Bill Text: NY A05517 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act relating to apportionment of state monies to certain nonpublic schools to reimburse them for their expenses in complying with certain state requirements for the administration of state testing and evaluation programs and for participation in state programs for the reporting of basic educational data

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-10)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to ways and means [A05517 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05517-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5517
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 13, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. LENTOL, CUSICK, MAISEL, SPANO, CARROZZA, BENJA-
         MIN, MARKEY -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  ABBATE,  BENEDETTO,
         CONTE,  DelMONTE,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  KOLB,  LANCMAN,  LATIMER,  McDONOUGH,
         McKEVITT, PHEFFER, SCHIMMINGER, WEISENBERG, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
       AN ACT relating to apportionment of state monies  to  certain  nonpublic
         schools to reimburse them for their expenses in complying with certain
         state  requirements for the administration of state testing and evalu-
         ation programs and for participation in state programs for the report-
         ing of basic educational data
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Notwithstanding chapters 53 and 496 of the laws of 2008 and
    2  any  provision  of  law,  rule  or  regulation  to  the contrary, and as
    3  mandated by chapter 507 of the laws of 1974, the commissioner of  educa-
    4  tion  shall  continue to annually apportion to each qualifying school an
    5  amount equal to the actual cost  incurred  by  each  school  during  the
    6  preceding  school  year  for providing services rendered to the state in
    7  compliance with requirements of  the  state's  comprehensive  attendance
    8  program,  pupil  evaluation  program, the basic educational data system,
    9  regents examinations, the statewide evaluation plan, the uniform  proce-
   10  dure  for  pupil  attendance reporting, and other similar state prepared
   11  examinations and reporting procedures. Beginning in the 2009-2010 school
   12  year for which reimbursement shall be made the following year, qualified
   13  schools shall have such reimbursement dispersed to them  no  later  than
   14  the last day of December of the school year following the school year in
   15  which expenses were incurred.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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