amd S3205, Ed L

S7519A-2011 Actions

Jun 20, 2012: SUBSTITUTED BY A10216A
Jun 20, 2012: VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
Jun 20, 2012: PASSED SENATE
Jun 20, 2012: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1429
Jun 20, 2012: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
Jun 12, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 7519A
Jun 12, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
May 31, 2012: REFERRED TO EDUCATION

S7519A-2011 Meetings

Rules: Jun 21, 2012

S7519A-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: Jun 20, 2012

S7519A-2011 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

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Rules - Jun 20, 2012

Ayes (24): Skelos, Alesi, Farley, Fuschillo, Hannon, Johnson, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Marcellino, Maziarz, Nozzolio, Saland, Seward, Sampson, Breslin, Dilan, Hassell-Thompson, Krueger, Montgomery, Parker, Perkins, Smith, Stewart-Cousins
Ayes W/R (1): Duane

S7519A-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S7519A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the Rochester
city school district to require minors age five to attend kindergarten

PURPOSE:
To permit the Rochester City School District to require
kindergarten attendance.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill amends Education Law to allow the
Rochester City School District to require attendance in kindergarten.

JUSTIFICATION:
The Rochester City School District currently provides
children a full day kindergarten program in keeping with the numerous
studies documenting the educational benefit and related long-term
success of early quality education. Unfortunately, too many
kindergarten children are absent from school during the year, leaving
them without the benefit of this educational experience.

The Rochester Board of Education recently adopted a resolution
recognizing the importance of kindergarten as part of the educational
process and requesting the authority to require kindergarten
attendance. The resolution notes that, ".... enumerable studies have
documented the value to children of beginning the educational process
at an early age in order to prepare them for a life of learning, work
and active engagement in society."

This measure is designed to address the kindergarten attendance issue
in the Rochester City School District by requiring five-year-old
children to benefit from the District's kindergarten initiative for
long-term academic success.

A similar provision in Education Law was adopted for the Syracuse City
School District 25 years ago.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S7519A-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 7519--A
 I N  SENATE
 May 31, 2012
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed 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.
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S7519A-2011: Authorizes the city of Rochester school district to require kindergarten attendance