Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to education [A07380 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember Fred Thiele [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-001	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Kevin Cahill [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-103	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Karl Brabenec [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-098	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-097	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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