Bill Text: NY S07193 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7193 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes the Utica school district to require certain minors five years old to attend kindergarten.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-11 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9472 [S07193 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07193-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7193
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 5, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the  Utica
         school  district  to  require  certain minors five years old to attend
         kindergarten
         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 2 of section 3205 of the educa-
    2  tion law, as separately amended by chapters 157 and 167 of the  laws  of
    3  2012, is amended to read as follows:
    4    c. The board of education of the Syracuse city school district and the
    5  board  of  education of the city school district of the city of New York
    6  [and], the board of education of the city school district of the city of
    7  Rochester AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF  THE
    8  CITY OF UTICA are hereby authorized to require minors who are five years
    9  of  age  on or before December first to attend kindergarten instruction.
   10  However, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to:
   11    (i) Minors whose parents elect not to enroll their children in  school
   12  until the following September.
   13    (ii) Students enrolled in non-public schools or in home instruction.
   14    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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