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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7347
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 13, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  the
          Buffalo  school district to require minors five years of age to attend
          kindergarten
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 3205 of the educa-
     2  tion law, as separately amended by chapters 157 and 167 of the  laws  of
     3  2012, is amended to read as follows:
     4    c. The board of education of the Syracuse city school district and the
     5  board  of  education of the city school district of the city of New York
     6  and the board of education of the city school district of  the  city  of
     7  Rochester  and the board of education of the city school district of the
     8  city of Buffalo are hereby authorized to require  minors  who  are  five
     9  years of age on or before December first to attend kindergarten instruc-
    10  tion.  However, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to:
    11    (i)  Minors whose parents elect not to enroll their children in school
    12  until the following September.

    13    (ii) Students enrolled in non-public schools or in home instruction.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15160-01-4