N.Y. EDN Law § 1712

§ 1712. Kindergartens; nursery and night schools. 1. The board of\neducation of each school district may maintain kindergartens which shall\nbe free to resident children between the ages of four and six years,\nprovided, however, such board may fix a higher minimum age for admission\nto such kindergartens.\n 2. A board of education may maintain nursery schools which shall be\nfree to resident children and may fix the age for admission.\n 3. Night schools wherein the common branches and such additional\nsubjects as may be adapted to students applying for instruction are\ntaught on at least two nights each week, for two hours each night, shall\nbe maintained by the board of education and in each school district\nwhere twenty or more persons from seventeen to twenty-one years of age\nare required to attend upon evening instruction, or where twenty or more\npersons over the age of sixteen years make applications for instruction\nin a night school, on at least fifty nights. All night schools shall be\nfree to all persons residing in the district.\n