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History
- Substituted by A6333
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1207
- Referred to education
Companion bill
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Authorizes the Yonkers city school district to require certain minors who are five years of age to attend kindergarten
Signed by Governor · Sponsor J. Gary Pretlow
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S4369
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the Yonkers city school district to require certain minors who are five years of age to attend kindergarten
Purpose
To permit the Yonkers School District to require kindergarten attendance.
Summary of provisions
This bill amends Education Law to allow the Yonkers School District to require attendance in kindergarten.
Justification
The Yonkers Public Schools currently provide children a full day kindergarten program in keeping with the numerous studies documenting the educational benefit and related long-term success of early quality education. Unfortunately, too many kindergarten children are absent from school during the year, leaving them without the benefit of this educational experience.
The Yonkers Board of Education recently adopted a resolution recognizing the importance of kindergarten as part of the educational process and requesting the authority to require kindergarten attendance. The resolution notes that "....enumerable studies have documented the value to children of beginning the educational process at an early age in order to prepare them for a life of learning, work and active engagement in society."
The measure is designed to address the kindergarten attendance issue in the Yonkers School District by requiring five-year-old children to benefit from the District's kindergarten initiative for long-term academic success.
A similar provision in Education Law was adopted for the Syracuse City School District over 25 years ago and recently for the Buffalo, New York, Rochester and Utica School Districts.
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Effective date
Immediately
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