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
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2007--B
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 14, 2011
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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.
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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.
