S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 4612--A A. 6720--A S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y March 31, 2015 ___________ IN SENATE -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to arti- cle seven of the Constitution -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee IN ASSEMBLY -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to article seven of the Constitution -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2015, enacting the aid to localities budget, in relation to the support of government THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2015, enacting the 2 aid to localities budget, as proposed in legislative bill numbers 3 S.2003-C and A.3003-C, is amended by repealing the items herein below 4 set forth in brackets and by adding to such section the other items 5 underscored in this section. 6 EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 7 AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16 8 FOR PAYMENT ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE, NET OF 9 DISALLOWANCES, REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENTS AND CREDITS: 10 APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS 11 GENERAL FUND........................ 42,892,888,850 2,918,703,430 12 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - FEDERAL..... 4,380,022,000 6,845,500,000 13 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - OTHER....... 9,773,374,000 761,321,000 14 ---------------- ---------------- 15 ALL FUNDS......................... 57,046,284,850 10,525,524,430 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD12555-03-5 S. 4612--A 2 A. 6720--A 1 ================ ================ 2 SCHEDULE 3 ADULT CAREER AND CONTINUING EDUCATION SERVICES PROGRAM ..... 227,185,000 4 -------------- 5 GENERAL FUND 6 LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT - 10000 7 FOR CASE SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR AFTER OCTO- 8 BER 1, 2013 TO DISABLED INDIVIDUALS IN 9 ACCORDANCE WITH ECONOMIC ELIGIBILITY 10 CRITERIA DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT ........ 54,000,000 11 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF INDEPENDENT 12 LIVING CENTERS .............................. 12,361,000 13 FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF 14 INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS ................... 1,000,000 15 FOR COLLEGE READERS AID PAYMENTS ................. 294,000 16 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF SUPPORTED 17 EMPLOYMENT AND INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT 18 OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 19 1, 2013: 20 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF PROGRAMS 21 PROVIDING OR LEADING TO THE PROVISION OF 22 TIME-LIMITED SERVICES OR LONG-TERM SUPPORT 23 SERVICES .................................... 15,160,000 24 FOR GRANTS TO SCHOOLS FOR PROGRAMS INVOLVING 25 LITERACY AND BASIC EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC 26 ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS FOR THE 2015-16 27 SCHOOL YEAR FOR THOSE PROGRAMS ADMINIS- 28 TERED BY THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ...... 1,843,000 29 FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR ADULT 30 LITERACY/EDUCATION AID TO PUBLIC AND 31 PRIVATE NOT-FOR-PROFIT AGENCIES, INCLUDING 32 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, 2 AND 4 YEAR COLLEGES, 33 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, LIBRARIES, 34 AND VOLUNTEER LITERACY ORGANIZATIONS AND 35 INSTITUTIONS WHICH MEET QUALITY STANDARDS 36 PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCA- 37 TION TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS OF BASIC LITERA- 38 CY, HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY, AND ENGLISH 39 AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TO PERSONS 16 YEARS 40 OF AGE OR OLDER FOR THE REMAINING PAYMENTS 41 OF 2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR AND FOR THE 2015-16 42 SCHOOL YEAR, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO MORE 43 THAN $300,000 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR 44 REMAINING PAYMENTS FOR THE 2014-15 SCHOOL 45 YEAR ......................................... 5,293,000 46 FOR ADDITIONAL COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR ADULT 47 LITERACY EDUCATION AID TO PUBLIC AND 48 PRIVATE NOT-FOR-PROFIT AGENCIES, INCLUDING 49 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, 2 AND 4 YEAR COLLEGES, 50 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION, LIBRARIES, 51 AND VOLUNTEER LITERACY ORGANIZATIONS AND 52 INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS OF BASIC S. 4612--A 3 A. 6720--A 1 LITERACY, HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY, AND 2 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TO PERSONS 16 3 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 4 HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENTS OF 5 LIABILITIES HERETOFORE OR HEREAFTER TO 6 ACCRUE ....................................... 1,000,000 7 -------------- 8 PROGRAM ACCOUNT SUBTOTAL .................. 90,951,000 9 -------------- 10 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - FEDERAL 11 FEDERAL EDUCATION FUND 12 FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ACCOUNT - 25210 13 FOR CASE SERVICES PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS 14 WITH DISABILITIES ........................... 70,000,000 15 FOR THE INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM ............. 2,572,000 16 FOR THE SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM ........... 2,500,000 17 FOR GRANTS TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE 18 ENTITIES FOR ADULT BASIC EDUCATION, LITER- 19 ACY, AND CIVICS EDUCATION PURSUANT TO THE 20 WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT .................... 48,704,000 21 -------------- 22 PROGRAM ACCOUNT SUBTOTAL ................. 123,776,000 23 -------------- 24 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - OTHER 25 MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND 26 VESID SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT - 22001 27 FOR THE REHABILITATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY 28 DISABILITY BENEFICIARIES .................... 11,760,000 29 -------------- 30 PROGRAM ACCOUNT SUBTOTAL .................. 11,760,000 31 -------------- 32 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - OTHER 33 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION FUND 34 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION ACCOUNT - 23051 35 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE SPECIAL 36 WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAM .................. 698,000 37 -------------- 38 PROGRAM ACCOUNT SUBTOTAL ..................... 698,000 39 -------------- 40 CULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM ................................. 121,886,000 41 -------------- 42 GENERAL FUND 43 LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT - 10000 44 AID TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES INCLUDING AID TO NEW 45 YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY (NYPL) AND NYPL'S 46 SCIENCE INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS LIBRARY. 47 PROVIDED THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY S. 4612--A 4 A. 6720--A 1 PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO 2 THE CONTRARY, SUCH AID, AND THE STATE'S 3 LIABILITY THEREFOR, SHALL REPRESENT 4 FULFILLMENT OF THE STATE'S OBLIGATION FOR 5 THIS PROGRAM ................................ 86,627,000 6 FOR ADDITIONAL AID TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES ......... 5,000,000 7 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE SCHOMBURG 8 CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE ........... 250,000 9 FOR ADDITIONAL AID TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES FOR 10 REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 11 PAYMENT OF THE METROPOLITAN COMMUTER 12 TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY TAX, SUBJECT TO AN 13 ALLOCATION PLAN DEVELOPED BY THE COMMIS- 14 SIONER OF EDUCATION AND APPROVED BY THE 15 DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET ....................... 1,300,000 16 AID TO EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AND RADIO. 17 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW, RULE 18 OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, THE AMOUNT 19 APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL REPRESENT 20 FULFILLMENT OF THE STATE'S OBLIGATION FOR 21 THIS PROGRAM ................................ 14,002,000 22 FOR ADDITIONAL AID TO EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION 23 AND RADIO ...................................... 500,000 24 -------------- 25 PROGRAM ACCOUNT SUBTOTAL ................. 107,679,000 26 -------------- 27 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - FEDERAL 28 FEDERAL MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING GRANTS FUND 29 FEDERAL OPERATING GRANTS ACCOUNT - 25300 30 FOR AID TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES PURSUANT TO 31 VARIOUS FEDERAL LAWS INCLUDING THE LIBRARY 32 SERVICES TECHNOLOGY ACT ...................... 5,400,000 33 -------------- 34 PROGRAM ACCOUNT SUBTOTAL ................... 5,400,000 35 -------------- 36 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - OTHER 37 NEW YORK STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS MANAGEMENT 38 IMPROVEMENT FUND 39 LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT - 20501 40 GRANTS TO INDIVIDUAL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OR 41 GROUPS OF COOPERATING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AS 42 PROVIDED IN SECTION 57.35 OF THE ARTS AND 43 CULTURAL AFFAIRS LAW ......................... 8,346,000 44 AID FOR DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE GRANTS AND AID 45 TO ELIGIBLE ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES, HISTOR- 46 ICAL SOCIETIES, MUSEUMS, AND TO CERTAIN 47 ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE STATE EDUCA- 48 TION DEPARTMENT THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO 49 SUCH PROGRAMS .................................. 461,000 50 -------------- 51 PROGRAM ACCOUNT SUBTOTAL ................... 8,807,000 52 -------------- S. 4612--A 5 A. 6720--A 1 OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE PROFESSIONS PROGRAM ..... 111,456,850 2 -------------- 3 GENERAL FUND 4 LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT - 10000 5 FOR LIBERTY PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM AWARDS AS 6 PRESCRIBED BY SECTION 612 OF THE EDUCATION 7 LAW AS ADDED BY CHAPTER 425 OF THE LAWS OF 8 1988. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER SECTION OF 9 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDING FOR SUCH 10 PROGRAMS IN THE 2015-16 FISCAL YEAR SHALL 11 BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED 12 HEREIN ...................................... 13,755,860 13 FOR ADDITIONAL LIBERTY PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 14 AWARDS AS PRESCRIBED BY SECTION 612 OF THE 15 EDUCATION LAW AS ADDED BY CHAPTER 425 OF 16 THE LAWS OF 1988. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 17 OTHER SECTION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, 18 FUNDING FOR SUCH PROGRAMS IN THE 2015-16 19 FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT 20 APPROPRIATED HEREIN .......................... 1,546,000 21 UNRESTRICTED AID TO INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND 22 UNIVERSITIES, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER 23 SECTION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, AID OTHER- 24 WISE DUE AND PAYABLE IN THE 2015-16 FISCAL 25 YEAR SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT APPRO- 26 PRIATED HEREIN .............................. 35,129,000 27 FOR HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM 28 AWARDS. FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE 29 USED BY INDEPENDENT COLLEGES TO EXPAND 30 OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EDUCATIONALLY AND 31 ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AT INDEPENDENT 32 INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING ............. 26,614,920 33 FOR ADDITIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY 34 PROGRAM AWARDS. FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 35 SHALL BE USED BY INDEPENDENT COLLEGES TO 36 EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EDUCATIONALLY 37 AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AT INDE- 38 PENDENT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING ...... 2,991,000 39 FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENTRY PROGRAM 40 (STEP)AWARDS ................................ 11,845,180 41 FOR ADDITIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENTRY 42 PROGRAM (STEP) AWARDS ........................ 1,331,000 43 FOR COLLEGIATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENTRY 44 PROGRAM (CSTEP) AWARDS ....................... 8,975,890 45 FOR ADDITIONAL COLLEGIATE SCIENCE AND TECH- 46 NOLOGY ENTRY PROGRAM (CSTEP) AWARDS .......... 1,009,000 47 FOR TEACHER OPPORTUNITY CORPS PROGRAM AWARDS ..... 450,000 48 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF A FOSTER YOUTH 49 INITIATIVE TO ENSURE SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE 50 THROUGH CURRENT POST-SECONDARY OPPORTUNITY 51 PROGRAMS AT PUBLIC AND INDEPENDENT INSTI- 52 TUTIONS FOR FOSTER YOUTH INCLUDING SUMMER 53 TRANSITION PROGRAMS, AND TO PROVIDE FOSTER 54 YOUTH WITH FINANCIAL AID OUTREACH, COUN- S. 4612--A 6 A. 6720--A 1 SELING SERVICES, AND DIRECT FINANCIAL 2 SUPPORT. A PORTION OF THESE FUNDS MAY BE 3 SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER STATE DEPARTMENTS, 4 AGENCIES, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW 5 YORK, AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK .... 1,500,000 6 FOR STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO EXPAND 7 HIGH NEEDS NURSING PROGRAMS AT PRIVATE 8 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN ACCORDANCE 9 WITH SECTION 6401-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW ....... 941,000 10 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE NATIONAL 11 BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHING STANDARDS 12 CERTIFICATION GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE 2015- 13 16 SCHOOL YEAR ................................. 368,000 14 -------------- 15 PROGRAM ACCOUNT SUBTOTAL ................. 106,456,850 16 -------------- 17 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - FEDERAL 18 FEDERAL EDUCATION FUND 19 FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ACCOUNT - 25210 20 FOR GRANTS TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE 21 ENTITIES FOR PROGRAMS PURSUANT TO VARIOUS 22 FEDERAL LAWS INCLUDING: TITLE II-A IMPROV- 23 ING TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM. 24 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 25 CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN MAY BE 26 SUBALLOCATED, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF 27 THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, TO ANY STATE 28 AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT, AND INTERCHANGED TO 29 OTHER ACCOUNTS, TO ACCOMPLISH THE PURPOSE 30 OF THIS APPROPRIATION. A PORTION OF THIS 31 APPROPRIATION MAY BE INTERCHANGED TO OTHER 32 ACCOUNTS, AS NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THE 33 INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION ................. 5,000,000 34 -------------- 35 PROGRAM ACCOUNT SUBTOTAL ................... 5,000,000 36 -------------- 37 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES PROGRAM ........................ 5,214,000 38 -------------- 39 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - OTHER 40 COMBINED EXPENDABLE TRUST FUND 41 GRANTS ACCOUNT - 20191 42 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES RELATED TO THE 43 ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS, INCLUDING GRANTS 44 TO LOCAL RECIPIENTS, PAID TO THE EDUCATION 45 DEPARTMENT FROM PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS, 46 CORPORATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS AND FROM 47 PUBLIC OR PRIVATE FUNDS RECEIVED AS 48 PAYMENT IN LIEU OF HONORARIUM FOR SERVICES 49 RENDERED BY EMPLOYEES WHICH ARE RELATED TO 50 SUCH EMPLOYEES' OFFICIAL DUTIES OR RESPON- 51 SIBILITIES ................................... 5,214,000 S. 4612--A 7 A. 6720--A 1 -------------- 2 OFFICE OF PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE EDUCATION 3 PROGRAM ............................................... 53,199,648,000 4 -------------- 5 GENERAL FUND 6 LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT - 10000 7 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION 8 OF LAW, FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 9 SCHOOLS FOR THE 2015-16 AND 2016-17 STATE 10 FISCAL YEARS, INCLUDING AID FOR SUCH 11 FISCAL YEARS PAYABLE PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 3609-D OF THE EDUCATION LAW, PROVIDED, 13 HOWEVER, THAT NOT MORE THAN 39.06988741 14 PERCENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL BE 15 AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENTS FOR THE 2015-16 16 STATE FISCAL YEAR FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR 17 PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 18 YEAR, NOR MORE THAN 19.66718780 PERCENT OF 19 THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR 20 REMAINING PAYMENTS FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 21 YEAR PAYABLE IN THE 2016-17 STATE FISCAL 22 YEAR AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITH- 23 STANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF 24 LAW, THE REMAINING AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR 25 THE 2016-17 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL BE APPOR- 26 TIONED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO THE 27 EDUCATION LAW AND SUBJECT TO THE LIMITA- 28 TIONS OF THIS APPROPRIATION, INCLUDING THE 29 GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT AS PROVIDED 30 HEREIN. 