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NY A05353
Bill
Status
3/7/2023
Primary Sponsor
Carrie Woerner
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AI Summary
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Changes the kindergarten enrollment age cutoff date from December 1st to September 1st for children required to attend full-time instruction.
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Children who become six years of age on or before September 1st must begin full-time instruction from the first day of public school in September of that school year.
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Children who become six years of age after September 1st must begin full-time instruction the following September.
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Authorizes school district boards of education to require children who are five years of age on or before September 1st to attend kindergarten instruction.
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Exempts children whose parents elect delayed enrollment and those in non-public schools or home instruction from the kindergarten requirement.
Legislative Description
Modifies the date for kindergarten enrollment from when a minor who becomes five or six years of age on or before the first of December to the first of September.
Last Action
referred to education
1/3/2024