N.Y. Education Law § 1712: Kindergartens; nursery and night schools

§ 1712. Kindergartens; nursery and night schools. 1. The board of

education of each school district may maintain kindergartens which shall

be free to resident children between the ages of four and six years,

provided, however, such board may fix a higher minimum age for admission

to such kindergartens.

2. A board of education may maintain nursery schools which shall be

free to resident children and may fix the age for admission.

3. Night schools wherein the common branches and such additional

subjects as may be adapted to students applying for instruction are

taught on at least two nights each week, for two hours each night, shall

be maintained by the board of education and in each school district

where twenty or more persons from seventeen to twenty-one years of age

are required to attend upon evening instruction, or where twenty or more

persons over the age of sixteen years make applications for instruction

in a night school, on at least fifty nights. All night schools shall be

free to all persons residing in the district.