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S08310 Summary:
BILL NO | S08310 |
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SAME AS | No Same As |
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SPONSOR | SEWARD |
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COSPNSR | LARKIN |
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Establishes that the board of regents and the state education department shall study and evaluate the feasibility of mandating kindergarten in all school districts. |
S08310 Actions:
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04/30/2018 | REFERRED TO EDUCATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2018 | COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2018 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1875 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2018 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2018 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2018 | referred to education |
S08310 Committee Votes:
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Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8310 IN SENATE April 30, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT directing the board of regents and the state education depart- ment, to conduct a study to evaluate and make recommendations on mandating kindergarten in all school districts The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The board of regents and the state education department 2 shall conduct a study to evaluate and make recommendations on mandating 3 kindergarten in all school districts. Such study shall: 4 a. examine school districts currently offering kindergarten to deter- 5 mine the costs of requiring kindergarten in all school districts; 6 b. identify the potential effects kindergarten has on the learning 7 abilities of children; 8 c. make recommendations on the feasibility of mandating kindergarten 9 in all school districts; and 10 d. include any other information such board and such department deems 11 relevant. 12 § 2. No later than 1 year after the effective date of this act, the 13 board of regents and the state education department shall submit to the 14 governor and the legislature a report on the results of the study, as 15 described in section 1 of this act. 16 § 3. The board of regents and the state education department shall 17 evaluate such data with the assistance of experts in: 18 a. child education; 19 b. child development; and 20 c. school district finance. 21 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15428-02-8