Bill Text: NY S02007 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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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

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        2007--C
                              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  --  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. 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
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06158-12-2
       S. 2007--C                          2
    1  TO  SUBPARAGRAPH  TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIR-
    2  TY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER IS TWENTY PERCENT OR MORE,  BASED  ON
    3  DATA  ON  FILE  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  AND IN THE DATABASE USED BY THE
    4  COMMISSIONER  TO  PRODUCE  AN  UPDATED  ELECTRONIC DATA FILE ON FEBRUARY
    5  FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  B  OF  SUBDIVISION
    6  TWENTY-ONE  OF  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, THE CHARTER
    7  SCHOOL BASIC TUITION SHALL BE THE BASIC TUITION  COMPUTED  FOR  THE  TWO
    8  THOUSAND  NINE--TWO  THOUSAND TEN SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
    9  OF SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   10    S 2. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section
   11  2856 of the education law, as amended by section 22 of part A of chapter
   12  58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   13    (iii) for the two thousand ten--two thousand eleven through [two thou-
   14  sand  twelve--two  thousand  thirteen] TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN--TWO THOUSAND
   15  TWELVE school years, the charter school basic tuition shall be the basic
   16  tuition computed for the two thousand ten--two  thousand  eleven  school
   17  year pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph;
   18    (IV)  FOR  THE TWO THOUSAND TWELVE--TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN SCHOOL YEAR,
   19  THE CHARTER SCHOOL BASIC TUITION SHALL BE THE BASIC TUITION COMPUTED FOR
   20  THE TWO THOUSAND TEN--TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN SCHOOL YEAR  PURSUANT  TO  THE
   21  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBPARAGRAPH  (I)  OF THIS PARAGRAPH, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
   22  THAT FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL  DISTRICT  ENROLLMENT  FOR
   23  THE BASE YEAR, CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF
   24  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, IN
   25  EXCESS OF FIVE THOUSAND PUPILS, WHERE THE  QUOTIENT  OF  THE  BASE  YEAR
   26  RESIDENT  PUPILS  ENROLLED IN CHARTER SCHOOLS OTHER THAN CHARTER SCHOOLS
   27  CONVERTED FROM AN EXISTING PUBLIC SCHOOL AND FORMED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT
   28  AS A CHARTER ENTITY PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF
   29  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, DIVIDED BY THE
   30  PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR, CALCULATED PURSUANT
   31  TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION  THIR-
   32  TY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO OF THIS CHAPTER IS TWENTY PERCENT OR MORE, BASED ON
   33  DATA ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND  IN  THE  DATABASE  USED  BY  THE
   34  COMMISSIONER  TO  PRODUCE  AN  UPDATED  ELECTRONIC DATA FILE ON FEBRUARY
   35  FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  B  OF  SUBDIVISION
   36  TWENTY-ONE  OF  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, THE CHARTER
   37  SCHOOL BASIC TUITION SHALL BE THE BASIC TUITION  COMPUTED  FOR  THE  TWO
   38  THOUSAND  NINE--TWO  THOUSAND TEN SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
   39  OF SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   40    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
   41  ments  to  subdivision  1  of  section 2856 of the education law made by
   42  section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of such subdivi-
   43  sion as provided in chapter 378 of the laws of 2007,  as  amended,  when
   44  upon  such  date  the  provisions  of section two of this act shall take
   45  effect.