31 PROVIDED THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCON- 32 SISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER 33 SHALL REDUCE PAYMENTS DUE TO EACH SCHOOL 34 DISTRICT FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR 35 PURSUANT TO SECTION 3609-A OF THE EDUCA- 36 TION LAW BY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE GAP 37 ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT FOR THE 2015-16 38 SCHOOL YEAR COMPUTED FOR SUCH SCHOOL 39 DISTRICT, AND SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE 40 DEDUCTED FROM MONEYS APPORTIONED FOR THE 41 PURPOSES OF PAYMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO 42 SECTION 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW AND IF 43 THE REDUCTION IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF 44 THE AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR SUCH DEDUCTIONS, 45 THE REMAINDER OF THE REDUCTION SHALL BE 46 WITHHELD FROM PAYMENTS SCHEDULED TO BE 47 MADE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO 48 SECTION 3609-A FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR 49 IN THE 2016-17 STATE FISCAL YEAR, AND THE 50 COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO REDUCE PAYMENTS 51 DUE TO EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE 2016- 52 17 SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 3609-A 53 OF THE EDUCATION LAW BY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO S. 4612--A 8 A. 6720--A 1 THE GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT FOR THE 2 2016-17 SCHOOL YEAR COMPUTED FOR SUCH 3 SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE 4 DEDUCTED FROM MONEYS APPORTIONED FOR THE 5 PURPOSES OF PAYMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO 6 SECTION 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW IN THE 7 2016-17 STATE FISCAL YEAR, AND PROVIDED 8 FURTHER THAT AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT 9 OF SUCH DEDUCTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE 10 BEEN PAID TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT 11 TO SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION LAW FOR 12 THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR WHICH SUCH DEDUCTION 13 IS MADE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL COMPUTE 14 SUCH GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT AND SHALL 15 PROVIDE A SCHEDULE OF SUCH REDUCTION IN 16 PAYMENTS TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER, THE 17 DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, THE CHAIR OF THE 18 SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIR OF 19 THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, AND 20 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE GAP ELIMINATION 21 ADJUSTMENT FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR 22 SHALL BE THE SUM OF THE GAP ELIMINATION 23 ADJUSTMENT FOR THE 2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR AND 24 THE GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT RESTORATION 25 AMOUNT FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR, WHERE 26 THE GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT FOR THE 27 2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL EQUAL THE AMOUNT 28 SET FORTH FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS "GAP 29 ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT" UNDER THE HEADING 30 "2014-15 ESTIMATED AIDS" IN THE SCHOOL AID 31 COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMIS- 32 SIONER OF EDUCATION IN SUPPORT OF THE 33 ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE 2014-2015 SCHOOL 34 YEAR AND ENTITLED "SA141-5". PROVIDED 35 FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCON- 36 SISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, THE GAP ELIMI- 37 NATION ADJUSTMENT RESTORATION AMOUNT FOR 38 THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR FOR A SCHOOL 39 DISTRICT SHALL BE COMPUTED BASED ON DATA 40 ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION 41 AND IN THE DATABASE USED TO PRODUCE AN 42 UPDATED ELECTRONIC DATA FILE IN SUPPORT OF 43 THE ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE 2015-16 STATE 44 FISCAL YEAR AND ENTITLED "SA151-6" AND 45 SHALL EQUAL THE SUM OF TIERS 1 THROUGH 4 46 PLUS THE SUM OF MINIMUMS A, B, AND C. 47 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION 48 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, FOR THE PURPOSES 49 OF THIS APPROPRIATION: 50 (I) "TIER 1" SHALL EQUAL THE PRODUCT OF 51 THIRTY DOLLARS ($30.00) MULTIPLIED BY THE 52 EXTRAORDINARY NEEDS COUNT COMPUTED PURSU- 53 ANT TO PARAGRAPH S OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF 54 SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION LAW MULTI- 55 PLIED BY THE CONCENTRATION FACTOR, WHERE 56 THE CONCENTRATION FACTOR SHALL BE THE SUM S. 4612--A 9 A. 6720--A 1 OF ONE PLUS THE QUOTIENT ARRIVED AT WHEN 2 DIVIDING (1) THE DIFFERENCE OF THE 3 EXTRAORDINARY NEEDS PERCENT COMPUTED 4 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH W OF SUBDIVISION 1 5 SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION LAW LESS 6 FOUR TENTHS (0.4) DIVIDED BY (2) NINE 7 HUNDRED TWO THOUSANDTHS (0.902), PROVIDED, 8 HOWEVER, THAT SUCH CONCENTRATION FACTOR 9 SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN ONE. 10 (II) "TIER 2" SHALL BE THE PRODUCT, FOR 11 DISTRICTS WITH A CHANGE IN ENROLLMENT OF 12 GREATER THAN 2 PERCENT, OF SIX HUNDRED 13 DOLLARS ($600.00), AND FOR ALL OTHER 14 DISTRICTS WITH A CHANGE IN ENROLLMENT 15 GREATER THAN ZERO BUT LESS THAN 2 PERCENT, 16 FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) MULTIPLIED 17 BY THE CHANGE IN ENROLLMENT, WHERE THE 18 CHANGE IN ENROLLMENT SHALL BE THE POSITIVE 19 DIFFERENCE, IF ANY, OF THE BASE YEAR 20 PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT AS 21 COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH 2 OF 22 PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 23 3602 OF THE EDUCATION LAW FOR THE BASE 24 YEAR LESS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLL- 25 MENT FOR THE 2013-14 SCHOOL YEAR. 26 (III) "TIER 3" SHALL BE THE PRODUCT OF TWEN- 27 TY-TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS ($22.50) 28 MULTIPLIED BY THE FREE AND REDUCED PRICE 29 LUNCH PERCENT COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARA- 30 GRAPH P OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3602 31 OF THE EDUCATION LAW MULTIPLIED BY THE 32 BASE YEAR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLL- 33 MENT AS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH 34 2 OF PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF 35 SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION LAW FOR THE 36 BASE YEAR. 37 (IV) "TIER 4" SHALL BE THE PRODUCT OF THREE 38 HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) MULTIPLIED BY 39 THE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT COUNT 40 COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH O OF SUBDI- 41 VISION 1 OF SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION 42 LAW MULTIPLIED BY THE EXTRAORDINARY NEEDS 43 PERCENT COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH W 44 OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3602 OF THE 45 EDUCATION LAW MULTIPLIED BY THE SUM OF ONE 46 AND THE LEP GROWTH PERCENT, WHERE THE LEP 47 GROWTH PERCENT SHALL BE THE QUOTIENT 48 ARRIVED AT BY DIVIDING THE POSITIVE 49 DIFFERENCE, IF ANY, OF THE LIMITED ENGLISH 50 PROFICIENT COUNT FOR THE BASE YEAR LESS 51 SUCH COUNT FOR THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE BASE 52 YEAR DIVIDED BY SUCH COUNT FOR THE YEAR 53 PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR. 54 (V) "MINIMUM A" SHALL BE THE MINIMUM A 55 PERCENT MULTIPLIED BY THE GAP ELIMINATION 56 ADJUSTMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR, WHERE THE S. 4612--A 10 A. 6720--A 1 MINIMUM A PERCENT SHALL BE THE GREATER OF 2 (1) FOR A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF A CITY 3 HAVING A POPULATION OF 1,000,000 MORE 4 TWENTY-NINE AND FORTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS 5 PERCENT (0.2945) OR (2) FOR A CITY SCHOOL 6 DISTRICT OF A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF 7 125,000 OR MORE BUT LESS THAN 1,000,000 8 AND A COMBINED WEALTH RATIO OF LESS THAN 9 FIVE-TENTHS (0.5) EIGHTY PERCENT (0.80), 10 OR (3) FOR ALL OTHER DISTRICTS WITH A 11 COMBINED WEALTH RATIO LESS THAN ONE AND 12 EIGHT-TENTHS (1.8) THIRTY-FIVE AND 13 SIX-TENTHS PERCENT (0.356), OR (4) FOR ALL 14 OTHER DISTRICTS THIRTY PERCENT (0.30). 15 (VI) "MINIMUM B" SHALL BE FOR DISTRICTS 16 DESIGNATED AS AVERAGE NEED PURSUANT TO 17 CLAUSE (C) OF PARAGRAPH 2 OF PARAGRAPH C 18 OF SUBDIVISION 6 OF SECTION 3602 OF THE 19 EDUCATION LAW FOR THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER 20 LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN 21 SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE 22 2007-08 SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED "SA0708" 23 AND WITH A COMBINED WEALTH RATIO OF LESS 24 THAN SEVENTY-EIGHT HUNDREDTHS (0.78), 25 TWENTY-SIX AND FIFTEEN HUNDREDTHS PERCENT 26 (0.2615) MULTIPLIED BY THE GAP ELIMINATION 27 ADJUSTMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR. 28 (VII) "MINIMUM C" SHALL BE FOR DISTRICTS 29 DESIGNATED AS HIGH NEED PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 30 (C) OF PARAGRAPH 2 OF PARAGRAPH C OF 31 SUBDIVISION 6 OF SECTION 3602 OF THE 32 EDUCATION LAW FOR THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER 33 LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN 34 SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE 35 2007-08 SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED "SA0708", 36 OTHER THAN THOSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF 37 A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF 125,000 OR 38 MORE, FORTY-THREE PERCENT (0.43) MULTI- 39 PLIED BY THE GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT 40 FOR THE BASE YEAR. 41 PROVIDED HOWEVER, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 42 PROVISION OF THE LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NO 43 GEA RESTORATION SHALL BE MORE THAN THE 44 PRODUCT OF NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT (0.98) 45 MULTIPLIED BY THE GAP ELIMINATION ADJUST- 46 MENT FOR THE BASE YEAR. 47 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE GAP ELIMINATION 48 ADJUSTMENT RESTORATION AMOUNT FOR THE 49 2016-2017 SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER SHALL 50 EQUAL THE PRODUCT OF THE GAP ELIMINATION 51 PERCENTAGE FOR SUCH DISTRICT AND THE GAP 52 ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT RESTORATION ALLO- 53 CATION ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION 54 18 OF SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION LAW. 55 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE GAP ELIMINATION 56 ADJUSTMENT FOR THE 2016-17 SCHOOL YEAR S. 4612--A 11 A. 6720--A 1 SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE GAP ELIMINATION 2 ADJUSTMENT FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR, 3 PLUS, IF THE PRELIMINARY GROWTH AMOUNT 4 EXCEEDS THE ALLOWABLE GROWTH AMOUNT, THE 5 PRODUCT OF THE GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT 6 PERCENTAGE FOR SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND 7 THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE, IF ANY, BETWEEN 8 THE PRELIMINARY GROWTH AMOUNT LESS THE 9 ALLOWABLE GROWTH AMOUNT, AND LESS THE GAP 10 ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT RESTORATION AMOUNT 11 FOR THE 2016-17 SCHOOL YEAR, IF ANY, ALLO- 12 CATED PURSUANT TO A CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF 13 NEW YORK. 14 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 15 INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, FOR THE 16 2015-2016 SCHOOL YEAR, IN LIEU OF THE 17 APPORTIONMENT COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBDI- 18 VISION 4 OF SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION 19 LAW, A SCHOOL DISTRICT, OTHER THAN A 20 SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN 21 SUBDIVISION 6 OF SECTION 4001 OF THE 22 EDUCATION LAW, FROM FUNDS APPROPRIATED 23 HEREIN SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR TOTAL FOUNDA- 24 TION AID EQUAL TO THE SUM OF THE TOTAL 25 FOUNDATION AID BASE COMPUTED PURSUANT TO 26 PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 27 3602 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, PLUS THE 28 PHASE-IN FOUNDATION INCREASE FACTOR, WHICH 29 SHALL EQUAL FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR: 30 (1) FOR A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF A CITY 31 HAVING A POPULATION OF 1,000,000 OR MORE 32 THIRTEEN AND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR 33 THOUSANDTHS PERCENT (0.13274) OR (2) FOR 34 DISTRICTS WHERE THE QUOTIENT ARRIVED AT 35 WHEN DIVIDING (A) THE PRODUCT OF THE TOTAL 36 AIDABLE FOUNDATION PUPIL UNITS MULTIPLIED 37 BY THE DISTRICT'S SELECTED FOUNDATION AID 38 LESS THE TOTAL FOUNDATION AID BASE 39 COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH J OF SUBDI- 40 VISION 1 OF SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION 41 LAW DIVIDED BY (B) THE PRODUCT OF THE 42 TOTAL AIDABLE FOUNDATION PUPIL UNITS 43 MULTIPLIED BY THE DISTRICT'S SELECTED 44 FOUNDATION AID IS GREATER THAN NINETEEN 45 PERCENT (0.19), AND WHERE THE DISTRICT'S 46 COMBINED WEALTH RATIO IS LESS THAN THIR- 47 TY-THREE HUNDREDTHS (0.33), SEVEN AND 48 SEVENTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS PERCENT (0.0775) 49 OR (3) FOR ANY OTHER DISTRICT DESIGNATED 50 AS HIGH NEED PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (C) OF 51 PARAGRAPH 2 OF PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION 52 6 OF SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION LAW FOR 53 THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED 54 BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE 55 ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE 2007-08 SCHOOL YEAR 56 AND ENTITLED "SA0708", FOUR PERCENT (0.04) S. 4612--A 12 A. 6720--A 1 OR (4) FOR A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A 2 CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF 125,000 OR 3 MORE BUT LESS THAN 1,000,000, FOURTEEN 4 PERCENT (0.14) OR (5) FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS 5 THAT WERE DESIGNATED AS SMALL CITY SCHOOL 6 DISTRICTS OR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS 7 WHOSE BOUNDARIES INCLUDE A PORTION OF A 8 SMALL CITY FOR THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER 9 LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN 10 SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE 11 2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED "SA1415", 12 FOUR AND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE THOU- 13 SANDTHS PERCENT (0.04751) OR (6) FOR ALL 14 OTHER DISTRICTS ONE PERCENT (0.01), AND 15 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT TOTAL FOUNDATION AID 16 FOR THE 2015-2016 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL NOT BE 17 LESS THAN THE PRODUCT OF THE TOTAL FOUNDA- 18 TION AID BASE COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARA- 19 GRAPH J OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3602 20 OF THE EDUCATION LAW AND THE DUE-MINIMUM 21 PERCENT WHICH SHALL BE, FOR THE 2015-2016 22 SCHOOL YEAR ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN 23 HUNDREDTHS PERCENT (1.0037). PROVIDED 24 FURTHER THAT FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR A 25 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF A CITY HAVING A 26 POPULATION OF 1,000,000 OR MORE MAY USE 27 AMOUNTS APPORTIONED PURSUANT TO SUCH 28 SUBDIVISION FOR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. 29 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION 30 OF LAW, NO SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGI- 31 BLE FOR AN APPORTIONMENT OF GENERAL 32 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM THE FUNDS 33 APPROPRIATED FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR 34 OR 2016-17 SCHOOL YEAR IN EXCESS OF THE 35 AMOUNT APPORTIONED TO SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT 36 IN THE BASE YEAR, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI- 37 SION 1 OF SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION 38 LAW, UNLESS SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS 39 SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION THAT HAS BEEN 40 APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION 41 BY NOVEMBER 15, 2015, OR BY SEPTEMBER 1, 42 2016, DEMONSTRATING THAT IT HAS FULLY 43 IMPLEMENTED THE STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES 44 FOR CONDUCTING ANNUAL TEACHER AND PRINCI- 45 PAL EVALUATIONS OF TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS 46 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF 47 SECTION 3012-D OF THE EDUCATION LAW AND 48 THE REGULATIONS ISSUED BY THE COMMISSION- 49 ER. