Bill Text: NY A07787 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Maisto district sound basic education cost panel for the purpose of determining the cost of a sound basic education in each of the eight Maisto districts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-30 - print number 7787b [A07787 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7787
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 15, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the Mais-
          to  districts'  sound  basic  education  cost panel for the purpose of
          determining the cost of a sound basic education in each of  the  eight
          Maisto districts
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Legislative intent: It is the responsibility of the  legis-
     2  lature  under article XI of the constitution of the state of New York to
     3  establish and maintain a system that will provide all children an oppor-
     4  tunity to receive a meaningful high school education. As shown at  trial
     5  in  State  Supreme  Court  of  Maisto, et al. v State of New York, it is
     6  clear that under current law resources sufficient to offer  that  educa-
     7  tion  in  eight  small  city  school  districts,  known  as  the  Maisto
     8  Districts, are not being provided. Therefore, it is the intention of the
     9  legislature to amend certain provisions of the education law to create a
    10  Maisto District Sound Basic Education Cost Panel to determine  the  cost
    11  of  a sound basic education in each of the districts sufficient to allow
    12  them to provide all their children an opportunity to receive a  meaning-
    13  ful  high  school  education and to maintain healthy vibrant educational
    14  communities.
    15    § 2. This act  shall  be  known  and  may  be  cited  as  "the  Maisto
    16  Districts' sound basic education cost panel act".
    17    §  3.  Section  3641  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
    18  subdivision 17 to read as follows:
    19    17. Maisto districts' sound basic education cost panel.  a.  There  is
    20  hereby  created the Maisto district sound basic education cost panel for
    21  the purpose of determining the cost of a sound basic education  in  each
    22  of  the eight Maisto districts, Jamestown city school district, Kingston
    23  city school district, Mount Vernon city school district,  Newburgh  city
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11406-02-7
        A. 7787                             2
     1  school  district,  Niagara  Falls city school district, Port Jervis city
     2  school district, Poughkeepsie city school district and Utica city school
     3  district. The panel shall consist of six members, to be appointed by the
     4  following: two by the senate majority leader, one by the senate minority
     5  leader,  two  by  the  assembly speaker and one by the assembly minority
     6  leader. The panel shall meet as often as deemed necessary but not  fewer
     7  than  four times, elect a chairperson to schedule and conduct such meet-
     8  ings and have the power to  appoint  such  assistants  either  from  the
     9  legislature,  the department or from the private sector and expert advi-
    10  sors as necessary to fulfill all duties.
    11    b. Duties of the panel shall include the following:
    12    (1) select an independent consultant to assist in  conducting  studies
    13  and  drafting  the report on the cost of a sound basic education in each
    14  of the eight Maisto districts;
    15    (2) insure that the studies and  reports  use  both  the  professional
    16  judgment method and the foundation aid formula method of determining the
    17  cost of a sound basic education;
    18    (3)  with  respect  to  the foundation aid method, base the foundation
    19  amount on the  average  spending  of  successful  districts  which  have
    20  achieved  at  least eighty percent proficiency on two fourth grade state
    21  assessments and five state regents examinations,  use  researched  based
    22  pupil weightings determined by using New York state student data and use
    23  a researched based regional cost index; and
    24    (4)  select an independent consultant within ninety days of the effec-
    25  tive date of this subdivision and issue  a  preliminary  report  to  the
    26  senate  majority  leader,  senate  minority leader, assembly speaker and
    27  assembly minority leader on or before November fifteenth,  two  thousand
    28  seventeen  and a final report on or before December fifteenth, two thou-
    29  sand seventeen.
    30    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.