STATE OF NEW YORK
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10959
IN ASSEMBLY
April 14, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the provision of child
care services on school grounds during 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 [non-school] school hours[,
5 or to provide child care services during school hours for the children
6 of pupils attending the schools of the district and, if there is addi-
7 tional space available, for children of employees of the district, and,
8 if there is further additional space available, the Cobleskill-Richmond-
9 ville school district shall provide child care services for children
10 ages three and four who need child care assistance due to lack of suffi-
11 cient child care spaces]. Such determination shall be made by each
12 district's board of education, provided that the cost of such care shall
13 not be a school district charge but shall be paid by the person respon-
14 sible for the support of such child; the local social services district
15 as authorized by law; or by any other public or private voluntary source
16 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.
LBD15428-01-6
