Bill Text: NY S04471 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Excludes the adjusted gross incomes of the upper and lower 1/2 of 1% of taxpayers in a school district from the calculation of the adjusted gross income of such district for the purposes of the alternative pupil wealth ratio and the combined wealth ratio relating to the provision of state aid to school districts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S04471 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04471-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 4471                                                  A. 5756
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
                                    February 15, 2017
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        IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
        IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced  by  M.  of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  school  district
          adjusted  gross  income  for  purposes  of determining the alternative
          pupil wealth ratio and combined wealth ratio
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section
     2  3602 of the education law, as amended by section 13 of part B of chapter
     3  57 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (1) "Alternate pupil wealth ratio" shall mean the number  computed  to
     5  three  decimals without rounding obtained when the adjusted gross income
     6  of a school district for the calendar year two years prior to the calen-
     7  dar year in which the base year began divided by the total wealth  pupil
     8  units of such district is divided by the statewide adjusted gross income
     9  per  total  wealth  pupil  unit. Such statewide average gross income per
    10  pupil shall be established each year by the commissioner  and  shall  be
    11  transmitted to school districts. Such statewide average shall be rounded
    12  to the nearest hundredth and shall include the adjusted gross income and
    13  total wealth pupil units of all school districts eligible for aid pursu-
    14  ant  to  this  section  except  central  high  school districts. For the
    15  purposes of calculating such statewide average the  data  for  the  city
    16  school  district  of  the  city of New York shall be citywide data.  The
    17  calculation of the adjusted gross income of a school district shall  not
    18  include  the adjusted gross income of the one-half of one percent of the
    19  taxpayers in such school district who have the greatest  adjusted  gross
    20  incomes, and shall not include the adjusted gross income of the one-half
    21  of  one  percent  of  the taxpayers in such school district who have the
    22  lowest adjusted gross incomes.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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