Assembly BillIntroduced
A 8395: Authorizes a weighted selection process prioritizing children who would be eligible to receive free or reduced price lunch and/or who are emergent multilingual learners for the allocation of certain prekindergarten seats in school districts where there are more eligible children than can be served in a given school year.
What A 8395 does, verified January 10, 2026
Authorizes a weighted selection process prioritizing children who would be eligible to receive free or reduced price lunch and/or who are emergent multilingual learners for the allocation of certain prekindergarten seats in school districts where there are more eligible children than can be served in a given school year.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to education (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8395
- What is the current status of A 8395?
- As of January 10, 2026, A 8395 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to education".
- Did A 8395 pass?
- Not yet. A 8395 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 8395, and where is it now?
- A 8395 was authored by Asm. Michaelle Solages. Its committee of record is Assembly Education.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to education |
| May. 13, 2025 | referred to education |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 13, 2025 · 330 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8395 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing a weighted selection process for the allocation of certain prekindergarten seats The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph i of subdivision 7 of section 3602-e of the 2 education law, as amended by section 19 of part B of chapter 57 of the 3 laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: 4 i. establishes a method for selection of eligible children to receive 5 prekindergarten program services on a random selection basis where there 6 are more eligible children than can be served in a given school year, 7 provided, however, that in a school district where there are more eligi- 8 ble children than can be served in a given school year that such school 9 district elect to first enroll children who would be eligible for free 10 or reduced price lunch and/or children who are emergent multilingual 11 learners. If a district elects to prioritize enrollment of children who 12 are eligible for free or reduced price lunch and/or children who are 13 emergent multilingual learners and there are more such eligible children 14 than can be served in a given school year, such school district shall 15 establish a method for selection among such eligible children on a 16 random basis, and provided further that a school district that operated 17 a targeted prekindergarten program in the base year may use the 18 selection process established for such program. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03514-01-5
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