What's happening
This bill allows school districts, charter schools, and BOCES to incorporate music and art into prekindergarten programs.
Why it matters
Expanding Early Learning Opportunities. By explicitly allowing music and art in prekindergarten programs, the bill encourages schools to offer a broader, more enriching early childhood curriculum, which research shows can boost cognitive and social development.
Local Flexibility and Innovation. The bill gives school districts, charter schools, and BOCES the option (but not the mandate) to include these subjects, empowering local educators to tailor programs to their communities’ needs and resources.
Potential Foundation for Future Funding and Support. Formal recognition of music and art in pre-K could lay groundwork for future state or local funding, teacher training, or resource allocation aimed at strengthening arts education starting from the earliest grades.
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Add Art, Music to Pre-K
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History
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3493
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to incorporating art and music into prekindergarten programs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 805 to read as follows:
§ 805. Music and art in prekindergarten programs. School districts, charter schools, or boards of cooperative educational services may authorize the incorporation of music and art into prekindergarten programs.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04573-01-7
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