Bill Text: NY A03700 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the department of education to conduct a study of the feasibility and impact of requiring the state to provide financial aid to school districts in order to assist the school districts in funding state mandated education programs during the current fiscal crisis or to waive certain mandated education spending for such programs, and to prepare a report of its findings and recommendations.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 14-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-26 - referred to education [A03700 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03700-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3700
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 26, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MOLINARO, CROUCH, McDONOUGH, FINCH, SAYWARD,
         MONTESANO, TOBACCO, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  BARCLAY,
         CORWIN,  McKEVITT, OAKS, SALADINO, THIELE -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to authorize the department of education to conduct  a  study  of
         the feasibility and impact of requiring the state to provide financial
         aid to, and/or, waive certain mandated education spending for, munici-
         palities  in  order  to  assist  the school districts in funding state
         mandated education programs during the current fiscal  crisis  and  to
         prepare a report concerning its findings
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The department of education shall conduct a study to deter-
    2  mine the feasibility of requiring the state to provide financial aid  to
    3  school districts during the current fiscal crisis in order to assist the
    4  school  districts  in  funding various types of state mandated education
    5  programs, or to waive  certain  mandated  education  spending  for  such
    6  programs,  and  the impact of requiring such aid on the state budget and
    7  cash flow. This audit shall be completed within three  months  following
    8  the effective date of these provisions.
    9    S  2.  Upon  completion of the study, the commissioner of education or
   10  his or her designee shall make a report to the governor, the speaker  of
   11  the assembly, the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader
   12  of  the  assembly and the minority leader of the senate of the findings,
   13  conclusions and recommendations arising from the study, and shall submit
   14  with such report such legislative proposals as he or she deems necessary
   15  to implement the recommendations. This  report  shall  be  submitted  no
   16  later than sixty days after completion of the study.
   17    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08291-01-1