A06594 Summary:

BILL NOA06594
 
SAME ASSAME AS S02647
 
SPONSORBerger
 
COSPNSRYeger, Epstein, Cunningham
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §3203-a, Ed L
 
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.
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A06594 Actions:

BILL NOA06594
 
03/06/2025referred to education
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A06594 Committee Votes:

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A06594 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A06594 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A6594
 
SPONSOR: Berger
  TITLE OF BILL: 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   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:: The purpose of this bill is to provide families with an equitable oppor- tunity to send their children to the same public elementary or middle school in a city with a population of one million or more.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:: Section 1 of the bill amends Education Law by adding section 3203-a. Section 2 of the bill provides the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION:: This bill would help to avoid the logistic, economic, and emotional difficulties families face with the impossibility of dropping off and picking up children from two different schools at the same time.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:: New bill.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE:: Immediately.
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A06594 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6594
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 6, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        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.
                                                                   LBD07025-01-5
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A06594 LFIN:

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A06594 Chamber Video/Transcript:

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