New York Assembly Bill 7423 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on May 4 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-04 - referred to education
Pending: Assembly Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Permits the financing of public schools in New York State within the context of the following objectives: (1) the elimination of the real property tax to support public schools, (2) the retention of present levels of local control by school districts, and (3) the guarantee of quality and equality of educational opportunity for all children of the state; provides that the state shall assume all of the costs of basic quality education, including all general and special educational services which the commissioner, under guidelines established by the legislature shall define as necessary; provides that such costs shall be borne by increases in statewide business and individual income taxes in conjunction with the elimination of school real property taxes.

Permits the financing of public schools in New York State within the context of the following objectives: (1) the elimination of the real property tax to support public schools, (2) the retention of present levels of local control by school districts, and (3) the guarantee of quality and equality of educational opportunity for all children of the state; provides that the state shall assume all of the costs of basic quality education, including all general and special educational services which the commissioner, under guidelines established by the legislature shall define as necessary; provides that such costs shall be borne by increases in statewide business and individual income taxes in conjunction with the elimination of school real property taxes.

Asm. Fred Thiele [D]

Asm. Kevin Cahill [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-04	Assembly	referred to education
2011-05-04	Assembly	referred to education

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A07423&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A07423&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A07423