New York A 4600: Requires that an employee, who is transferred from one state agency to another because his or her previous position was eliminated, be entitled to certain benefits

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A04600 Summary:

BILL NOA04600 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJensen

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COSPNSRSimpson, Norber, Slater, Bendett

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3602-e, Ed L

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Relates to grants for facilities providing prekindergarten services; promotes the financial viability of such facilities.

Go to top A04600 Actions:

BILL NOA04600 

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02/04/2025referred to education

05/20/2025held for consideration in education

01/07/2026referred to education

Go to topA04600 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:EDUCATION Chair:Benedetto 
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:20/8 Action: Held for Consideration BenedettoAyeSmithNay

MagnarelliAyeMcDonoughExcused

PaulinAyeMikulinNay

RamosAyeReillyNay

KimAyeBrownNay

OtisAyeChangNay

HyndmanAyePirozzoloNay

BronsonAyeMaherNay

TaylorAyeSempolinskiNay

Bichotte HermelAye

SayeghExcused

ButtenschonAye

ConradAye

JacksonAye

MitaynesAye

SeptimoAye

De Los SantosAye

Pheffer AmatoAye

GibbsAye

ClarkExcused

ZaccaroAye

TorresAye

Go to topA04600 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA04600 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4600

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to grant programs for
 facilities providing prekindergarten services

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby recognizes and
 2 acknowledges the significant financial and logistical challenges faced
 3 by New York families in accessing and affording child care services
 4 across the state. The legislature further acknowledges that prekinder-
 5 garten programs offer a viable alternative to traditional child care
 6 settings, providing children with a strong social and academic founda-
 7 tion before entering kindergarten level classes. Additionally, the
 8 legislature acknowledges the crucial role played by community-based
 9 organizations and other educational service providers in delivering
 10 high-quality prekindergarten services to an increasing number of fami-
 11 lies. Recognizing the importance of these community partners, the legis-
 12 lature emphasizes the need to ensure the financial viability of these
 13 organizations as the state expands access to prekindergarten education.
 14 In addition to the provisions outlined in this act, the legislature
 15 hereby calls on the commissioner of education to identify strategies for
 16 enhancing and streamlining the operations of eligible agencies that
 17 provide prekindergarten services, including facilitating access to a
 18 repository of qualified early childhood education professionals, with
 19 the aim of improving the recruitment and retention of highly skilled
 20 employees, and identifying methods to minimize overhead expenses
 21 incurred by eligible agencies.
 22 § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 10 of section 3602-e of the
 23 education law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (x) to read as
 24 follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 1 (x) for the two thousand twenty-six--two thousand twenty-seven school
 2 year and thereafter, each school district shall be eligible to receive a
 3 grant amount equal to the greater of the amount provided under subpara-
 4 graph (ix) of this paragraph or the product of: (1) the sum of: (A)
 5 eligible half-day three-year-old prekindergarten pupils weighted at 0.5
 6 as defined in clause two of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph b of this
 7 subdivision, (B) eligible full-day three-year-old prekindergarten pupils
 8 as defined in clause two of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph b of this
 9 subdivision, (C) eligible half-day four-year-old prekindergarten pupils
 10 weighted at 0.5 as defined in clause one of subparagraph (iii) of para-
 11 graph b of this subdivision, and (D) eligible full-day four-year-old
 12 prekindergarten pupils as defined in clause one of subparagraph (ii) of
 13 paragraph b of this subdivision, multiplied by (2) six thousand four
 14 h