Bill Text: NY A03046 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides for studies and procedures for the consolidation of school districts.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 0000-00-00 - [A03046 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A03046-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ S. 2115 A. 3046 2015-2016 Regular Sessions SENATE - ASSEMBLY January 21, 2015 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the consolidation of school 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 1509-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 1509-a. School district consolidation. 1. The department is hereby 4 authorized and directed to conduct a study to identify school districts 5 within the state that may benefit from consolidation with one or more 6 school district. The study shall be limited in scope to include each 7 school district within the state with one thousand students or less and 8 any school district that either: (1) shares a common border with such 9 district; or (2) has an existing contract to educate some or all of the 10 students of such district with one thousand students or less. Criteria 11 used to determine which school districts shall be considered for consol- 12 idation shall be determined by the department. The department shall 13 issue a report based on the findings of such study which shall clearly 14 identify the school districts that the department recommends for consol- 15 idation. 16 2. The report issued pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall 17 be completed within six months after the effective date of this section. 18 Such report shall be made available for review by the public and shall 19 be posted on the department's internet web page. 20 3. Each proposed consolidation identified in the report recommended by 21 the department shall be the subject of public hearings in a manner to be 22 determined by the department. A hearing shall be held in each school EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00879-01-5
