Bill Text: NY A07113 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that in each school district, a board of education or board of trustees may, following a public hearing for the purpose of determining whether a resolution shall be adopted, provide for the school year calendar to commence prior to September.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A07113 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07113-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7113
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      April 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LIFTON -- (at request of the State Education
          Department) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  permitting  school
          districts to commence the school year calendar prior to September
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 and subparagraph (i) of  para-
     2  graph c of subdivision 2 of section 3205 of the education law, paragraph
     3  c  of  subdivision  1  as amended by chapter 518 of the laws of 1993 and
     4  subparagraph (i) of paragraph c of subdivision 2 as amended  by  chapter
     5  277 of the laws of 2017, are amended to read as follows:
     6    c.  For purposes of this article, a minor who becomes six years of age
     7  on or before the first of December in any school year shall be  required
     8  to attend upon full time instruction from the first day that the [appro-
     9  priate]  public schools are in session [in September of] for such school
    10  year, and a minor who becomes six years of age after the first of Decem-
    11  ber in any school year shall  be  required  to  attend  upon  full  time
    12  instruction  from  the first day of session in the following [September]
    13  school year; and, except as otherwise provided in subdivision  three  of
    14  this  section,  shall be required to remain in attendance until the last
    15  day of session in the school year in which  the  minor  becomes  sixteen
    16  years of age.
    17    (i)  Minors whose parents elect not to enroll their children in school
    18  until the following [September] school year.
    19    § 2. Section 3205 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    20  subdivision 4 to read as follows:
    21    4.  In each school district, a board of education or board of trustees
    22  may, in its discretion, following a public hearing for  the  purpose  of
    23  determining  whether  a  resolution  shall  be  adopted, provide for the
    24  school year calendar to commence prior to September.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09849-01-9
        A. 7113                             2
     1    a. Such public hearing, conducted upon  reasonable  notice,  shall  be
     2  held  to  consider:  (i)  whether  it  is  feasible  for the district to
     3  commence the school year prior to  September;  (ii)  any  benefits  from
     4  starting  the  school  year prior to September; (iii) any effects on the
     5  local  economy,  including any effects on the tourism industry; and (iv)
     6  any effect starting the school year prior  to  September  will  have  on
     7  students' access to summer school programs at the district.
     8    b.  Within  twenty days of the public hearing or at the next regularly
     9  scheduled board meeting following the public hearing, whichever is soon-
    10  er, the board of education or board of trustees  shall,  by  resolution,
    11  determine whether to begin the school year prior to September.
    12    § 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.