New York A08395 authorizes a weighted selection process for prekindergarten seats, prioritizing children eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and.
New York A08395 amends the education law to allow school districts to prioritize children eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and emergent multilingual learners when allocating prekindergarten seats. If a district chooses this weighted selection process and there are more eligible children than available seats, a random selection method must be used. Districts that operated a targeted prekindergarten program in the base year may use their existing selection process. The changes take effect immediately.
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