Bill Text: NY A04807 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Removes certain residential programs, residential facilities and child care institutions from the definition of the term "youth shelter" for purposes of the education of persons in youth shelters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to education [A04807 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A04807-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4807 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 23, 2023 ___________ 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 the education of persons in youth shelters The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs b and f of subdivision 7 of section 3202 of the 2 education law, paragraph b as amended by section 27 of part B of chapter 3 57 of the laws of 2007 and paragraph f as added by chapter 564 of the 4 laws of 2001, are amended to read as follows: 5 b. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the school district 6 in which the child resided at the time of the child's commitment to the 7 custody of the sheriff or local commissioner of corrections or remanded 8 to a youth shelter shall reimburse the [education] department for its 9 expenditure for the full time equivalent attendance of such child pursu- 10 ant to subdivision thirteen of section thirty-six hundred two of this 11 chapter on behalf of such child, in an amount equal to the product of 12 such full time equivalent attendance and the school district basic 13 contribution, as such term is defined in subdivision eight of section 14 forty-four hundred one of this chapter, provided, however, that such 15 basic contribution shall be multiplied by the full time equivalent 16 attendance multiplied by one hundred twenty per centum for such children 17 attending programs which operate between July first and June thirtieth. 18 If at the applicable time specified in this paragraph a school district 19 other than the school district in which the child resides is responsible 20 for the cost of instruction of the child or for reimbursement of the 21 state for its expenditure on behalf of the child pursuant to any 22 provision of this chapter, then such other school district shall be 23 responsible for reimbursement of the [education] department in accord- 24 ance with this paragraph. Upon certification by the commissioner, the 25 comptroller shall deduct from any state funds which become due to a EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09497-01-3A. 4807 2 1 school district an amount equal to the reimbursement required to be made 2 by such school district in accordance with this paragraph, and the 3 amount so deducted shall not be included in the operating expense of 4 such district for the purpose of computing the approved operating 5 expense pursuant to paragraph t of subdivision one of section thirty-six 6 hundred two of this chapter. 7 f. As used in this subdivision, "youth shelter" shall mean an alterna- 8 tive residential facility for the incarceration of youths between the 9 ages of sixteen and twenty-one who are remanded by the criminal courts, 10 provided that such term shall not include residential programs estab- 11 lished pursuant to article nineteen-G or nineteen-H of the executive 12 law, a residential facility or group home operated, licensed or certi- 13 fied by the office of children and family services or its successor 14 pursuant to such articles nineteen-G and nineteen-H, or a child care 15 institution as defined in subdivision two of section four thousand one 16 of this chapter. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