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ANY APPORTION- 50 MENT WITHHELD PURSUANT TO THIS APPROPRI- 51 ATION SHALL NOT OCCUR PRIOR TO APRIL 1 OF 52 THE CURRENT YEAR AND SHALL NOT HAVE ANY 53 EFFECT ON THE BASE YEAR CALCULATION FOR 54 USE IN THE SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEAR. 55 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, IF ANY PAYMENTS OF 56 INELIGIBLE AMOUNTS PURSUANT TO THE IMME- S. 4612--A 13 A. 6720--A 1 DIATELY PRECEDING PARAGRAPH OF THIS APPRO- 2 PRIATION WERE MADE, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 3 SUCH PAYMENTS SHALL BE DEDUCTED FROM 4 FUTURE PAYMENTS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT; 5 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, IF THE AMOUNT OF 6 THE DEDUCTION IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF 7 THE AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR SUCH DEDUCTIONS 8 IN THE APPLICABLE SCHOOL YEAR, THE REMAIN- 9 DER OF THE DEDUCTION SHALL BE WITHHELD 10 FROM PAYMENTS FROM FUNDS APPROPRIATED 11 HEREIN SCHEDULED TO BE MADE TO THE SCHOOL 12 DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3609-A OF THE 13 EDUCATION LAW FOR THE SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL 14 YEAR. PROVIDED THAT ANY APPORTIONMENT 15 WITHHELD PURSUANT TO THIS APPROPRIATION 16 SHALL NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE BASE YEAR 17 CALCULATION FOR USE IN THE SUBSEQUENT 18 SCHOOL YEAR. 19 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 20 INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, FOR THE 21 PURPOSES OF THIS APPROPRIATION AND OF 22 CALCULATING THE ALLOCABLE GROWTH AMOUNT 23 FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO 24 PARAGRAPH GG OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 25 3602 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE ALLOWABLE 26 GROWTH AMOUNT SHALL EQUAL THE SUM OF (I) 27 THE PRODUCT OF THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE OF 28 THE PERSONAL INCOME GROWTH INDEX MINUS 29 ONE, MULTIPLIED BY THE STATEWIDE TOTAL OF 30 THE SUM OF (1) THE APPORTIONMENTS, INCLUD- 31 ING THE PAYMENT REDUCTIONS FOR THE BASE 32 YEAR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION 17 OF SECTION 33 3602 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, DUE AND OWING 34 DURING THE BASE YEAR TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS 35 AND BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL 36 SERVICES FROM THE GENERAL SUPPORT FOR 37 PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS COMPUTED BASED ON AN 38 ELECTRONIC DATA FILE USED TO PRODUCE THE 39 SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY 40 THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED 41 BUDGET FOR THE BASE YEAR, EXCLUDING ANY 42 SUCH APPORTIONMENTS APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH 43 PURPOSE FROM THE COMMERCIAL GAMING REVENUE 44 FUND PLUS (2) THE COMPETITIVE AWARDS 45 AMOUNT FOR THE BASE YEAR, AND (II) 46 $978,000,000. 47 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 48 OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, 49 THE ALLOWABLE GROWTH AMOUNT FOR THE 2016- 50 17 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL EQUAL THE PRODUCT OF 51 THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE OF THE PERSONAL 52 INCOME GROWTH INDEX MINUS ONE, MULTIPLIED 53 BY THE STATEWIDE TOTAL OF (I) THE APPOR- 54 TIONMENTS, INCLUDING THE PAYMENT 55 REDUCTIONS FOR THE BASE YEAR PURSUANT TO 56 SUBDIVISION 17 OF SECTION 3602 OF THE S. 4612--A 14 A. 6720--A 1 EDUCATION LAW, DUE AND OWING DURING THE 2 BASE YEAR, TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BOARDS 3 OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FROM 4 THE GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS 5 COMPUTED BASED ON AN ELECTRONIC DATA FILE 6 USED TO PRODUCE THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER 7 LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN 8 SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE BASE 9 YEAR, EXCLUDING ANY SUCH APPORTIONMENTS 10 APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH PURPOSE FROM THE 11 COMMERCIAL GAMING REVENUE FUND PLUS (II) 12 THE COMPETITIVE AWARDS AMOUNT FOR THE BASE 13 YEAR. 14 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 15 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE 16 COMPETITIVE AWARDS AMOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF 17 CALCULATING THE ALLOCABLE GROWTH AMOUNT 18 SHALL BE FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE 19 2015-16 AND 2016-17 SCHOOL YEARS. 20 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 21 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, FOR THE 22 2015-16 AND 2016-17 SCHOOL YEARS, THE 23 APPORTIONMENTS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBDI- 24 VISIONS 5-A, 12 AND 16 OF SECTION 3602 OF 25 THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL EQUAL THE AMOUNTS 26 SET FORTH, RESPECTIVELY, FOR SUCH SCHOOL 27 DISTRICT AS "SUPPLEMENTAL PUB EXCESS 28 COST", "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT" AND "HIGH 29 TAX AID" UNDER THE HEADING "2014-15 ESTI- 30 MATED AIDS" IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER 31 LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF 32 EDUCATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED BUDGET 33 FOR THE 2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED 34 "SA141-5". 35 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 36 PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO 37 THE CONTRARY, FOR THE 2015-16 AND 2016-17 38 SCHOOL YEARS A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE 39 ELIGIBLE FOR AN APPORTIONMENT COMPUTED 40 PURSUANT TO SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCA- 41 TION LAW EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR 42 SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS "UNIVERSAL PREKIN- 43 DERGARTEN" UNDER THE HEADING "2014-15 44 ESTIMATED AIDS" IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER 45 LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF 46 EDUCATION IN SUPPORT OF THE BUDGET FOR THE 47 2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED 48 "SA141-5". 49 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED 50 BY FEDERAL LAW, EACH BOARD OF COOPERATIVE 51 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES RECEIVING A PAYMENT 52 PURSUANT TO SECTION 3609-D OF THE EDUCA- 53 TION LAW IN THE 2015-16 AND 2016-17 SCHOOL 54 YEARS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SET ASIDE FROM 55 SUCH PAYMENT AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN THE 56 AMOUNT OF STATE AID RECEIVED PURSUANT TO S. 4612--A 15 A. 6720--A 1 SUBDIVISION 5 OF SECTION 1950 OF THE 2 EDUCATION LAW IN THE BASE YEAR THAT WAS 3 ATTRIBUTABLE TO COOPERATIVE SERVICES 4 AGREEMENTS (CO-SERS) FOR CAREER EDUCATION, 5 AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF 6 EDUCATION, AND SHALL BE REQUIRED TO USE 7 SUCH AMOUNT TO SUPPORT CAREER EDUCATION 8 PROGRAMS IN THE CURRENT YEAR. 9 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 10 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN 11 DETERMINING THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE 12 STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE GENERAL 14 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPROPRIATIONS 15 FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 16 2017 SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE 17 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MADE AVAIL- 18 ABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 19 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 20 SCHOOLS AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN ADDED TO 21 THE SUM OF OTHER SUCH DESIGNATED APPROPRI- 22 ATED AMOUNTS, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE 23 BUDGET, IN APPROVING THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR 24 THE STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 25 (III) OF SUBPARAGRAPH (3) OF PARAGRAPH B 26 OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3609-A OF THE 27 EDUCATION LAW, MAY DIRECT THE COMMISSIONER 28 OF EDUCATION TO APPORTION AN ADVANCE IN AN 29 AMOUNT LESS THAN THAT REPORTED BY THE 30 COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION PURSUANT TO SUCH 31 CLAUSE (III) OF SUBPARAGRAPH (3) OF PARA- 32 GRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3609-A 33 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, AND PROVIDED FURTHER 34 THAT SUCH REDUCTION SHALL NOT EXCEED THE 35 SUM OF (1) THE AMOUNT BY WHICH THE 2015-16 36 STATE FISCAL YEAR NEED COMPUTED BASED ON 37 THE ELECTRONIC DATA FILE USED TO PRODUCE 38 THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED 39 BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE 40 ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE 2015-16 STATE 41 FISCAL YEAR IS LESS THAN THE AMOUNT APPRO- 42 PRIATED FOR PAYMENTS FOR THE 2015-16 STATE 43 FISCAL YEAR FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 44 SCHOOLS, AND (2) ANY AMOUNTS WITHHELD IN 45 THE 2015-16 FISCAL YEAR FROM SCHOOL 46 DISTRICTS THAT HAVE NOT SUBMITTED DOCUMEN- 47 TATION THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE 48 COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION BY NOVEMBER 15, 49 2015, DEMONSTRATING THAT THEY HAVE FULLY 50 IMPLEMENTED THE STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES 51 FOR CONDUCTING ANNUAL TEACHER AND PRINCI- 52 PAL EVALUATIONS OF TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS 53 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF 54 SECTION 3012-D OF THE EDUCATION LAW AND 55 THE REGULATIONS ISSUED BY THE COMMISSION- 56 ER. S. 4612--A 16 A. 6720--A 1 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 2 INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, SUBJECT TO 3 THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 4 ET, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN MAY BE 5 INTERCHANGED WITH ANY OTHER ITEM OF APPRO- 6 PRIATION FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 7 SCHOOLS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND LOCAL 8 ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF PREKINDERGAR- 9 TEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE EDUCATION 10 PROGRAM. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 11 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 12 HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF 13 LIABILITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR HEREAFT- 14 ER TO ACCRUE. 15 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGU- 16 LATION TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 17 HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF 18 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE NET OF ANY DISALLOW- 19 ANCES, REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENT AND CREDITS, 20 AND MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER DEPART- 21 MENTS AND AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH THE 22 INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION SUBJECT TO 23 THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 24 ET. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW 25 TO THE CONTRARY, THE PORTION OF THIS 26 APPROPRIATION COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 27 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY APPROPRI- 28 ATION FOR THIS ITEM COVERING FISCAL YEAR 29 2015-16 SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 53 OF THE 30 LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 31 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION 32 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION 33 SHALL LAPSE ON MARCH 31, 2017 ........... 33,634,747,000 34 FOR REMAINING 2014-15 AND PRIOR SCHOOL YEAR 35 OBLIGATIONS, INCLUDING AID FOR SUCH SCHOOL 36 YEARS PAYABLE PURSUANT TO SECTION 3609-D 37 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, PROVIDED THAT 38 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO 39 THE CONTRARY, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL 40 REDUCE PAYMENTS DUE TO EACH DISTRICT FOR 41 THE 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO 42 SECTION 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW BY AN 43 AMOUNT BASED ON THE GAP ELIMINATION 44 ADJUSTMENT FOR 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR FOR 45 SUCH DISTRICT, WHERE SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE 46 DEDUCTED FROM MONEYS APPORTIONED FOR THE 47 PURPOSES OF PAYMENTS MADE FOR THE 2014-15 48 SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 3609-A OF 49 THE EDUCATION LAW, AND PROVIDED FURTHER 50 THAT THE GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT FOR 51 2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL EQUAL THE AMOUNT 52 SET FORTH FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS "GAP 53 ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT" UNDER THE HEADING 54 "2014-15 ESTIMATED AIDS" IN THE SCHOOL AID 55 COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMIS- 56 SIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED BUDGET S. 4612--A 17 A. 6720--A 1 FOR THE 2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED 2 "SA141-5", AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT 3 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION 4 OF LAW, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE 5 DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 6 HEREIN MAY BE INTERCHANGED WITH ANY OTHER 7 ITEM OF APPROPRIATION FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 8 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND 9 LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF PREKIN- 10 DERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE EDUCATION 11 PROGRAM. 12 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGU- 13 LATION TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 14 HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF 15 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE NET OF ANY DISALLOW- 16 ANCES, REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENT AND CREDITS, 17 AND MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER DEPART- 18 MENTS AND AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH THE 19 INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION SUBJECT TO 20 THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 21 ET. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW 22 TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 23 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LIABIL- 24 ITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR HEREAFTER TO 25 ACCRUE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 26 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE PORTION OF THIS 27 APPROPRIATION COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 28 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY APPROPRI- 29 ATION FOR THIS ITEM COVERING FISCAL YEAR 30 2015-16 SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 53 OF THE 31 LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 32 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION 33 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION 34 SHALL LAPSE ON MARCH 31, 2017 ............ 6,204,339,000 35 FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE 36 FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE EDUCATION OF 37 HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH FOR THE 2015- 38 16 AND 2016-17 SCHOOL YEARS PURSUANT TO 39 SECTION 3209 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, INCLUD- 40 ING REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENDITURES FOR THE 41 TRANSPORTATION OF HOMELESS CHILDREN PURSU- 42 ANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION 4 OF 43 SECTION 3209 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, UP TO 44 THE AMOUNT OF THE APPROVED COSTS OF THE 45 MOST COST-EFFECTIVE MODE OF TRANSPORTA- 46 TION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PLAN PREPARED 47 BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AND 48 APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET 49 PROVIDED THAT NO MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF 50 THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR VALUE SHALL BE 51 AVAILABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 52 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 53 SCHOOLS FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR, AND 54 FURTHER PROVIDED THAT IN EACH OF THE 55 2015-16 AND 2016-17 STATE FISCAL YEARS THE 56 SUM OF $30,000 MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE S. 4612--A 18 A. 6720--A 1 CREDIT OF THE STATE PURPOSES ACCOUNT OF 2 THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO CARRY 3 OUT THE PURPOSES OF SUCH SECTION RELATING 4 TO REIMBURSEMENT OF YOUTH SHELTERS TRANS- 5 PORTING SUCH PUPILS AND PROVIDED FURTHER 6 THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT 7 PROVISION OF LAW, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL 8 OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, FUNDS 9 APPROPRIATED HEREIN MAY BE INTERCHANGED 10 WITH ANY OTHER ITEM OF APPROPRIATION FOR 11 GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN 12 THE GENERAL FUND LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT 13 OFFICE OF PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 14 TWELVE EDUCATION PROGRAM. 15 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 16 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN 17 DETERMINING THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE 18 STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 19 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE GENERAL 20 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPROPRIATIONS 21 FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 22 2017 SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE 23 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MADE AVAIL- 24 ABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 25 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 26 SCHOOLS AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN ADDED TO 27 THE SUM OF OTHER SUCH DESIGNATED APPROPRI- 28 ATED AMOUNTS. 29 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGU- 30 LATION TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 31 HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF 32 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE NET OF ANY DISALLOW- 33 ANCES, REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENT AND CREDITS, 34 AND MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER DEPART- 35 MENTS AND AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH THE 36 INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION SUBJECT TO 37 THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 38 ET. