Bill Text: NY A05936 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to funds for innovation grants for programs to create public/private partnerships to develop and implement innovative, technology-based learning strategies to serve high-need pupils and pupils who are at risk of not meeting the New York state learning standards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to education [A05936 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05936-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5936
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 3, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, STEVENSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
         A.  McENENY,  PHEFFER  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on
         Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  the  fund  for  inno-
         vation grants
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 3641 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
    2  new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
    3    15.  FUNDS  FOR  INNOVATION  GRANTS.  A. IN ADDITION TO APPORTIONMENTS
    4  OTHERWISE PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE  TWO
    5  THOUSAND TWELVE--TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, THIR-
    6  TY  MILLION  DOLLARS  SHALL BE AVAILABLE AND ALLOCATED PURSUANT TO PARA-
    7  GRAPHS B AND C OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND SHALL BE  PAID  FOR  PROGRAMS  TO
    8  CREATE  PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE,
    9  TECHNOLOGY-BASED LEARNING  STRATEGIES  TO  SERVE  HIGH-NEED  PUPILS  AND
   10  PUPILS WHO ARE AT RISK OF NOT MEETING THE NEW YORK STATE LEARNING STAND-
   11  ARDS  PURSUANT  TO  REGULATIONS  OF THE COMMISSIONER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
   12  LIMITED TO, THE  CREATION  OF  ONE-TO-ONE  LAPTOP  PILOT  PROGRAMS,  THE
   13  PURCHASE  OF  CONTENT-BASED  SOFTWARE  AND/OR  SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS WHICH
   14  PROVIDE NEW YORK STATE LEARNING STANDARDS-ALIGNED  EDUCATIONAL  CONTENT,
   15  CLASS LESSONS AND RELATED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
   16    B.  ANY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  LOCATED IN A CITY WITH AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED
   17  TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT PURSUANT
   18  TO THIS SECTION FOR THE PURPOSES CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDI-
   19  VISION. ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT LOCATED WITHIN A CITY WITH A  POPULATION  OF
   20  ONE MILLION OR MORE INHABITANTS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AMOUNT OF UP TO
   21  FORTY  PERCENT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT ALLOCATED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
   22  ANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF LESS THAN  ONE
   23  MILLION  BUT  IN EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS,
   24  SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE  PRODUCT,  ROUNDED  TO  THE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07186-01-1
       A. 5936                             2
    1  NEAREST  DOLLAR,  OF  (I)  SIXTY  PERCENT  OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT ALLOCATED
    2  PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, AND (II) THE QUOTIENT OF THE DISTRICT'S BASE
    3  YEAR ENROLLMENT ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSIONER AS OF THE DATE UPON  WHICH
    4  AN  ELECTRONIC DATA FILE WAS CREATED FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMPLIANCE WITH
    5  PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED  FIVE  OF
    6  THIS  CHAPTER ON NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH OF THE BASE YEAR, DIVIDED BY THE SUM
    7  OF SUCH BASE YEAR ENROLLMENTS FOR ALL SUCH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.   SUCH
    8  GRANTS  SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS AND SHALL BE AWARDED BY
    9  THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO A COMPETITIVE GRANT  PROCESS.  THE  COMMIS-
   10  SIONER  SHALL  EVALUATE  EACH GRANT APPLICATION ON THE BASIS OF CRITERIA
   11  INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO:  THE  TECHNOLOGY  NEEDS  OF  THE  SCHOOL
   12  DISTRICT,  AND  THE  ABILITY  OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC
   13  PERFORMANCE BY THE USE OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES.
   14    C. ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF A CITY  WITH  AT  LEAST  ONE
   15  HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT
   16  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR THE PURPOSES CONTAINED IN  PARAGRAPH  A  OF
   17  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  SUCH GRANTS SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS
   18  AND SHALL BE AWARDED BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO A COMPETITIVE GRANT
   19  PROCESS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL EVALUATE EACH GRANT APPLICATION  ON  THE
   20  BASIS  OF CRITERIA INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE TECHNOLOGY NEEDS OF
   21  THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THE ABILITY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT  TO  IMPROVE
   22  ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE BY THE USE OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.