Creates a single, streamlined process whereby a facility or program operating both a pre-kindergarten program and a daycare program may apply for and receive any certification, licensing, or other requirement otherwise necessary to operate a pre-kindergarten program or daycare program under the laws of the state.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9361
SPONSOR: Hunter TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to creating a single,
streamlined process whereby combination pre-kindergarten and daycare
programs may be certified to operate
PURPOSE:
To create a single certification process and align regulations for enti-
ties that dually operate both pre-kindergarten and daycare programs
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 creates a single certification process and align regulations
for entities that dually operate both pre-kindergarten and daycare
programs
Section 2 establishes the effective date of the bill
JUSTIFICATION:
Several entities in the state operate joint pre-kindergarten and daycare
services. They are certified by both the State Education Department for
pre-school and the New York State Office of Children and Family Services
for daycare. The need for two certification and regulation processes is
not only burdensome and resource-consuming, it also can lead to regu-
lations from the agencies that are directly contradictory to each other.
By creating a single streamlined process, the state can eliminate these
discrepancies and allow these institutions to focus their staff effort
on what they do best: helping care for and education children.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9361
IN ASSEMBLY
March 6, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to creating a single,
streamlined process whereby combination pre-kindergarten and daycare
programs may be certified to operate
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 3602-
2 eee to read as follows:
3 § 3602-eee. Combination pre-kindergarten and daycare programs. 1. For
4 the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
5 ing meanings:
6 (a) "Pre-kindergarten program" means any pre-kindergarten program
7 operating pursuant to section thirty-six hundred two-e or thirty-six
8 hundred two-ee of this part, or any other rule or regulation promulgated
9 by the department.
10 (b) "Daycare program" means any child day care, as such term is
11 defined by section three hundred ninety of the social services law.
12 2. The department, in conjunction with the office of children and
13 family services, shall create a single, streamlined process whereby a
14 facility or program operating both a pre-kindergarten program and a
15 daycare program may apply for and receive any certification, licensing,
16 or other requirement otherwise necessary to operate a pre-kindergarten
17 program or daycare program under the laws of the state.
18 3. The department and the office of children and family services shall
19 be authorized to promulgate any rules and/or regulations necessary to
20 effectuate the provisions of this section.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
22 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
23 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
24 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
25 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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