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW 39 TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 40 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LIABIL- 41 ITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR HEREAFTER TO 42 ACCRUE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 43 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE PORTION OF THIS 44 APPROPRIATION COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 45 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY APPROPRI- 46 ATION FOR THIS ITEM COVERING FISCAL YEAR 47 2015-16 SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 53 OF THE 48 LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 49 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION 50 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION 51 SHALL LAPSE ON MARCH 31, 2017 ............... 53,083,000 52 FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE 53 DURING THE 2015-16 AND 2016-17 SCHOOL 54 YEARS FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION GRANTS TO 55 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE 56 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, COLLEGES AND UNIVER- S. 4612--A 19 A. 6720--A 1 SITIES, AND AN ENTITY, CHOSEN THROUGH A 2 COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, TO ASSIST 3 SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS TO CONDUCT SELF 4 ASSESSMENTS TO IDENTIFY AREAS THAT NEED TO 5 BE STRENGTHENED AND TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE 6 WITH THE VARIOUS FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL 7 LAWS THAT GOVERN LIMITED ENGLISH PROFI- 8 CIENCY AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING 9 EDUCATION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE SUM 10 OF SUCH GRANTS SHALL NOT EXCEED 11 $13,500,000 FOR EACH SUCH SCHOOL YEAR, AND 12 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO MORE THAN 70 13 PERCENT OF THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR VALUE 14 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE 15 FISCAL YEAR PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 16 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 17 YEAR, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITH- 18 STANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF 19 LAW, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIREC- 20 TOR OF THE BUDGET, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 21 HEREIN MAY BE INTERCHANGED WITH ANY OTHER 22 ITEM OF APPROPRIATION FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 23 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND 24 LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF 25 PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE 26 EDUCATION PROGRAM. 27 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 28 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN 29 DETERMINING THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE 30 STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 31 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE GENERAL 32 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPROPRIATIONS 33 FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 34 2017 SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE 35 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MADE AVAIL- 36 ABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 37 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 38 SCHOOLS AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN ADDED TO 39 THE SUM OF OTHER SUCH DESIGNATED APPROPRI- 40 ATED AMOUNTS. 41 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGU- 42 LATION TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 43 HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF 44 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE NET OF ANY DISALLOW- 45 ANCES, REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENT AND CREDITS, 46 AND MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER DEPART- 47 MENTS AND AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH THE 48 INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION SUBJECT TO 49 THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 50 ET. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW 51 TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 52 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LIABIL- 53 ITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR HEREAFTER TO 54 ACCRUE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 55 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE PORTION OF THIS 56 APPROPRIATION COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 S. 4612--A 20 A. 6720--A 1 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY APPROPRI- 2 ATION FOR THIS ITEM COVERING FISCAL YEAR 3 2015-16 SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 53 OF THE 4 LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 5 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION 6 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION 7 SHALL LAPSE ON MARCH 31, 2017 ............... 22,950,000 8 FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN THE 9 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR TO SUPPORT BILINGUAL 10 EDUCATION ...................................... 700,000 11 FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE 12 IN THE 2015-16 AND 2016-17 SCHOOL YEARS 13 FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BOARDS OF COOPER- 14 ATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES APPLICATIONS 15 FOR FUNDING OF APPROVED LEARNING TECHNOLO- 16 GY PROGRAMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER 17 OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING SERVICES BENEFIT- 18 ING NONPUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS, PURSUANT TO 19 REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSION- 20 ER OF EDUCATION AND APPROVED BY THE DIREC- 21 TOR OF THE BUDGET. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT 22 THE SUM OF SUCH GRANTS SHALL NOT EXCEED 23 $3,285,000 FOR EACH SUCH SCHOOL YEAR, AND 24 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO MORE THAN 70 25 PERCENT OF THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR VALUE 26 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE 27 FISCAL YEAR PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 28 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 29 YEAR, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITH- 30 STANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF 31 LAW, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIREC- 32 TOR OF THE BUDGET, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 33 HEREIN MAY BE INTERCHANGED WITH ANY OTHER 34 ITEM OF APPROPRIATION FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 35 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND 36 LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF 37 PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE 38 EDUCATION PROGRAM. 39 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 40 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN 41 DETERMINING THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE 42 STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 43 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE GENERAL 44 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPROPRIATIONS 45 FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 46 2017 SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE 47 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MADE AVAIL- 48 ABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 49 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 50 SCHOOLS AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN ADDED TO 51 THE SUM OF OTHER SUCH DESIGNATED APPROPRI- 52 ATED AMOUNTS. 53 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGU- 54 LATION TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 55 HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF 56 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE NET OF ANY DISALLOW- S. 4612--A 21 A. 6720--A 1 ANCES, REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENT AND CREDITS, 2 AND MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER DEPART- 3 MENTS AND AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH THE 4 INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION SUBJECT TO 5 THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 6 ET. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW 7 TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 8 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LIABIL- 9 ITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR HEREAFTER TO 10 ACCRUE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 11 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE PORTION OF THIS 12 APPROPRIATION COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 13 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY APPROPRI- 14 ATION FOR THIS ITEM COVERING FISCAL YEAR 15 2015-16 SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 53 OF THE 16 LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 17 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION 18 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION 19 SHALL LAPSE ON MARCH 31, 2017 ................ 5,585,000 20 FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE 21 FOR THE VOLUNTARY INTERDISTRICT URBAN-SU- 22 BURBAN TRANSFER PROGRAM AID PURSUANT TO 23 SUBDIVISION 15 OF SECTION 3602 OF THE 24 EDUCATION LAW FOR THE 2015-16 AND 2016-17 25 SCHOOL YEARS, PROVIDED THAT NO MORE THAN 26 70 PERCENT OF THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR 27 VALUE SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE 28 FISCAL YEAR PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 29 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 30 YEAR, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITH- 31 STANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF 32 LAW, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIREC- 33 TOR OF THE BUDGET, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 34 HEREIN MAY BE INTERCHANGED WITH ANY OTHER 35 ITEM OF APPROPRIATION FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 36 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND 37 LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF 38 PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE 39 EDUCATION PROGRAM. 40 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 41 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN 42 DETERMINING THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE 43 STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 44 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE GENERAL 45 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPROPRIATIONS 46 FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 47 2017 SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE 48 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MADE AVAIL- 49 ABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 50 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 51 SCHOOLS AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN ADDED TO 52 THE SUM OF OTHER SUCH DESIGNATED APPROPRI- 53 ATED AMOUNTS. 54 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGU- 55 LATION TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 56 HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF S. 4612--A 22 A. 6720--A 1 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE NET OF ANY DISALLOW- 2 ANCES, REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENT AND CREDITS, 3 AND MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER DEPART- 4 MENTS AND AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH THE 5 INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION SUBJECT TO 6 THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 7 ET. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW 8 TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 9 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LIABIL- 10 ITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR HEREAFTER TO 11 ACCRUE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 12 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE PORTION OF THIS 13 APPROPRIATION COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 14 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY APPROPRI- 15 ATION FOR THIS ITEM COVERING FISCAL YEAR 16 2015-16 SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 53 OF THE 17 LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 18 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION 19 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION 20 SHALL LAPSE ON MARCH 31, 2017 ................ 8,977,000 21 FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE 22 FOR ADDITIONAL APPORTIONMENTS OF BUILDING 23 AID FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS EDUCATING PUPILS 24 RESIDING ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS CALCULATED 25 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION 6-A OF SECTION 26 3602 OF THE EDUCATION LAW FOR THE 2015-16 27 AND 2016-17 SCHOOL YEARS PROVIDED THAT, 28 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION 29 OF LAW, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE 30 DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 31 HEREIN MAY BE INTERCHANGED WITH ANY OTHER 32 ITEM OF APPROPRIATION FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 33 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND 34 LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF 35 PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE 36 EDUCATION PROGRAM, PROVIDED THAT NO MORE 37 THAN 70 PERCENT OF THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR 38 VALUE SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE 39 FISCAL YEAR PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 40 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 41 YEAR. 42 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 43 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN 44 DETERMINING THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE 45 STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 46 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE GENERAL 47 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPROPRIATIONS 48 FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 49 2017 SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE 50 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MADE AVAIL- 51 ABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 52 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 53 SCHOOLS AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN ADDED TO 54 THE SUM OF OTHER SUCH DESIGNATED APPROPRI- 55 ATED AMOUNTS. S. 4612--A 23 A. 6720--A 1 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGU- 2 LATION TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 3 HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF 4 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE NET OF ANY DISALLOW- 5 ANCES, REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENT AND CREDITS, 6 AND MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER DEPART- 7 MENTS AND AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH THE 8 INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION SUBJECT TO 9 THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 10 ET. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW 11 TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 12 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LIABIL- 13 ITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR HEREAFTER TO 14 ACCRUE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 15 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE PORTION OF THIS 16 APPROPRIATION COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 17 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY APPROPRI- 18 ATION FOR THIS ITEM COVERING FISCAL YEAR 19 2015-16 SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 53 OF THE 20 LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 21 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION 22 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION 23 SHALL LAPSE ON MARCH 31, 2017 ................ 8,500,000 24 FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE 25 DURING THE 2015-16 AND 2016-17 SCHOOL 26 YEARS FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUTH INCARCER- 27 ATED IN COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES 28 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION 13 OF SECTION 3602 29 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, PROVIDED THAT NO 30 MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 31 YEAR VALUE SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR 2015-16 32 STATE FISCAL YEAR PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL 33 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE 2015-16 34 SCHOOL YEAR, AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT, 35 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION 36 OF LAW, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE 37 DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 38 HEREIN MAY BE INTERCHANGED WITH ANY OTHER 39 ITEM OF APPROPRIATION FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 40 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND 41 LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF 42 PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE 43 EDUCATION PROGRAM. 44 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 45 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN 46 DETERMINING THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE 47 STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 48 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE GENERAL 49 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPROPRIATIONS 50 FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 51 2017 SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE 52 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MADE AVAIL- 53 ABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 54 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 55 SCHOOLS AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN ADDED TO S. 4612--A 24 A. 6720--A 1 THE SUM OF OTHER SUCH DESIGNATED APPROPRI- 2 ATED AMOUNTS. 