New York A 5763: Requires public schools to start no earlier than eight thirty a.m. and that no public high school within the state shall start before an elementary school starts within the same school district

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A05763 Summary:

BILL NOA05763 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBrown K

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COSPNSRYeger, McDonough

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§305 & 3604, Ed L

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Requires public schools to start no earlier than eight thirty a.m. and that no public high school within the state shall start before an elementary school starts within the same school district.

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BILL NOA05763 

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02/20/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5763

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring public
 schools to start no earlier than eight thirty a.m. and that no public
 high school within the state shall start before an elementary school
 starts within the same school district

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

 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 63 to read as follows:
 3 63. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring
 4 all public schools within the state to start no earlier than eight thir-
 5 ty a.m. and that no public high school within the state shall start
 6 before an elementary school starts within the same school district.
 7 § 2. Section 3604 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 8 subdivision 8-a to read as follows:
 9 8-a. No public school within the state shall be entitled to any
 10 portion of such school moneys on such apportionment unless the report of
 11 the trustees or board of education for the preceding school year shall
 12 show that the public schools started no earlier than eight thirty a.m.
 13 and that no high school within such school district started before an
 14 elementary school within such school district started.
 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 16 academic years beginning on and after such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09645-01-5

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