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NY A05763

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Keith Brown

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires all public schools in New York to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m.
  • Prohibits public high schools from starting before elementary schools within the same school district
  • Directs the Commissioner of Education to promulgate rules and regulations implementing these start time requirements
  • Withholds state school funding from districts that fail to comply with the start time requirements, as verified through annual trustee or board of education reports
  • Takes effect immediately and applies to all academic years beginning on or after the effective date

Legislative Description

Requires public schools to start no earlier than eight thirty a.m. and that no public high school within the state shall start before an elementary school starts within the same school district.

Last Action

referred to education

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Education2/20/2025

Full Bill Text

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