S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        8341--A
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 15, 2009
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       Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted
         as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to computing approved
         operating expenses for school districts
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Paragraph t of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the educa-
    2  tion law is amended by  adding  a  new  closing  paragraph  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISIONS  OF  LAW  TO  THE CONTRARY, IN
    5  COMPUTING APPROVED OPERATING EXPENSE PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH FOR CITY
    6  SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF THOSE CITIES HAVING A POPULATION IN  EXCESS  OF  ONE
    7  HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND BUT LESS THAN ONE MILLION; AN AMOUNT EQUAL
    8  TO (I) THE AMOUNT COMPUTED FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE TWO  THOUSAND
    9  SIX--TWO THOUSAND SEVEN SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THIRTY-SEVEN
   10  OF  THIS SECTION AS THIS SECTION EXISTED ON JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND
   11  SEVEN, (II) THE STATE FUNDS WHICH SUCH  DISTRICT  RECEIVED  IN  THE  TWO
   12  THOUSAND SIX--TWO THOUSAND SEVEN SCHOOL YEAR FOR MAGNET SCHOOL GRANTS TO
   13  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS,  AND (III) THE STATE FUNDS WHICH SUCH DISTRICT RECEIVED
   14  IN THE TWO THOUSAND SIX--TWO THOUSAND  SEVEN  SCHOOL  YEAR  FOR  TEACHER
   15  SUPPORT,  SHALL BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE SAME WAY AS STATE FUNDS RECEIVED
   16  FOR SUCH PURPOSE IN THE TWO  THOUSAND  SIX--TWO  THOUSAND  SEVEN  SCHOOL
   17  YEAR.
   18    S  2.  This  act shall take effect July 1, 2009; provided, however, if
   19  this act shall have become a law after such date it  shall  take  effect
   20  immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on
   21  and after July 1, 2009.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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