STATE OF NEW YORK
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10959--A
IN ASSEMBLY
April 14, 2026
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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