3 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGU- 4 LATION TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 5 HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF 6 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE NET OF ANY DISALLOW- 7 ANCES, REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENT AND CREDITS, 8 AND MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER DEPART- 9 MENTS AND AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH THE 10 INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION SUBJECT TO 11 THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 12 ET. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW 13 TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 14 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LIABIL- 15 ITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR HEREAFTER TO 16 ACCRUE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 17 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE PORTION OF THIS 18 APPROPRIATION COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 19 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY APPROPRI- 20 ATION FOR THIS ITEM COVERING FISCAL YEAR 21 2015-16 SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 53 OF THE 22 LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 23 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION 24 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION 25 SHALL LAPSE ON MARCH 31, 2017 ............... 39,100,000 26 FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE 27 FOR THE 2015-16 AND 2016-17 SCHOOL YEARS 28 FOR THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WHO RESIDE 29 IN A SCHOOL OPERATED BY THE OFFICE OF 30 MENTAL HEALTH OR THE OFFICE OF PEOPLE WITH 31 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PURSUANT TO 32 SUBDIVISION 5 OF SECTION 3202 OF THE 33 EDUCATION LAW, PROVIDED THAT NO MORE THAN 34 70 PERCENT OF THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR 35 VALUE SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE 36 FISCAL YEAR PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 37 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 38 YEAR, PROVIDED THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 39 INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, SUBJECT TO 40 THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 41 ET, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN MAY BE 42 INTERCHANGED WITH ANY OTHER ITEM OF APPRO- 43 PRIATION FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 44 SCHOOLS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND LOCAL 45 ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF PREKINDERGAR- 46 TEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE EDUCATION 47 PROGRAM. 48 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 49 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN 50 DETERMINING THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE 51 STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 52 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE GENERAL 53 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPROPRIATIONS 54 FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 55 2017 SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE 56 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MADE AVAIL- S. 4612--A 25 A. 6720--A 1 ABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 2 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 3 SCHOOLS AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN ADDED TO 4 THE SUM OF OTHER SUCH DESIGNATED APPROPRI- 5 ATED AMOUNTS. 6 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGU- 7 LATION TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 8 HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF 9 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE NET OF ANY DISALLOW- 10 ANCES, REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENT AND CREDITS, 11 AND MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER DEPART- 12 MENTS AND AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH THE 13 INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION SUBJECT TO 14 THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 15 ET. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW 16 TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 17 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LIABIL- 18 ITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR HEREAFTER TO 19 ACCRUE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 20 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE PORTION OF THIS 21 APPROPRIATION COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 22 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY APPROPRI- 23 ATION FOR THIS ITEM COVERING FISCAL YEAR 24 2015-16 SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 53 OF THE 25 LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 26 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION 27 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION 28 SHALL LAPSE ON MARCH 31, 2017 .............. 117,300,000 29 FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE 30 FOR BUILDING AID PAYABLE IN THE 2015-16 31 AND 2016-17 SCHOOL YEARS TO SPECIAL ACT 32 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PROVIDED THAT NO MORE 33 THAN 70 PERCENT OF THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR 34 VALUE SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE 35 FISCAL YEAR PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 36 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 37 YEAR, AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT, SUBJECT 38 TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE 39 BUDGET, SUCH FUNDS MAY BE USED FOR 40 PAYMENTS TO THE DORMITORY AUTHORITY ON 41 BEHALF OF ELIGIBLE SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL 42 DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 737 OF THE 43 LAWS OF 1988 PROVIDED THAT, NOTWITHSTAND- 44 ING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, 45 SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF 46 THE BUDGET, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN MAY 47 BE INTERCHANGED WITH ANY OTHER ITEM OF 48 APPROPRIATION FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR 49 PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND 50 LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF 51 PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE 52 EDUCATION PROGRAM. 53 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 54 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN 55 DETERMINING THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE 56 STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION S. 4612--A 26 A. 6720--A 1 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE GENERAL 2 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPROPRIATIONS 3 FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 4 2017 SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE 5 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MADE AVAIL- 6 ABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 7 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 8 SCHOOLS AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN ADDED TO 9 THE SUM OF OTHER SUCH DESIGNATED APPROPRI- 10 ATED AMOUNTS. 11 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGU- 12 LATION TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 13 HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF 14 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE NET OF ANY DISALLOW- 15 ANCES, REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENT AND CREDITS, 16 AND MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER DEPART- 17 MENTS AND AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH THE 18 INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION SUBJECT TO 19 THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 20 ET. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW 21 TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 22 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LIABIL- 23 ITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR HEREAFTER TO 24 ACCRUE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 25 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE PORTION OF THIS 26 APPROPRIATION COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 27 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY APPROPRI- 28 ATION FOR THIS ITEM COVERING FISCAL YEAR 29 2015-16 SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 53 OF THE 30 LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 31 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION 32 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION 33 SHALL LAPSE ON MARCH 31, 2017 ................ 4,590,000 34 FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE 35 FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVER TRAINING GRANTS, 36 PROVIDED THAT FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE 37 2015-16 AND 2016-17 SCHOOL YEARS, THE 38 COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION SHALL ALLOCATE 39 SCHOOL BUS DRIVER TRAINING GRANTS, NOT TO 40 EXCEED $400,000 IN EACH SUCH YEAR, TO 41 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE 42 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 43 3650-A, 3650-B AND 3650-C OF THE EDUCATION 44 LAW, OR FOR CONTRACTS DIRECTLY WITH 45 NOT-FOR-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 46 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS APPROPRIATION, 47 PROVIDED THAT NO MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF 48 THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR VALUE SHALL BE 49 AVAILABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 50 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 51 SCHOOLS FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR, AND 52 FURTHER PROVIDED THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 53 INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, SUBJECT TO 54 THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 55 ET, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN MAY BE 56 INTERCHANGED WITH ANY OTHER ITEM OF APPRO- S. 4612--A 27 A. 6720--A 1 PRIATION FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 2 SCHOOLS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND LOCAL 3 ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF PREKINDERGAR- 4 TEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE EDUCATION 5 PROGRAM. 6 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 7 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN 8 DETERMINING THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE 9 STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 10 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE GENERAL 11 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPROPRIATIONS 12 FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 13 2017 SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE 14 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MADE AVAIL- 15 ABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 16 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 17 SCHOOLS AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN ADDED TO 18 THE SUM OF OTHER SUCH DESIGNATED APPROPRI- 19 ATED AMOUNTS. 20 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGU- 21 LATION TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 22 HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF 23 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE NET OF ANY DISALLOW- 24 ANCES, REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENT AND CREDITS, 25 AND MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER DEPART- 26 MENTS AND AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH THE 27 INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION SUBJECT TO 28 THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 29 ET. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW 30 TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 31 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LIABIL- 32 ITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR HEREAFTER TO 33 ACCRUE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 34 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE PORTION OF THIS 35 APPROPRIATION COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 36 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY APPROPRI- 37 ATION FOR THIS ITEM COVERING FISCAL YEAR 38 2015-16 SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 53 OF THE 39 LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 40 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION 41 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION 42 SHALL LAPSE ON MARCH 31, 2017 .................. 680,000 43 FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE 44 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF A $2,000,000 45 TEACHER MENTOR INTERN PROGRAM IN EACH 46 SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE 2015-16 AND 2016-17 47 SCHOOL YEARS, PROVIDED THAT NO MORE THAN 48 70 PERCENT OF THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR 49 VALUE SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE 50 FISCAL YEAR PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 51 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 52 YEAR, AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT, NOTWITH- 53 STANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF 54 LAW, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIREC- 55 TOR OF THE BUDGET, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 56 HEREIN MAY BE INTERCHANGED WITH ANY OTHER S. 4612--A 28 A. 6720--A 1 ITEM OF APPROPRIATION FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 2 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND 3 LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF 4 PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE 5 EDUCATION PROGRAM. 6 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 7 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN 8 DETERMINING THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE 9 STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 10 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE GENERAL 11 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPROPRIATIONS 12 FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 13 2017 SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE 14 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MADE AVAIL- 15 ABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 16 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 17 SCHOOLS AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN ADDED TO 18 THE SUM OF OTHER SUCH DESIGNATED APPROPRI- 19 ATED AMOUNTS. 20 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGU- 21 LATION TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 22 HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF 23 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE NET OF ANY DISALLOW- 24 ANCES, REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENT AND CREDITS, 25 AND MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER DEPART- 26 MENTS AND AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH THE 27 INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION SUBJECT TO 28 THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 29 ET. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW 30 TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 31 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LIABIL- 32 ITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR HEREAFTER TO 33 ACCRUE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 34 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE PORTION OF THIS 35 APPROPRIATION COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 36 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY APPROPRI- 37 ATION FOR THIS ITEM COVERING FISCAL YEAR 38 2015-16 SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 53 OF THE 39 LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 40 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION 41 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION 42 SHALL LAPSE ON MARCH 31, 2017 ................ 3,400,000 43 FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE 44 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF A $12,000,000 45 SPECIAL ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT GRANTS 46 PROGRAM IN EACH SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE 2015- 47 16 AND 2016-17 SCHOOL YEARS PAYABLE PURSU- 48 ANT TO SUBDIVISION 11 OF SECTION 3641 OF 49 THE EDUCATION LAW, PROVIDED THAT NO MORE 50 THAN 70 PERCENT OF THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR 51 VALUE SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE 52 FISCAL YEAR PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 53 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 54 YEAR, AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT, NOTWITH- 55 STANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF LAW TO THE 56 CONTRARY, SUCH FUNDS SHALL BE PAID IN S. 4612--A 29 A. 6720--A 1 ACCORDANCE WITH A SCHEDULE DEVELOPED BY 2 THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AND APPROVED 3 BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET PROVIDED 4 THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT 5 PROVISION OF LAW, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL 6 OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, FUNDS 7 APPROPRIATED HEREIN MAY BE INTERCHANGED 8 WITH ANY OTHER ITEM OF APPROPRIATION FOR 9 GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN 10 THE GENERAL FUND LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT 11 OFFICE OF PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 TWELVE EDUCATION PROGRAM. 