Bill Text: NY S02007 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended
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) 2012-06-15 - PRINT NUMBER 2007C [S02007 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S02007-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2007--B 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 14, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 2856 of the 2 education law, as amended by section 12 of part A of chapter 57 of the 3 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 4 (a) The enrollment of students attending charter schools shall be 5 included in the enrollment, attendance, membership and, if applicable, 6 count of students with disabilities of the school district in which the 7 pupil resides. The charter school shall report all such data to the 8 school districts of residence in a timely manner. Each school district 9 shall report such enrollment, attendance and count of students with 10 disabilities to the department. The school district of residence shall 11 pay directly to the charter school for each student enrolled in the 12 charter school who resides in the school district the charter school 13 basic tuition, which shall be an amount equal to one hundred percent of 14 the amount calculated pursuant to paragraph f of subdivision one of 15 section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter for the school district 16 for the year prior to the base year increased by the percentage change 17 in the state total approved operating expense calculated pursuant to 18 paragraph t of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this 19 chapter from two years prior to the base year to the base year; 20 provided, however, that for the two thousand nine--two thousand ten 21 school year, the charter school basic tuition shall be the amount paya- 22 ble by such district as charter school basic tuition for the two thou- 23 sand eight--two thousand nine school year. FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TEN--TWO EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06158-06-1 S. 2007--B 2 1 THOUSAND ELEVEN SCHOOL YEAR, THE CHARTER SCHOOL BASIC TUITION FOR A CITY 2 SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF MORE THAN NINETY THOU- 3 SAND INHABITANTS BUT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND INHABITANTS, DETER- 4 MINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LATEST FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS, SHALL BE 5 THE AMOUNT PAYABLE BY SUCH DISTRICT AS CHARTER SCHOOL BASIC TUITION FOR 6 THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHT--TWO THOUSAND NINE SCHOOL YEAR. 7 S 2. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 8 2856 of the education law, as added by section 21 of part A of chapter 9 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 10 (iii) for the two thousand ten--two thousand eleven through two thou- 11 sand twelve--two thousand thirteen school years, the charter school 12 basic tuition shall be the basic tuition computed for the two thousand 13 ten--two thousand eleven school year pursuant to the provisions of 14 subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; 15 (IV) NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, FOR A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A 16 CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF MORE THAN NINETY THOUSAND INHABITANTS BUT 17 LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND INHABITANTS, DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE 18 WITH THE LATEST FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS, FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TEN--TWO 19 THOUSAND ELEVEN SCHOOL YEAR, THE CHARTER SCHOOL BASIC TUITION SHALL BE 20 THE BASIC TUITION COMPUTED FOR THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHT--TWO THOUSAND NINE 21 SCHOOL YEAR AND FOR THE TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN--TWO THOUSAND TWELVE AND TWO 22 THOUSAND TWELVE--TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN SCHOOL YEARS, THE CHARTER SCHOOL 23 BASIC TUITION SHALL BE AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL BASIC 24 TUITION FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TEN--TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN SCHOOL YEAR HAD IT 25 BEEN COMPUTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS 26 PARAGRAPH. 27 S 3. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 28 2856 of the education law, as amended by section 22 of part A of chapter 29 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 30 (iii) for the two thousand ten--two thousand eleven through two thou- 31 sand twelve--two thousand thirteen school years, the charter school 32 basic tuition shall be the basic tuition computed for the two thousand 33 ten--two thousand eleven school year pursuant to the provisions of 34 subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; 35 (IV) NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, FOR A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A 36 CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF MORE THAN NINETY THOUSAND INHABITANTS BUT 37 LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND INHABITANTS, DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE 38 WITH THE LATEST FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS, FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TEN--TWO 39 THOUSAND ELEVEN SCHOOL YEAR, THE CHARTER SCHOOL BASIC TUITION SHALL BE 40 THE BASIC TUITION COMPUTED FOR THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHT--TWO THOUSAND NINE 41 SCHOOL YEAR AND FOR THE TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN--TWO THOUSAND TWELVE AND TWO 42 THOUSAND TWELVE--TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN SCHOOL YEARS, THE CHARTER SCHOOL 43 BASIC TUITION SHALL BE AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL BASIC 44 TUITION FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TEN--TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN SCHOOL YEAR HAD IT 45 BEEN COMPUTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS 46 PARAGRAPH. 47 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section one 48 of this act shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and 49 after July 1, 2010; provided that sections two and three of this act 50 shall take effect on the same date as sections 21 and 22, respectively, 51 of part A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011 take effect; and provided 52 further that the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 2856 of the 53 education law made by sections one and two of this act shall not affect 54 the expiration of such subdivision as provided in chapter 378 of the 55 laws of 2007, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of section 56 three of this act shall take effect.