New York A 10959: Authorizes the provision of child care services on school grounds during school and non-school hours

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A10959 Summary:

BILL NOA10959A

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SAME ASSAME AS S10247

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SPONSORHevesi

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COSPNSRSantabarbara

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §414, Ed L

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Authorizes the provision of child care services on school grounds during school and non-school hours.

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BILL NOA10959A

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04/14/2026referred to education

05/06/2026amend (t) and recommit to education

05/06/2026print number 10959a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10959--A

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 14, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
 as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the provision of child
 care services on school grounds during school and non-school hours

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 1 of section 414 of the educa-
 2 tion law, as amended by chapter 106 of the laws of 2000, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 (i) To provide child care services during school and non-school
 5 hours[, or to provide child care services during school hours for the
 6 children of pupils attending the schools of the district and, if there
 7 is additional space available, for children of employees of the
 8 district, and, if there is further additional space available, the
 9 Cobleskill-Richmondville school district shall provide child care
 10 services for children ages three and four who need child care assistance
 11 due to lack of sufficient child care spaces]. Such determination shall
 12 be made by each district's board of education, provided that the cost of
 13 such care shall not be a school district charge but shall be paid by the
 14 person responsible for the support of such child; the local social
 15 services district as authorized by law; or by any other public or
 16 private voluntary source or any combination thereof.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect eighteen months after it shall have
 18 become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15428-02-6

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