N.Y. Education Law § 2514: Kindergartens, nursery and night schools

§ 2514. Kindergartens, nursery and night schools. 1. The board of

education of each city 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, which shall be free to all persons residing in the

city school district, and wherein the common branches and, in the

discretion of the board of education, 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:

a. In city school districts of a city having a population of one

hundred thousand or more, according to the latest federal census on at

least one hundred nights.

b. In city school districts of a city having a population of fifty

thousand but less than one hundred thousand, according to the latest

federal census, on at least seventy-five nights.

c. In each other city school district, on at least fifty nights.