Bill Text: NY A07160 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to education funding for certain not-for-profit institutions under certain conditions.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to education [A07160 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07160-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7160
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 27, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to education funding  for
         not-for-profit religious, educational and charitable institutions
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  3643
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  3643. EDUCATION FUNDING FOR CERTAIN NOT-FOR-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS. 1.
    4  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION TO  THE  CONTRARY,  A
    5  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  CORPORATION, AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH TEN OF PARAGRAPH
    6  (A) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THE  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  CORPORATION  LAW,
    7  ORGANIZED  FOR  RELIGIOUS,  EDUCATIONAL OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES, SHALL BE
    8  ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE EDUCATION FUNDING TO THE EXTENT  THAT  AN  APPROPRI-
    9  ATION IS AVAILABLE FOR SUCH PURPOSE PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT:
   10    (A)  SUCH  INSTITUTION,  PRIOR TO RECEIPT OF SUCH FUNDING, SHALL ENTER
   11  INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COMMISSIONER  SPECIFYING  THAT  SUCH  FUNDING
   12  SHALL BE UTILIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR SECULAR EDUCATIONAL USE.
   13    (B) THE FUNDING WILL BE PREPONDERANTLY UTILIZED TO SUPPORT AND IMPROVE
   14  THE TEACHING OF THE SCIENCES.
   15    (C)  UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL SUCH FUNDING BE PROVIDED TO AN INSTI-
   16  TUTION WHOSE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS, IN THE JUDGMENT  OF  THE  COMMISSIONER,
   17  INSTRUCTION OR ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION.
   18    2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS MAY
   19  BE NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
   20    S  2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to school
   21  years beginning on and after July 1, 2016.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10059-01-5