New York A 591: Requires kindergarten instruction for Rockland and Westchester counties for minors who are five years of age on or before December first

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A00591 Summary:

BILL NOA00591 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRCook, Steck, Hevesi

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3205, Ed L

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Requires kindergarten instruction for Rockland and Westchester counties for minors who are five years of age on or before December first.

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01/08/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 591

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, COOK, STECK, HEVESI -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring minors who
 are five years old to attend kindergarten instruction

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3205 of the education law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
 3 d. In each school district in the counties of Rockland and Westches-
 4 ter, minors who are five years of age on or before December first shall
 5 attend kindergarten instruction, however, the provisions of this para-
 6 graph shall not apply to:
 7 (i) Minors whose parents elect not to enroll their children in school
 8 until the following September.
 9 (ii) Students enrolled in non-public schools or in home instruction.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 11 the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02043-01-5

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