Bill Text: NY S04233 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of education of the state of New York to conduct a study on the sufficiency of current education aid apportionment formulas, make recommendations for improvements to such formulas and deliver a report of such findings and recommendations and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S04233 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04233-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4233
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 5, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  JORDAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT requiring the commissioner of education of the state of New  York
          to  conduct a study on the sufficiency of current education aid appor-
          tionment formulas,  make  recommendations  for  improvements  to  such
          formulas and deliver a report of such findings and recommendations and
          providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The commissioner of education of  the  state  of  New  York
     2  shall conduct a comprehensive study analyzing the sufficiency of current
     3  education  aid apportionment formulas, make recommendations for improve-
     4  ments to such formulas and deliver a report of such findings and  recom-
     5  mendations.
     6    §  2.  Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the following
     7  information:
     8    (a) an assessment of the impact of the tax cap  on  increased  funding
     9  needs;
    10    (b) increased costs to each school district;
    11    (c) changes in wealth of each district;
    12    (d) increased requirements placed on districts through state mandates,
    13  including the implementation of higher learning standards and testing;
    14    (e) recommendations for new aid apportionment formulas; and
    15    (f)  any  additional  information  the commissioner of education deems
    16  pertinent for the purposes of this act.
    17    § 3. For the purposes of this act, the commissioner of  education  may
    18  conduct  such  study in conjunction with any other department, division,
    19  board, bureau, commission, agency, or  public  authority  of  the  state
    20  deemed  necessary.  To  the  maximum  extent feasible, such commissioner
    21  shall be authorized to request, receive, and utilize such resources  and
    22  data of any other department, division, board, bureau, commission, agen-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09687-01-9
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     1  cy, or public authority of the state as he or she may reasonably request
     2  to properly carry his or her powers and duties pursuant to this act.
     3    §  4.  The  commissioner of education shall deliver such report to the
     4  governor, the temporary president of the  senate,  the  speaker  of  the
     5  assembly,  the  chair of the senate committee on education and the chair
     6  of the assembly committee on education no later than December 31, 2020.
     7    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
     8  deemed repealed January 1,2021.