13 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 14 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN 15 DETERMINING THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE 16 STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 17 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE GENERAL 18 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPROPRIATIONS 19 FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 20 2017 SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE 21 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MADE AVAIL- 22 ABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 23 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 24 SCHOOLS AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN ADDED TO 25 THE SUM OF OTHER SUCH DESIGNATED APPROPRI- 26 ATED AMOUNTS. 27 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGU- 28 LATION TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 29 HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF 30 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE NET OF ANY DISALLOW- 31 ANCES, REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENT AND CREDITS, 32 AND MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER DEPART- 33 MENTS AND AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH THE 34 INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION SUBJECT TO 35 THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 36 ET. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW 37 TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 38 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LIABIL- 39 ITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR HEREAFTER TO 40 ACCRUE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 41 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE PORTION OF THIS 42 APPROPRIATION COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 43 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY APPROPRI- 44 ATION FOR THIS ITEM COVERING FISCAL YEAR 45 2015-16 SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 53 OF THE 46 LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 47 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION 48 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION 49 SHALL LAPSE ON MARCH 31, 2017 ............... 20,400,000 50 FOR THE EDUCATION OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE 51 2016-17 OR PRIOR SCHOOL YEARS, PROVIDED 52 THAT NO MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF THE 2015- 53 16 SCHOOL YEAR VALUE SHALL BE AVAILABLE 54 FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR PAYMENTS FOR 55 GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE 56 2015-16 OR PRIOR SCHOOL YEARS. FUNDS S. 4612--A 30 A. 6720--A 1 APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE CONSIDERED 2 GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND 3 SHALL BE PAID IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SCHED- 4 ULE DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF 5 EDUCATION AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF 6 THE BUDGET. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION 7 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, SUBJECT TO THE 8 APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, 9 FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN MAY BE INTER- 10 CHANGED WITH ANY OTHER ITEM OF APPROPRI- 11 ATION FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 12 SCHOOLS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND LOCAL 13 ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF PREKINDERGAR- 14 TEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE EDUCATION 15 PROGRAM. 16 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 17 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN 18 DETERMINING THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE 19 STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 20 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE GENERAL 21 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPROPRIATIONS 22 FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 23 2017 SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE 24 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MADE AVAIL- 25 ABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 26 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 27 SCHOOLS AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN ADDED TO 28 THE SUM OF OTHER SUCH DESIGNATED APPROPRI- 29 ATED AMOUNTS. 30 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGU- 31 LATION TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 32 HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF 33 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, NET OF ANY DISALLOW- 34 ANCES, REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENTS AND CRED- 35 ITS, AND MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER 36 DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH THE 37 INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION SUBJECT TO 38 APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET. 39 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO 40 THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 41 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LIABIL- 42 ITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR HEREAFTER TO 43 ACCRUE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 44 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE PORTION OF THIS 45 APPROPRIATION COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 46 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY APPROPRI- 47 ATION FOR THIS ITEM COVERING FISCAL YEAR 48 2015-16 SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 53 OF THE 49 LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 50 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION 51 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION 52 SHALL LAPSE ON MARCH 31, 2017 ............... 77,152,000 53 FOR SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES GRANTS TO PUBLIC 54 SCHOOLS TOTALING $13,840,000 IN EACH 55 SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE 2015-16 AND 2016-17 56 SCHOOL YEARS; PROVIDED THAT, NOTWITHSTAND- S. 4612--A 31 A. 6720--A 1 ING ANY PROVISIONS OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, 2 IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER APPORTIONMENT, 3 SUCH GRANTS SHALL ONLY BE PAYABLE TO ANY 4 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY HAVING A 5 POPULATION IN EXCESS OF 125,000, AND LESS 6 THAN 1,000,000 INHABITANTS, AND SUCH 7 DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE 8 SAME AMOUNT IT WAS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FOR 9 THE 2010-11 SCHOOL YEAR, PROVIDED THAT NO 10 MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 11 YEAR VALUE SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR 2015-16 12 STATE FISCAL YEAR PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL 13 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE 2015-16 14 SCHOOL YEAR. FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 15 SHALL BE CONSIDERED GENERAL SUPPORT FOR 16 PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SHALL BE PAID IN 17 ACCORDANCE WITH A SCHEDULE DEVELOPED BY 18 THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AND APPROVED 19 BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET. 20 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 21 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN 22 DETERMINING THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE 23 STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 24 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE GENERAL 25 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPROPRIATIONS 26 FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 27 2017 SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE 28 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MADE AVAIL- 29 ABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 30 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 31 SCHOOLS AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN ADDED TO 32 THE SUM OF OTHER SUCH DESIGNATED APPROPRI- 33 ATED AMOUNTS. 34 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 35 CONTRARY, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE 36 DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 37 HEREIN MAY BE INTERCHANGED WITH ANY OTHER 38 ITEM OF APPROPRIATION FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 39 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND 40 LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF 41 PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE 42 EDUCATION PROGRAM. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 43 OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE 44 CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL 45 BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF FINANCIAL 46 ASSISTANCE, NET OF ANY DISALLOWANCES, 47 REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENTS AND CREDITS, AND 48 MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS 49 AND AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH THE INTENT OF 50 THIS APPROPRIATION SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL 51 OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET. NOTWITH- 52 STANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 53 CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL 54 BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LIABILITIES 55 HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR HEREAFTER TO ACCRUE. 56 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO S. 4612--A 32 A. 6720--A 1 THE CONTRARY, THE PORTION OF THIS APPRO- 2 PRIATION COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 3 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY APPROPRI- 4 ATION FOR THIS ITEM COVERING FISCAL YEAR 5 2015-16 SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 53 OF THE 6 LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 7 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION 8 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION 9 SHALL LAPSE ON MARCH 31, 2017 10 23,528,000 11 FOR ADDITIONAL SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES GRANTS 12 TO THE ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ........ 1,200,000 13 FOR ADDITIONAL SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES GRANTS 14 TO THE BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT .......... 1,200,000 15 FOR THE TEACHERS OF TOMORROW AWARDS TO 16 SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THE 2015-16 AND 17 2016-17 SCHOOL YEARS IN THE AMOUNT OF 18 $25,000,000 FOR EACH SCHOOL YEAR, PROVIDED 19 THAT $5,000,000 OF THIS TOTAL AMOUNT IN 20 SUCH SCHOOL YEAR SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE 21 FOR A PROGRAM TO BE DEVELOPED BY THE 22 COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION TO ATTRACT QUAL- 23 IFIED TEACHERS THAT HAVE RECEIVED OR WILL 24 RECEIVE A TRANSITIONAL CERTIFICATE AND 25 AGREE TO TEACH MATHEMATICS OR SCIENCE IN A 26 LOW PERFORMING SCHOOL, FURTHER PROVIDED 27 THAT OF THIS $5,000,000, A TOTAL OF UP TO 28 $500,000 IN EACH SUCH SCHOOL YEAR SHALL BE 29 MADE AVAILABLE FOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS 30 IN THE YONKERS AND SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL 31 DISTRICTS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TEACH- 32 ERS IN SUCH DISTRICTS WHO TEACH MATH, 33 SCIENCE AND RELATED AREAS AND WHO HAVE 34 SUCH A TRANSITIONAL CERTIFICATE, AND 35 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 36 INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW OF THIS 37 $5,000,000, A TOTAL OF $1,000,000 SHALL BE 38 MADE AVAILABLE AS A MATCHING GRANT TO 39 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO SUPPORT 40 PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN 41 MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHERS BASED ON A PROV- 42 EN NATIONAL MODEL THAT RESULTS IN IMPROVED 43 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND ENHANCED TEACHER 44 RETENTION IN THE CLASSROOM, AND PROVIDED 45 FURTHER THAT NO MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF 46 THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR VALUE SHALL BE 47 AVAILABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 48 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 49 SCHOOLS FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR. 50 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 51 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN 52 DETERMINING THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE 53 STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 54 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE GENERAL 55 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPROPRIATIONS 56 FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, S. 4612--A 33 A. 6720--A 1 2017 SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE 2 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MADE AVAIL- 3 ABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 4 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 5 SCHOOLS AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN ADDED TO 6 THE SUM OF OTHER SUCH DESIGNATED APPROPRI- 7 ATED AMOUNTS. 8 FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE CONSID- 9 ERED GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 10 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO 11 THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 12 MAY BE INTERCHANGED WITH ANY OTHER ITEM OF 13 APPROPRIATION FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR 14 PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND 15 LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF 16 PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE 17 EDUCATION PROGRAM. 18 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGU- 19 LATION TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 20 HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF 21 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, NET OF ANY DISALLOW- 22 ANCES, REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENTS AND CRED- 23 ITS, MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER DEPART- 24 MENTS AND AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH THE 25 INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION SUBJECT TO 26 APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET. 27 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO 28 THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 29 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LIABIL- 30 ITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR HEREAFTER TO 31 ACCRUE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 32 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE PORTION OF THIS 33 APPROPRIATION COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 34 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY APPROPRI- 35 ATION FOR THIS ITEM COVERING FISCAL YEAR 36 2015-16 SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 53 OF THE 37 LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 38 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION 39 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION 40 SHALL LAPSE ON MARCH 31, 2017 ............... 42,500,000 41 FOR PAYMENT OF EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION EDUCA- 42 TION AID FOR THE 2015-16 AND 2016-17 43 SCHOOL YEARS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH E OF 44 SUBDIVISION 11 OF SECTION 3602 OF THE 45 EDUCATION LAW, PROVIDED THAT NO MORE THAN 46 $96,000,000 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR 2016-17 47 STATE FISCAL YEAR PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL 48 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE 2015-16 49 AND PRIOR SCHOOL YEARS. 50 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 51 CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN MAY BE 52 SUBALLOCATED, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF 53 THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, TO OTHER 54 DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH THE 55 INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION AND SUBJECT 56 TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE S. 4612--A 34 A. 6720--A 1 BUDGET, SUCH FUNDS SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO 2 THE DEPARTMENT NET OF DISALLOWANCES, 3 REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENTS AND CREDITS. 4 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 5 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN 6 DETERMINING THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE 7 STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION 8 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THE GENERAL 9 SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPROPRIATIONS 10 FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 11 2017 SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE 12 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MADE AVAIL- 13 ABLE FOR 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 14 PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC 15 SCHOOLS AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN ADDED TO 16 THE SUM OF OTHER SUCH DESIGNATED APPROPRI- 17 ATED AMOUNTS. 18 FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE CONSID- 19 ERED GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 20 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO 21 THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 22 MAY BE INTERCHANGED WITH ANY OTHER ITEM OF 23 APPROPRIATION FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR 24 PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND 25 LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF 26 PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE 27 EDUCATION PROGRAM. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 28 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS 29 APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR 30 PAYMENT OF LIABILITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED 31 OR HEREAFTER TO ACCRUE. NOTWITHSTANDING 32 ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE 33 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION COVERING 34 FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND 35 REPLACE ANY APPROPRIATION FOR THIS ITEM 36 COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 SET FORTH IN 37 CHAPTER 53 OF THE LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITH- 38 STANDING SECTION 40 OF THE STATE FINANCE 39 LAW OR ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRA- 40 RY, THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL LAPSE ON 41 MARCH 31, 2017 ............................. 