Provides that in a city with a population of one million or more, where a student is applying to attend a public elementary or middle school and such student has a sibling who already attends such school, such student whose application is pending shall be given preference for admission.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6594
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 6, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing school
application preference when a student is applying to the same public
elementary or middle school as a sibling
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3203-a
2 to read as follows:
3 § 3203-a. School application preference for siblings in a city with a
4 population of one million or more. Notwithstanding any other law, rule
5 or regulation to the contrary, in a city with a population of one
6 million or more, where a student is applying or waitlisted to attend a
7 public elementary or middle school and such student has a sibling who
8 already attends such school being applied to, such student whose appli-
9 cation is pending shall be given preference for admission as a result of
10 having a sibling who already attends such school.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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