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A00323 Summary:

BILL NOA00323D

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SAME ASSAME AS S04037-C

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRMcDonough, Shrestha

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Ed L, generally

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Relates to the compulsory age for full time instruction from six to five years of age and certain exceptions for minor children; requires kindergarten in certain school districts.

Go to top A00323 Actions:

BILL NOA00323D

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01/08/2025referred to education

05/05/2025amend and recommit to education

05/05/2025print number 323a

01/07/2026referred to education

05/07/2026amend and recommit to education

05/07/2026print number 323b

05/13/2026amend and recommit to education

05/13/2026print number 323c

05/21/2026amend (t) and recommit to education

05/21/2026print number 323d

05/27/2026reported referred to codes

Go to topA00323 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:EDUCATION Chair:Benedetto 
DATE:05/27/2026AYE/NAY:22/3 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes BenedettoAyeSmithAye

MagnarelliAyeMcDonoughExcused

PaulinAyeMikulinExcused

RamosAbsentReillyNay

KimExcusedBrownNay

OtisAyeChangAye

HyndmanAyePirozzoloAye

BronsonAyeSempolinskiNay

TaylorAbsentMillerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SayeghAye

ButtenschonAye

ConradAye

JacksonAye

MitaynesAye

SeptimoAye

De Los SantosAye

Pheffer AmatoAye

GibbsExcused

ClarkAye

ZaccaroAye

TorresAye

Go to topA00323 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA00323 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 323--D

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, McDONOUGH, SHRESTHA -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with
 Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again
 reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said
 committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommit-
 ted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the compulsory age for
 full time instruction and certain related exceptions; and requires
 kindergarten in certain school districts

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 2 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 363 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 11. Compulsory school ages. The term "child of compulsory school age"
 5 means any child [between six and sixteen years of age] lawfully required
 6 to attend upon instruction pursuant to section thirty-two hundred five
 7 of this chapter.
 8 § 2. Section 3205 of the education law, subdivision 1 as amended by
 9 chapter 262 of the laws of 1959, paragraphs a and b of subdivision 1 as
 10 amended by chapter 296 of the laws of 1969, paragraph c of subdivision 1
 11 as amended by chapter 518 of the laws of 1993, paragraph b of subdivi-
 12 sion 2 as amended by chapter 975 of the laws of 1966, paragraph c of
 13 subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 703 of the laws of 2019 and subdivi-
 14 sion 3 as amended by chapter 183 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read
 15 as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01054-08-6

 A. 323--D 2

 1 § 3205. Attendance of minors upon full time day instruction. 1. a. In
 2 each school district of the state, each minor from [six] five to sixteen
 3 years of age shall attend upon full time instruction.
 4 b. Each minor from [six] five to sixteen years of age on an Indian
 5 reservation shall attend upon full time day instruction.
 6 c. For purposes of this article, a minor who becomes [six] five years
 7 of age on or before the first of December in any school year or on or
 8 before a later date in such school year, not later than December thir-
 9 ty-first, established by the trustees or board of education for admis-
 10 sion to the public schools in such minor's school district of