192,000,000 42 FOR PERSISTENTLY FAILING SCHOOLS TRANSFORMA- 43 TION GRANTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS PURSUANT 44 TO A SPENDING PLAN DEVELOPED BY THE 45 COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AND APPROVED BY 46 THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET. 47 ELIGIBILITY FOR SUCH GRANTS SHALL BE LIMITED 48 TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS CONTAINING A SCHOOL OR 49 SCHOOLS DESIGNATED AS PERSISTENTLY FAILING 50 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION 1 51 OF SECTION 211-F OF THE EDUCATION LAW, 52 PROVIDED THAT SEPARATE APPLICATIONS SHALL 53 BE REQUIRED FOR EACH SUCH SCHOOL FOR WHICH 54 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUESTS A GRANT. 55 SUCH GRANTS SHALL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES INCLUD- 56 ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: (I) S. 4612--A 35 A. 6720--A 1 USE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS AS COMMUNITY HUBS 2 TO DELIVER CO-LOCATED OR SCHOOL-LINKED 3 ACADEMIC, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, NUTRI- 4 TION, COUNSELING, LEGAL AND/OR OTHER 5 SERVICES TO STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES; 6 (II) EXPANSION, ALTERATION OR REPLACEMENT 7 OF THE SCHOOL'S CURRICULUM AND PROGRAM 8 OFFERINGS; (III) EXTENSION OF THE SCHOOL 9 DAY AND/OR SCHOOL YEAR; (IV) PROFESSIONAL 10 DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRA- 11 TORS; (V) MENTORING OF AT-RISK STUDENTS; 12 AND (VI) THE ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES 13 OF THE EXTERNAL RECEIVER OF THE SCHOOL. 14 PROVIDED THAT THE COMMISSIONER SHALL 15 CONFIRM THAT ANY SUCH ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY IS 16 ALIGNED WITH THE SCHOOL'S APPROVED INTER- 17 VENTION MODEL, COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION 18 PLAN OR SCHOOL INTERVENTION PLAN. 19 IN DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF SUCH GRANTS, 20 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSIDER FACTORS 21 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ENROLL- 22 MENT OF THE SCHOOL. PROVIDED THAT FOR 23 EACH OF THE PERSISTENTLY FAILING SCHOOLS, 24 THE MAXIMUM ANNUAL GRANT IN THE 2015-16 25 AND 2016-17 SCHOOL YEARS SHALL BE ESTAB- 26 LISHED BY THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 27 IN THE SPENDING PLAN FOR SUCH GRANTS. A 28 PORTION OF SUCH GRANTS SHALL BE AVAILABLE 29 BY JULY 1 OF EACH SUCH SCHOOL YEAR. 30 NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 OF THE STATE 31 FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 32 CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL LAPSE 33 ON MARCH 31, 2017 ........................... 75,000,000 34 FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL BASIC 35 TUITION PAYMENTS TO CHARTER SCHOOLS MADE 36 BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE 2014-15 SCHOOL 37 YEAR, AS DEFINED BY PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDI- 38 VISION 1 OF SECTION 2856 OF THE EDUCATION 39 LAW ......................................... 28,260,000 40 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF REMAINING OBLI- 41 GATIONS FOR THE 2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR FOR 42 SUPPORT FOR THE OPERATION OF TARGETED 43 PREKINDERGARTEN FOR THOSE PROVIDERS NOT 44 ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FUNDING PURSUANT TO 45 SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW AND 46 FOR SUPPORT FOR PROVIDERS CONTINUING TO 47 OPERATE SUCH PROGRAMS IN THE 2015-16 48 SCHOOL YEAR. SUCH FUNDS SHALL BE EXPENDED 49 PURSUANT TO A PLAN DEVELOPED BY THE 50 COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AND APPROVED BY 51 THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET ................... 1,303,000 52 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF REMAINING OBLI- 53 GATIONS OF A $14,260,000 TEACHER RESOURCES 54 AND COMPUTER TRAINING CENTERS PROGRAM FOR 55 THE 2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR ...................... 4,278,000 S. 4612--A 36 A. 6720--A 1 FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE 2 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF A $14,260,000 3 TEACHER RESOURCES AND COMPUTER TRAINING 4 CENTER PROGRAM FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR 5 .............................................. 9,982,000 6 FOR EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF MIGRANT WORKERS 7 FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR ..................... 89,000 8 FOR THE SCHOOL LUNCH AND BREAKFAST PROGRAM. 9 FUNDS FOR THE SCHOOL LUNCH AND BREAKFAST 10 PROGRAM SHALL BE EXPENDED SUBJECT TO THE 11 LIMITATION OF FUNDS AVAILABLE AND MAY BE 12 USED TO REIMBURSE SPONSORS OF NON-PROFIT 13 SCHOOL LUNCH, BREAKFAST, OR OTHER SCHOOL 14 CHILD FEEDING PROGRAMS BASED UPON THE 15 NUMBER OF FEDERALLY REIMBURSABLE BREAK- 16 FASTS AND LUNCHES SERVED TO STUDENTS UNDER 17 SUCH PROGRAM AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO BY 18 THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND SUCH 19 SPONSORS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ACT OF 20 CONGRESS ENTITLED THE "NATIONAL SCHOOL 21 LUNCH ACT," P.L. 79-396, AS AMENDED, OR 22 THE PROVISIONS OF THE "CHILD NUTRITION ACT 23 OF 1966," P.L. 89-642, AS AMENDED, IN THE 24 CASE OF SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAMS TO REIM- 25 BURSE SPONSORS IN EXCESS OF THE FEDERAL 26 RATES OF REIMBURSEMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING 27 ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE 28 MONEYS HEREBY APPROPRIATED, OR SO MUCH 29 THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, ARE TO BE 30 AVAILABLE FOR THE PURPOSES HEREIN SPECI- 31 FIED FOR OBLIGATIONS HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR 32 HEREAFTER TO ACCRUE FOR THE SCHOOL YEARS 33 BEGINNING JULY 1, 2013, JULY 1, 2014 AND 34 JULY 1, 2015. 35 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION 36 TO THE CONTRARY, THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED 37 HEREIN REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT PAYA- 38 BLE DURING THE 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR 39 FOR STATE REIMBURSEMENT FOR SCHOOL LUNCH 40 AND BREAKFAST PROGRAMS ...................... 34,400,000 41 FOR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL AID PAYABLE IN THE 42 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR. NOTWITHSTANDING 43 ANY PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION 44 TO THE CONTRARY, THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED 45 HEREIN REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT PAYA- 46 BLE DURING THE 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR ... 102,273,000 47 FOR AID PAYABLE FOR THE 2013-14 SCHOOL YEAR 48 FOR ADDITIONAL NONPUBLIC SCHOOL AID. 49 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION 50 OF LAW, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE 51 AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF AID HERETOFORE 52 ACCRUED AND HEREAFTER TO ACCRUE ............. 47,374,000 53 FOR AID PAYABLE FOR ADDITIONAL NONPUBLIC 54 SCHOOL AID. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSIST- 55 ENT PROVISION OF LAW FUNDS APPROPRIATED 56 HEREIN SHALL BE USED AS PAYMENT TOWARD A S. 4612--A 37 A. 6720--A 1 MULTI-YEAR PLAN RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMIS- 2 SIONER TO ADDRESS THE PRIOR YEAR LIABIL- 3 ITIES FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE ATTENDANCE 4 POLICY PROGRAM .............................. 16,768,000 5 FOR AID PAYABLE FOR ADDITIONAL NONPUBLIC 6 SCHOOL AID. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSIST- 7 ENT PROVISION OF LAW, FUNDS APPROPRIATED 8 HEREIN SHALL BE USED AS PART OF A 9 MULTI-YEAR PLAN RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMIS- 10 SIONER TO ADDRESS THE PRIOR YEAR LIABIL- 11 ITIES FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE ATTENDANCE 12 POLICY PROGRAM AND PROVIDING THAT 13 REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES BEGINNING FOR 14 THE 2011-12 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL BE CALCU- 15 LATED BASED ON THE PARAMETERS USED TO 16 GENERATE CLAIMS FOR THE 2005-06 SCHOOL 17 YEAR ......................................... 5,000,000 18 FOR ACADEMIC INTERVENTION FOR NONPUBLIC 19 SCHOOLS BASED ON A PLAN TO BE DEVELOPED BY 20 THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AND APPROVED 21 BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET .................. 922,000 22 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF SAFETY EQUIP- 23 MENT FOR NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS ................... 4,500,000 24 FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOLS FOR THE 25 BLIND AND DEAF AND OTHER STUDENTS WITH 26 DISABILITIES SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 85 OF THE 27 EDUCATION LAW, INCLUDING STATE AID FOR 28 BLIND AND DEAF PUPILS IN CERTAIN INSTI- 29 TUTIONS TO BE PAID FOR THE PURPOSES 30 PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 4204-A OF THE 31 EDUCATION LAW FOR THE EDUCATION OF DEAF 32 CHILDREN UNDER 3 YEARS OF AGE, INCLUDING 33 TRANSFERS TO THE MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL 34 REVENUE FUND ROME SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF 35 ACCOUNT PURSUANT TO A PLAN TO BE DEVELOPED 36 BY THE COMMISSIONER AND APPROVED BY THE 37 DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET. 38 OF THE AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED HEREIN, UP TO 39 $84,700,000 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR 40 REIMBURSEMENT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THE 41 TUITION COSTS OF STUDENTS ATTENDING 42 SCHOOLS FOR THE BLIND AND DEAF DURING THE 43 2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI- 44 SION 2 OF SECTION 4204 OF EDUCATION LAW 45 AND SUBDIVISION 2 OF SECTION 4207 OF THE 46 EDUCATION LAW, UP TO $2,500,000 SHALL BE 47 AVAILABLE FOR DEBT SERVICE ON CAPITAL 48 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FINANCED THROUGH THE 49 STATE DORMITORY AUTHORITY, AND UP TO 50 $9,000,000 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR REMAIN- 51 ING ALLOWABLE PURPOSES. 52 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 53 INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, UPON 54 DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR 55 ALLOWANCES TO SCHOOLS FOR THE BLIND AND 56 DEAF IN THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES S. 4612--A 38 A. 6720--A 1 PROGRAM SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS-FEDERAL/AID 2 TO LOCALITIES FOR PURPOSES OF THIS APPRO- 3 PRIATION, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL 4 BE REDUCED IN AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO SUCH 5 DISBURSEMENT AND THE PORTION OF THIS 6 APPROPRIATION SO AFFECTED SHALL HAVE NO 7 FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT. 8 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THE LAW TO 9 THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 10 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LIABIL- 11 ITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR HEREAFTER TO 12 ACCRUE AND, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE 13 DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, SUCH FUNDS SHALL 14 BE AVAILABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT NET OF 15 DISALLOWANCES, REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENTS AND 16 CREDITS ..................................... 96,200,000 17 FOR ADDITIONAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOLS 18 FOR THE BLIND AND DEAF AND OTHER STUDENTS 19 WITH DISABILITIES SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 85 OF 20 THE EDUCATION LAW, PROVIDED THAT FUNDS 21 APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL SUPPORT A 2.4% 22 INCREASE FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR. 23 FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE 24 DISTRIBUTED DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOLS FOR 25 THE BLIND AND DEAF AND OTHER STUDENTS WITH 26 DISABILITIES SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 85 OF THE 27 EDUCATION LAW BASED ON A THREE YEAR AVER- 28 AGE OF THE SCHOOLS' FTE ENROLLMENT AND 29 SHALL BE AN INCREASE ABOVE THE 2014-15 30 CERTIFICATE OF APPROVALS ..................... 2,300,000 31 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE HENRY 32 VISCARDI SCHOOL FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 33 YEAR ........................................... 903,000 34 FOR JULY AND AUGUST PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOL-AGED 35 CHILDREN WITH HANDICAPPING CONDITIONS 36 PURSUANT TO SECTION 4408 OF THE EDUCATION 37 LAW. MONEYS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE 38 USED AS FOLLOWS: (I) FOR REMAINING BASE 39 YEAR AND PRIOR SCHOOL YEARS OBLIGATIONS, 40 (II) FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUBDIVISION 4 OF 41 SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION LAW FOR 42 SCHOOLS OPERATED UNDER ARTICLES 87 AND 88 43 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, AND (III) NOTWITH- 44 STANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF 45 LAW, FOR PAYMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS 46 APPROPRIATION FOR CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR 47 OBLIGATIONS, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH 48 PAYMENTS SHALL NOT EXCEED 70 PERCENT OF 49 THE STATE AID DUE FOR THE SUM OF THE 50 APPROVED TUITION AND MAINTENANCE RATES AND 51 TRANSPORTATION EXPENSE PROVIDED FOR HERE- 52 IN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT PAYMENT OF 53 ELIGIBLE CLAIMS SHALL BE PAYABLE IN THE 54 ORDER THAT SUCH CLAIMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED 55 FOR PAYMENT BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCA- 56 TION, BUT IN NO CASE SHALL A SINGLE PAYEE S. 4612--A 39 A. 6720--A 1 DRAW DOWN MORE THAN 45 PERCENT OF THIS 2 APPROPRIATION, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT 3 NO CLAIM SHALL BE SET ASIDE FOR INSUFFI- 4 CIENCY OF FUNDS TO MAKE A COMPLETE 5 PAYMENT, BUT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A 6 PARTIAL PAYMENT IN ONE YEAR AND SHALL 7 RETAIN ITS PRIORITY DATE STATUS FOR SUBSE- 8 QUENT APPROPRIATIONS DESIGNATED FOR SUCH 9 PURPOSES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT 10 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS 11 APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL ONLY BE AVAIL- 12 ABLE FOR LIABILITIES INCURRED PRIOR TO 13 JULY 1, 2016, SHALL BE USED TO PAY 2014-15 14 SCHOOL YEAR CLAIMS IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, 15 AND REPRESENT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT PAYABLE 16 DURING THE 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR. 17 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO 18 THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 19 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LIABIL- 20 ITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED OR HEREAFTER TO 21 ACCRUE AND, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE 22 DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, SUCH FUNDS SHALL 23 BE AVAILABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT NET OF 24 DISALLOWANCES, REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENTS AND 25 CREDITS .................................... 364,500,000 26 FOR THE STATE'S SHARE OF THE COSTS OF THE 27 EDUCATION OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH DISA- 28 BILITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 4410 OF THE 29 EDUCATION LAW. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCON- 30 SISTENT PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, 31 THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL 32 SUPPORT A STATE SHARE OF PRESCHOOL HAND- 33 ICAPPED EDUCATION COSTS FOR THE 2014-15 34 SCHOOL YEAR LIMITED TO 59.5 PERCENT OF 35 SUCH TOTAL APPROVED EXPENDITURES, AND 36 FURTHERMORE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER 37 PROVISION OF LAW, LOCAL CLAIMS FOR 38 REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS INCURRED PRIOR TO 39 THE 2013-14 SCHOOL YEAR AND DURING THE 40 2013-14 SCHOOL YEAR THAT HAVE BEEN 41 APPROVED FOR PAYMENT BY THE EDUCATION 42 DEPARTMENT AS OF MARCH 31, 2015 SHALL BE 43 THE FIRST CLAIMS PAID FROM THIS APPROPRI- 44 ATION, PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITH- 45 STANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 46 CONTRARY, NO SINGLE PAYEE MAY DRAW DOWN 47 MORE THAN 51 PERCENT OF THIS APPROPRI- 48 ATION, HOWEVER, IN THE EVENT THAT NO OTHER 49 PAYEES' CLAIMS RECEIVED DURING THE CURRENT 50 STATE FISCAL YEAR ARE APPROVED FOR PAYMENT 51 BY THE COMMISSIONER AND REMAIN OUTSTANDING 52 AS OF FEBRUARY 1, 2016, SUCH LIMITATION 53 SHALL NOT APPLY. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 54 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS 55 APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR 56 PAYMENT OF LIABILITIES HERETOFORE ACCRUED S. 4612--A 40 A. 6720--A 1 OR HEREAFTER TO ACCRUE AND, SUBJECT TO THE 2 APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, 3 SUCH FUNDS SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO THE 4 DEPARTMENT NET OF DISALLOWANCES, REFUNDS, 5 REIMBURSEMENTS AND CREDITS ............... 