Bill Text: NY A03980 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the definition of tuition for children with handicapping conditions.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to education [A03980 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A03980-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3980

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 29, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ABINANTI, PRETLOW, SIMON, BENEDETTO, GUNTHER,
          CAHILL, RA, OTIS, M. MILLER, PAULIN, GOODELL,  HAWLEY  --  Multi-Spon-
          sored  by  -- M. of A.  ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF, HEVESI, LUPARDO, THIELE --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  the  definition  of
          "tuition" for children with handicapping conditions

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 4401  of  the  education  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  470  of  the  laws  of 1977, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    5. "Tuition" shall mean  the  per  pupil  cost  of  all  instructional
     5  services,  supplies and equipment, the operation, maintenance and admin-
     6  istration of instructional facilities and allocable debt service for the
     7  instructional facilities, as determined by the  commissioner.  [Approved
     8  tuition]  It  shall also include direct reimbursement outside the direct
     9  and indirect costs screens, of actual public expenses calculated annual-
    10  ly.  Tuition shall be computed from expenditures from which  no  revenue
    11  has been received from the following sources:
    12    (a) receipts from the federal government;
    13    (b) any cash receipts which reduce the cost of an item applied against
    14  the item therefor, except gifts, donations and earned interest[,]; and
    15    (c) any refunds made or any apportionment or payment received from the
    16  state  for  experimental  or special programs as approved by the commis-
    17  sioner.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00972-01-1