Bill Text: NY A01041 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to providing additional reimbursement to school districts for expenses incurred as a result of an influx of migrant students entering the schools of the districts; directs the governor to submit chapter amendments to the Aid to Localities budget.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - referred to education [A01041 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A01041-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1041

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 8, 2025
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  providing  additional
          reimbursement to school districts for expenses incurred as a result of
          an influx of migrant students entering the schools of the districts

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  3605
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  3605.  Additional  state  reimbursement  to  school  districts.  1.
     4  Notwithstanding any inconsistent  provision  of  law,  the  state  shall
     5  provide  additional  reimbursement  to  each  school district for actual
     6  expenses, if any, incurred by the school district  as  a  result  of  an
     7  influx of migrant students entering the schools of the district.
     8    2.  Within  thirty days after the commencement of the school year, the
     9  governor shall prepare and submit to the legislature chapter  amendments
    10  to  the  aid to localities budget providing for additional reimbursement
    11  to repay school districts for any and all actual expenses referenced  in
    12  subdivision one of this section.
    13    3.  Such reimbursement moneys shall be paid upon the audit of vouchers
    14  certified by the chief fiscal officer for the school district  demanding
    15  reimbursement  for actual expenses incurred by such school district as a
    16  result of an influx of migrant students  entering  the  schools  of  the
    17  district.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02783-01-5