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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          10101
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 13, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at request of M. of A. Nolan,
          Buchwald, Jaffee, Mayer, Otis,  Pretlow,  Paulin)  --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to kindergarten programs
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1712  of  the  education  law,  is
     2  amended to read as follows:
     3    1. The board of education of each school district may maintain kinder-
     4  gartens  which  shall  be  free to resident children between the ages of
     5  four and six years, provided, however, such board may fix a higher mini-
     6  mum age for admission to  such  kindergartens.    Provided  that  school
     7  districts that receive state funds to operate a pre-kindergarten program
     8  during  the  school  year  shall  be  required  to maintain kindergarten
     9  programs during the school year.
    10    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2514 of the education law, as  added  by
    11  chapter 762 of the laws of 1950, is amended to read as follows:
    12    1.  The  board  of education of each city school district may maintain

    13  kindergartens which shall be free to resident children between the  ages
    14  of  four  and  six years, provided, however, such board may fix a higher
    15  minimum age for admission to such kindergartens.   Provided that  school
    16  districts that receive state funds to operate a pre-kindergarten program
    17  during  the  school  year  shall  be  required  to maintain kindergarten
    18  programs during the school year.
    19    § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 2555 of the education law, such  section
    20  as  renumbered by chapter 762 of the laws of 1950, is amended to read as
    21  follows:
    22    1. The board of education of  each  city  may  maintain  kindergartens
    23  which  shall  be  free to resident children between the ages of four and
    24  six years, provided, however, such board may fix a  higher  minimum  age

    25  for  admission  to  such kindergartens.   Provided that school districts
    26  that receive state funds to operate a  pre-kindergarten  program  during
    27  the  school  year  shall  be  required to maintain kindergarten programs
    28  during the school year.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.