Bill Text: NY A04043 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Permits school districts outside of NYC to pass on the district's percentage reduction in state aid to charter schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to education [A04043 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04043-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4043
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 30, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  permitting  school
         districts  outside  the  city  of  New  York to pass on the district's
         percentage reduction in state aid to charter schools
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1 of section 2856 of the
    2  education law, as amended by section 21 of part A of chapter 58  of  the
    3  laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (a)  The  enrollment  of  students  attending charter schools shall be
    5  included in the enrollment, attendance, membership and,  if  applicable,
    6  count  of students with disabilities of the school district in which the
    7  pupil resides. The charter school shall report  all  such  data  to  the
    8  school  districts  of residence in a timely manner. Each school district
    9  shall report such enrollment, attendance  and  count  of  students  with
   10  disabilities  to  the department. The school district of residence shall
   11  pay directly to the charter school for  each  student  enrolled  in  the
   12  charter  school  who  resides  in the school district the charter school
   13  basic tuition, which shall be:
   14    (i) for school years prior to the two thousand nine--two thousand  ten
   15  school  year and for school years following the two thousand twelve--two
   16  thousand thirteen school year, an amount equal to one hundred percent of
   17  the amount calculated pursuant to paragraph  f  of  subdivision  one  of
   18  section  thirty-six  hundred two of this chapter for the school district
   19  for the year prior to the base year increased by the  percentage  change
   20  in  the  state  total  approved operating expense calculated pursuant to
   21  paragraph t of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this
   22  chapter from two years prior to the base year to the base year;
   23    (ii) for the two thousand nine--two  thousand  ten  school  year,  the
   24  charter  school  basic  tuition  shall  be  the  amount  payable by such
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 4043                             2
    1  district as charter school basic tuition for the two thousand eight--two
    2  thousand nine school year;
    3    (iii)  for the two thousand ten--two thousand eleven through two thou-
    4  sand twelve--two thousand thirteen  school  years,  the  charter  school
    5  basic  tuition  shall be the basic tuition computed for the two thousand
    6  ten--two thousand eleven school  year  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
    7  subparagraph   (i)   of  this  paragraph.    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER
    8  PROVISIONS OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY AND EXCEPT FOR A CITY WITH ONE MILLION
    9  INHABITANTS OR MORE, A BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY REDUCE THE  BASIC  TUITION
   10  FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND THIRTEEN--TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN AND TWO THOUSAND
   11  FOURTEEN--TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN SCHOOL YEARS BY THE  DISTRICT'S  NET  GAP
   12  ELIMINATION  ADJUSTMENT  PERCENTAGE  FOR SUCH YEARS AS DETERMINED BY THE
   13  COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately,  provided,  however  that
   15  the  amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 2856 of the
   16  education law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expi-
   17  ration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
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