New York S 1491: Authorizes a weighted selection process for the allocation of certain prekindergarten seats

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S01491 Summary:

BILL NOS01491 

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Authorizes a weighted selection process prioritizing children who would be eligible to receive free or reduced price lunch and/or who are emergent multilingual learners for the allocation of certain prekindergarten seats in school districts where there are more eligible children than can be served in a given school year.

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1491

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- 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 a weighted
 selection process for the allocation of certain prekindergarten seats

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph i of subdivision 7 of section 3602-e of the
 2 education law, as amended by section 19 of part B of chapter 57 of the
 3 laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
 4 i. establishes a method for selection of eligible children to receive
 5 prekindergarten program services on a random selection basis where there
 6 are more eligible children than can be served in a given school year,
 7 provided, however, that in a school district where there are more eligi-
 8 ble children than can be served in a given school year that such school
 9 district elect to first enroll children who would be eligible for free
 10 or reduced price lunch and/or children who are emergent multilingual
 11 learners. If a district elects to prioritize enrollment of children who
 12 are eligible for free or reduced price lunch and/or children who are
 13 emergent multilingual learners and there are more such eligible children
 14 than can be served in a given school year, such school district shall
 15 establish a method for selection among such eligible children on a
 16 random basis, and provided further that a school district that operated
 17 a targeted prekindergarten program in the base year may use the
 18 selection process established for such program.
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03514-01-5

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