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Creates the task force on early childhood education in public education to study the feasibility of incorporating younger age levels into the state public education system and extending the public education system to start at the age of six months and incorporate aspects of childcare and early childhood education into the existing public education system.

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02/04/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4551

 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 in relation to enacting the "task force on early childhood educa-
 tion in public education" to create a task force to study the feasi-
 bility of incorporating younger age levels into the state public
 education system and extending the public education system to start at
 the age of six months and incorporate aspects of childcare and early
 childhood education into the existing public education system

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "task force on early childhood education in public education".
 3 § 2. Task force on early childhood education in public education;
 4 establishment and duties. There is hereby created the task force on
 5 early childhood education in public education. Such task force shall
 6 study the state of public education, options and challenges for incorpo-
 7 rating younger students into the public education system, at grade
 8 levels prior to pre-kindergarten, and examine how the state can better
 9 meet the existing and projected needs of childcare and special education
 10 for New Yorkers at a younger age then is currently provided for in the
 11 public education system in ways that address educational needs, staffing
 12 levels and availability, available resources, physical infrastructure
 13 needs, and affordability, and enhance the quality of education and
 14 childcare for those above the age of six months. In carrying out its
 15 task, the task force shall consider the full continuum of educational
 16 and childcare services available to New Yorkers, including, but not
 17 limited to, community-based services, culturally and linguistically
 18 relevant education and childcare providers, community and school-based
 19 early intervention services and providers. The task force shall study
 20 the limitations currently hampering childcare, both in home-based and
 21 facility-based settings, and consider potential models for improvement

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07702-01-5

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 1 though incorporation into the public education system. In addition, the
 2 task force shall study the challenges and issues generated by adding
 3 more students and younger grade levels to the public education system,
 4 including, but not limited to, staffing levels, availability of physical
 5 space, costs to school districts, taxpayers and New York state, and
 6 other factors that affect the delivery of educational services to
 7 students at younger ages. The task force shall utilize the findings of
 8 its study on the impact of early childhood education, public education
 9 and childcare to determine feasibility and formulate recommendations on
 10 if and how such incorporation of young age and grade levels into the
 11 public education system can address concerns related to access and
 12 affordability of childcare, educational outcomes of students throughout
 13 the continuum of education, and access to early intervention and special
 14 education services.
 15 § 3. Membership. (a) The task force on early childhood education in
 16 public education shall consist of 25 members as follows:
 17 (i) the commis