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NY A08975
Bill
Status
8/13/2025
Primary Sponsor
Brian Cunningham
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AI Summary
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Allows students aged 5-21 to attend public schools outside their home district if the receiving district has adopted an open enrollment policy, without paying tuition
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Requires districts with open enrollment policies to publish capacity information and enrollment status by grade level on their website at least every four weeks
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Mandates enrollment preference for resident pupils, returning students from the previous year, and siblings of currently enrolled students; excess applicants must be selected through a lottery process
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Permits districts to deny nonresident enrollment for specific reasons including lack of capacity, inability to meet special needs, failure to meet program eligibility criteria, desegregation plan compliance, or expulsion status
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Neither sending nor receiving districts are required to provide transportation for open enrollment students; all federal and state funding follows the student to the receiving district
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Takes effect July 1 following enactment
Legislative Description
Establishes open enrollment schools; provides that nonresidents of a district, if otherwise eligible to enroll into a public school of this state are entitled to enroll into the school or schools of another district or city if the nonresident district's board of education has adopted an open enrollment policy and enrolling the nonresident pupil is consistent with such policy.
Last Action
referred to education
1/7/2026