Bill Text: NY S01160 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Restores the tuition freeze for charter schools to the 2009-2010 school year level for the City School District of the city of Albany.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01160 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S01160-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1160
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to charter school tuition
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subparagraph  (iii)  of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
    2  section 2856 of the education law, as added by section 21 of part  A  of
    3  chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (iii) for the two thousand ten--two thousand eleven through [two thou-
    5  sand  twelve--two  thousand  thirteen] TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN--TWO THOUSAND
    6  TWELVE school years, the charter school basic tuition shall be the basic
    7  tuition computed for the two thousand ten--two  thousand  eleven  school
    8  year pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph;
    9    (IV)  FOR  THE TWO THOUSAND TWELVE--TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN SCHOOL YEAR,
   10  THE CHARTER SCHOOL BASIC TUITION SHALL BE THE BASIC TUITION COMPUTED FOR
   11  THE TWO THOUSAND TEN--TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN SCHOOL YEAR  PURSUANT  TO  THE
   12  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBPARAGRAPH  (I)  OF THIS PARAGRAPH, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
   13  THAT FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL  DISTRICT  ENROLLMENT  FOR
   14  THE BASE YEAR, CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF
   15  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, IN
   16  EXCESS OF FIVE THOUSAND PUPILS, WHERE THE  QUOTIENT  OF  THE  BASE  YEAR
   17  RESIDENT  PUPILS  ENROLLED IN CHARTER SCHOOLS OTHER THAN CHARTER SCHOOLS
   18  CONVERTED FROM AN EXISTING PUBLIC SCHOOL AND FORMED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT
   19  AS A CHARTER ENTITY PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF
   20  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, DIVIDED BY THE
   21  PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR, CALCULATED PURSUANT
   22  TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION  THIR-
   23  TY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO OF THIS CHAPTER IS TWENTY PERCENT OR MORE, BASED ON
   24  DATA ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND  IN  THE  DATABASE  USED  BY  THE
   25  COMMISSIONER  TO  PRODUCE  AN  UPDATED  ELECTRONIC DATA FILE ON FEBRUARY
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01963-01-3
       S. 1160                             2
    1  FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  B  OF  SUBDIVISION
    2  TWENTY-ONE  OF  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, THE CHARTER
    3  SCHOOL BASIC TUITION SHALL BE THE BASIC TUITION  COMPUTED  FOR  THE  TWO
    4  THOUSAND  NINE--TWO  THOUSAND TEN SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
    5  OF SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
    6    S 2. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section
    7  2856 of the education law, as amended by section 22 of part A of chapter
    8  58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    9    (iii) for the two thousand ten--two thousand eleven through [two thou-
   10  sand  twelve--two  thousand  thirteen] TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN--TWO THOUSAND
   11  TWELVE school years, the charter school basic tuition shall be the basic
   12  tuition computed for the two thousand ten--two  thousand  eleven  school
   13  year pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph;
   14    (IV)  FOR  THE TWO THOUSAND TWELVE--TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN SCHOOL YEAR,
   15  THE CHARTER SCHOOL BASIC TUITION SHALL BE THE BASIC TUITION COMPUTED FOR
   16  THE TWO THOUSAND TEN--TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN SCHOOL YEAR  PURSUANT  TO  THE
   17  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBPARAGRAPH  (I)  OF THIS PARAGRAPH, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
   18  THAT FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL  DISTRICT  ENROLLMENT  FOR
   19  THE BASE YEAR, CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF
   20  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, IN
   21  EXCESS OF FIVE THOUSAND PUPILS, WHERE THE  QUOTIENT  OF  THE  BASE  YEAR
   22  RESIDENT  PUPILS  ENROLLED IN CHARTER SCHOOLS OTHER THAN CHARTER SCHOOLS
   23  CONVERTED FROM AN EXISTING PUBLIC SCHOOL AND FORMED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT
   24  AS A CHARTER ENTITY PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF
   25  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, DIVIDED BY THE
   26  PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR, CALCULATED PURSUANT
   27  TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION  THIR-
   28  TY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO OF THIS CHAPTER IS TWENTY PERCENT OR MORE, BASED ON
   29  DATA ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND  IN  THE  DATABASE  USED  BY  THE
   30  COMMISSIONER  TO  PRODUCE  AN  UPDATED  ELECTRONIC DATA FILE ON FEBRUARY
   31  FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  B  OF  SUBDIVISION
   32  TWENTY-ONE  OF  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, THE CHARTER
   33  SCHOOL BASIC TUITION SHALL BE THE BASIC TUITION  COMPUTED  FOR  THE  TWO
   34  THOUSAND  NINE--TWO  THOUSAND TEN SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
   35  OF SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   36    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
   37  ments  to  subdivision  1  of  section 2856 of the education law made by
   38  section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of such subdivi-
   39  sion as provided in chapter 378 of the laws of 2007,  as  amended,  when
   40  upon  such  date  the  provisions  of section two of this act shall take
   41  effect.
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