Bill Text: NY A08677 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires governing body of a school district which proposed the elimination of any position of a teacher of science, mathematics, special education, language arts or English language learners, because of economic conditions, to first propose elimination of funding for interscholastic sports; directs the education department to develop and implement plans for the elimination of funding for interscholastic sports programs in school districts which have budget reductions which entail elimination of teaching positions in such subjects.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to education [A08677 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A08677-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8677
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 3, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  P. RIVERA  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the  govern-
         ing  body  of  each school district, which eliminates certain teaching
         positions for any school year, to eliminate funding for  interscholas-
         tic sports programs
         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 1527-a
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 1527-A. SCHOOL  BUDGET  REDUCTIONS.  DURING  THE  CONSIDERATION  AND
    4  ADOPTION  OF  THE PROPOSED SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET FOR ANY SCHOOL YEAR IN
    5  WHICH THERE IS THE PROPOSED ELIMINATION OF ANY POSITION OF A TEACHER  OF
    6  SCIENCE,  MATHEMATICS,  SPECIAL  EDUCATION,  LANGUAGE  ARTS  OR  ENGLISH
    7  LANGUAGE LEARNERS FROM THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SCHOOL YEAR, BECAUSE OF
    8  ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, THE GOVERNING BODY OF  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SHALL
    9  FIRST  INCLUDE IN SUCH PROPOSED BUDGET ELIMINATION OF FUNDING FOR INTER-
   10  SCHOLASTIC SPORTS PROGRAMS.
   11    S 2. On or before December 1, 2009,  the  education  department  shall
   12  develop  and  implement, by rule, a plan for every school district which
   13  reduces its budget, because  of  New  York  state's  worsening  economic
   14  conditions, requiring each such district to eliminate funding for inter-
   15  scholastic  sports  programs before it proposes elimination of mathemat-
   16  ics, science, language arts, special education or English language lear-
   17  ners teachers.
   18    S 3. 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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