1,020,000,000 6 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 7 CONTRARY, THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN, 8 SUBJECT TO AN ALLOCATION PLAN DEVELOPED BY 9 THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AND APPROVED 10 BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, SHALL BE 11 AVAILABLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF PRIOR YEAR 12 CLAIMS AND/OR FISCAL STABILIZATION GRANTS 13 FOR REMAINING PAYMENTS FOR THE 2014-15 14 SCHOOL YEAR AND FOR PAYMENTS PRIOR TO 15 MARCH 31, 2016 FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 16 YEAR, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, NOTWITHSTANDING 17 ANY PROVISIONS OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE 18 NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE 19 ELIGIBLE FOR A FISCAL STABILIZATION GRANT 20 IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 26,404,000 ............... 45,068,000 21 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE NEW YORK 22 STATE CENTER FOR SCHOOL SAFETY FOR THE 23 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR. FUNDS APPROPRIATED 24 HEREIN SHALL BE USED TO OPERATE A STATE- 25 WIDE CENTER AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO AN 26 EXPENDITURE PLAN APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR 27 OF THE BUDGET .................................. 466,000 28 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE HEALTH 29 EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 30 YEAR. FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE 31 AVAILABLE FOR HEALTH-RELATED PROGRAMS 32 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE 33 PROVIDING INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORTIVE 34 SERVICES IN COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH EDUCATION 35 AND/OR ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME 36 (AIDS) EDUCATION. OF THE AMOUNTS APPROPRI- 37 ATED HEREIN, $86,000 SHALL BE AVAILABLE 38 FOR THE PROGRAM PREVIOUSLY OPERATED AS THE 39 SCHOOL HEALTH DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 40 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW 41 TO THE CONTRARY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 42 MAY BE SUBALLOCATED, SUBJECT TO THE 43 APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, TO 44 ANY STATE AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT TO ACCOM- 45 PLISH THE PURPOSE OF THIS APPROPRIATION ........ 691,000 46 FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR THE 2015-16 47 SCHOOL YEAR FOR EXTENDED DAY PROGRAMS AND 48 SCHOOL VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS PURSU- 49 ANT TO SECTION 2814 OF THE EDUCATION LAW 50 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 51 INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS OF LAW, ELIGIBLE 52 ENTITIES RECEIVING FUNDS FOR EXTENDED DAY 53 PROGRAMS MAY INCLUDE NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGAN- 54 IZATIONS WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH A 55 PUBLIC SCHOOL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT ............ 24,344,000 S. 4612--A 41 A. 6720--A 1 FOR AID PAYABLE FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR 2 FOR SUPPORT OF COUNTY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 3 AND EXTENSION BOARDS PURSUANT TO SECTION 4 1104 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, PROVIDED, 5 HOWEVER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCON- 6 SISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, RULE, OR REGU- 7 LATION, ANY APPORTIONMENT OF AID SHALL BE 8 BASED ON A QUOTA AMOUNTING TO ONE-HALF OF 9 THE SALARY PAID EACH TEACHER, DIRECTOR, 10 ASSISTANT, AND SUPERVISOR, WHERE SUCH 11 SALARY IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO A COURSE OF 12 STUDY FIRST SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSIONER 13 FOR APPROVAL PURSUANT TO SECTION 1103 OF 14 THE EDUCATION LAW ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 15 2010, BUT NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT 16 COMPUTED BY THE COMMISSIONER BASED UPON AN 17 ASSUMED ANNUALIZED SALARY EQUAL TO TEN 18 THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER SCHOOL 19 YEAR ON ACCOUNT OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF SUCH 20 TEACHER, DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT OR SUPERVISOR 21 AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT PAYMENT FROM 22 THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL FIRST BE MADE FOR 23 APPROVED CLAIMS FOR SALARY EXPENSES FOR 24 THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR, AND ANY AMOUNT 25 REMAINING AFTER PAYMENT OF SUCH CLAIMS 26 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF UNPAID 27 CLAIMS FOR PRIOR SCHOOL YEARS .................. 932,000 28 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE PRIMARY 29 MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT AT THE CHILDREN'S 30 INSTITUTE FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR .......... 894,000 31 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH 32 THE MATH AND SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOLS FOR THE 33 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF 34 $1,382,000, PROVIDED THAT SUCH FUNDS SHALL 35 BE ALLOCATED EQUALLY AMONG THOSE ENTITIES 36 THAT RECEIVED PROGRAM FUNDING FOR THE 37 2007-08 SCHOOL YEAR .......................... 1,382,000 38 FOR ADDITIONAL GRANTS IN AID TO CERTAIN 39 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND 40 NOT-FOR-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS. NOTWITHSTAND- 41 ING ANY PROVISION OF LAW THIS APPROPRI- 42 ATION SHALL BE ALLOCATED ONLY PURSUANT TO 43 A PLAN SETTING FORTH AN ITEMIZED LIST OF 44 GRANTEES WITH THE AMOUNT TO BE RECEIVED BY 45 EACH, OR THE METHODOLOGY FOR ALLOCATING 46 SUCH APPROPRIATION. SUCH PLAN SHALL BE 47 SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE SPEAKER OF 48 THE ASSEMBLY AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 49 ET AND THEREAFTER SHALL BE INCLUDED IN A 50 RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF 51 SUCH MONIES, WHICH RESOLUTION MUST BE 52 APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF ALL MEMBERS 53 ELECTED TO THE ASSEMBLY UPON A ROLL CALL 54 VOTE ........................................ 14,350,000 55 FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE 56 FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF S. 4612--A 42 A. 6720--A 1 THE SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE 2 SAY YES TO EDUCATION PROGRAM ................... 350,000 3 FOR ADDITIONAL GRANTS IN AID TO CERTAIN 4 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PUBLIC LIBRARIES, AND 5 NOT-FOR-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS. NOTWITHSTAND- 6 ING ANY PROVISION OF LAW THIS APPROPRI- 7 ATION SHALL BE ALLOCATED ONLY PURSUANT TO 8 A PLAN SETTING FORTH AN ITEMIZED LIST OF 9 GRANTEES WITH THE AMOUNT TO BE RECEIVED BY 10 EACH, OR THE METHODOLOGY FOR ALLOCATING 11 SUCH APPROPRIATION. SUCH PLAN SHALL BE 12 SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE TEMPORARY 13 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE DIRECTOR 14 OF THE BUDGET AND THEREAFTER SHALL BE 15 INCLUDED IN A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE 16 EXPENDITURE OF SUCH MONIES, WHICH RESOL- 17 UTION MUST BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE 18 OF ALL MEMBERS ELECTED TO THE SENATE UPON 19 A ROLL CALL VOTE ............................ 15,500,000 20 FOR ADDITIONAL GRANTS IN AID TO CERTAIN 21 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PUBLIC LIBRARIES, AND 22 NOT-FOR-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS. NOTWITHSTAND- 23 ING ANY PROVISION OF LAW THIS APPROPRI- 24 ATION SHALL BE ALLOCATED ONLY PURSUANT TO 25 A PLAN SETTING FORTH AN ITEMIZED LIST OF 26 GRANTEES WITH THE AMOUNT TO BE RECEIVED BY 27 EACH, OR THE METHODOLOGY FOR ALLOCATING 28 SUCH APPROPRIATION. SUCH PLAN SHALL BE 29 SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE TEMPORARY 30 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE DIRECTOR 31 OF THE BUDGET AND THEREAFTER SHALL BE 32 INCLUDED IN A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE 33 EXPENDITURE OF SUCH MONIES, WHICH RESOL- 34 UTION MUST BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE 35 OF ALL MEMBERS ELECTED TO THE SENATE UPON 36 A ROLL CALL VOTE. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT 37 THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE 38 MADE AVAILABLE ON OR AFTER APRIL 1, 2016. 39 NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 OF THE STATE 40 FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 41 CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL LAPSE 42 ON MARCH 31, 2017 ........................... 25,000,000 43 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE CENTER FOR 44 AUTISM AND RELATED DISABILITIES AT THE 45 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY ......... 740,000 46 FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE 47 CENTER FOR AUTISM AND RELATED DISABILITIES 48 AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT 49 ALBANY ......................................... 500,000 50 FOR POSTSECONDARY AID TO NATIVE AMERICANS TO 51 FUND AWARDS TO ELIGIBLE STUDENTS. 52 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW 53 TO THE CONTRARY, THE AMOUNT HEREIN MADE 54 AVAILABLE SHALL CONSTITUTE THE STATE'S 55 ENTIRE OBLIGATION FOR ALL COSTS INCURRED S. 4612--A 43 A. 6720--A 1 UNDER SECTION 4118 OF THE EDUCATION LAW IN 2 STATE FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 ...................... 598,000 3 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE SUMMER FOOD 4 PROGRAM FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR .......... 3,049,000 5 WORK FORCE EDUCATION. FOR PARTIAL REIMBURSE- 6 MENT OF SERVICES AND EXPENSES PER CONTRACT 7 HOUR OF WORK FORCE EDUCATION CONDUCTED BY 8 THE CONSORTIUM FOR WORKER EDUCATION (CWE), 9 A PRIVATE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION 10 PROGRAMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF 11 EDUCATION THAT ENABLE ADULTS WHO ARE 21 12 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO OBTAIN OR RETAIN 13 EMPLOYMENT OR IMPROVE THEIR WORK SKILLS 14 CAPACITY TO ENHANCE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES 15 FOR INCREASED EARNINGS AND ADVANCEMENT ...... 11,500,000 16 FOR ADDITIONAL WORKFORCE EDUCATION FOR THE 17 CONSORTIUM FOR WORKER EDUCATION .............. 1,500,000 18 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES RELATED TO THE 19 DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION 20 OF CHARTER SCHOOLS FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 21 YEAR INCLUDING $1,733,375 FOR 22 ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES 23 PROVIDED BY THE CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE 24 OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK. THIS 25 APPROPRIATION SHALL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR 26 EXPENDITURE UPON THE APPROVAL OF AN 27 EXPENDITURE PLAN BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE 28 BUDGET AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL 29 BE TRANSFERRED TO THE MISCELLANEOUS 30 SPECIAL REVENUE FUND - CHARTER SCHOOLS 31 STIMULUS ACCOUNT ............................. 4,837,000 32 FOR THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS PROGRAM 33 FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR, PROVIDED, 34 HOWEVER, THAT EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS APPRO- 35 PRIATED HEREIN SHALL SUPPORT THE CONTINUA- 36 TION AND EXPANSION OF THE EARLY COLLEGE 37 HIGH SCHOOLS PROGRAM PURSUANT TO A PLAN 38 DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND APPROVED 39 BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET PROVIDED, 40 FURTHER, THAT A PORTION OF THE PAYMENT TO 41 THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS PROGRAM 42 AWARDED FROM THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL BE 43 AVAILABLE ON A SLIDING SCALE BASED UPON 44 THE NUMBER OF COLLEGE CREDITS EARNED ANNU- 45 ALLY BY PARTICIPATING STUDENTS CONSISTENT 46 WITH GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMIS- 47 SIONER. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITH- 48 STANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 49 CONTRARY, HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS 50 PARTICIPATING IN AN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH 51 SCHOOLS PROGRAM, OR THE ENTITY/ENTITIES 52 RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING TUITION AT THE 53 INSTITUTION, SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO SET A 54 REDUCED RATE OF TUITION AND/OR FEES, OR TO 55 WAIVE TUITION AND/OR FEES ENTIRELY, FOR 56 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SUCH EARLY COLLEGE S. 4612--A 44 A. 6720--A 1 HIGH SCHOOLS PROGRAM WITH NO REDUCTION IN 2 OTHER STATE, LOCAL OR OTHER SUPPORT FOR 3 SUCH STUDENTS EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT THAT 4 SUCH HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNER WOULD OTHER- 5 WISE BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE .................. 2,000,000 6 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF A $490,000 7 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAM FOR MENTORING 8 AND TUTORING OPERATED BY THE HILLSIDE 9 WORK-SCHOLARSHIP CONNECTION PROGRAM, WHICH 10 IS BASED ON MODEL PROGRAMS PROVEN TO BE 11 EFFECTIVE IN PRODUCING OUTCOMES THAT 12 INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, IMPROVED 13 GRADUATION RATES, PROVIDED THAT SUCH 14 SERVICES SHALL BE PROVIDED TO STUDENTS IN 15 ONE OR MORE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOCATED 16 IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION IN EXCESS OF 17 125,000 AND LESS THAN 1,000,000 INHABIT- 18 ANTS ........................................... 490,000 19 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE EXECUTIVE 20 LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE ........................... 475,000 21 FOR PAYMENT OF SMALL GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE 22 TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI- 23 SION 7 OF SECTION 3641 OF THE EDUCATION 24 LAW ON OR BEFORE MARCH 31, 2016 UPON AUDIT 25 AND WARRANT OF THE COMPTROLLER IN THE 26 AMOUNT THAT SMALL GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE 27 WAS PAID TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN STATE 28 FISCAL YEAR 2010-11 .......................... 1,868,000 29 FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL VALUATION 30 IMPACT GRANTS IN THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR 31 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL 32 FUNDING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH HAVE 33 EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL HARD- 34 SHIP CREATED BY AN EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE IN 35 THE TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUATION: $300,000 36 SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE LIVERPOOL CENTRAL 37 SCHOOL DISTRICT; $450,000 SHALL BE 38 PROVIDED TO THE NORTH ROCKLAND CENTRAL 39 SCHOOL DISTRICT; AND $500,000 SHALL BE 40 PROVIDED TO THE PANAMA CENTRAL SCHOOL 41 DISTRICT ..................................... 1,250,000 42 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE NEW YORK 43 CITY COMMUNITY LEARNING SCHOOLS INITIATIVE 44 .............................................. 1,500,000 45 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE YONKERS 46 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ......................... 2,000,000 47 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE ONONDAGA, 48 CORTLAND, AND MADISON BOCES NEW TECHNOLOGY 49 SCHOOL INITIATIVE .............................. 200,000 50 FOR PURPOSES OF THE JUST FOR KIDS PROGRAM AT 51 THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY 52 ................................................ 235,000 53 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF NATIONAL HISTO- 54 RY DAY ......................................... 100,000 55 FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND EXPENSES FOR 56 DACA (DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD S. 4612--A 45 A. 6720--A 1 ARRIVALS) ELIGIBLE OUT OF SCHOOL YOUTH AND 2 YOUNG ADULTS ................................. 1,000,000 3 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION 4 OF LAW, THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED HEREIN 5 SHALL BE AVAILABLE ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT 6 THE UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE COMMERCIAL 7 GAMING REVENUE ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED BY 8 SECTION 97-NNNN OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW 9 IS LESS THAN THE AMOUNT REQUIRED TO FULLY 10 FUND PAYMENTS OF GENERAL SUPPORT FOR 11 PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BE MADE FROM FUNDS 12 APPROPRIATED FROM SUCH ACCOUNT, PROVIDED 13 THAT THE STATE COMPTROLLER SHALL CERTIFY 14 TO THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION THE 15 AMOUNT OF FUNDS AVAILABLE IN SUCH ACCOUNT, 16 (1) FOR THE 2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR, BY JUNE 17 15, 2015 BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS 18 AVAILABLE AS OF JUNE 1, 2015 AND (2) FOR 19 THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR, FOR THE FIRST 20 SUCH PAYMENT, BY MARCH 15, 2016 BASED ON 21 THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS AVAILABLE AS OF MARCH 22 1, 2016 AND, FOR THE SECOND SUCH PAYMENT 23 BY JUNE 15, 2016 BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF 24 FUNDS AVAILABLE AS OF JUNE 1,2016, AND 25 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE COMMISSIONER 26 SHALL NOTIFY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET NO 27 LATER THAN 15 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF SUCH 28 CERTIFICATION OF THE AMOUNTS, IF ANY, 29 PAYABLE PURSUANT TO SECTION 3609-H OF THE 30 EDUCATION LAW FROM SUCH ACCOUNT AND FROM 31 THIS APPROPRIATION. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, 32 THAT OF THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED HEREIN, NO 33 MORE THAN 50 PERCENT SHALL BE AVAILABLE 34 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS 35 PAYMENTS FOR THE 2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR, AND 36 NO MORE THAN 35 PERCENT SHALL BE AVAILABLE 37 FOR SUCH PAYMENTS FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 38 YEAR TO BE MADE IN THE 2015-16 STATE 39 FISCAL YEAR. PROVIDED THAT, NOTWITHSTAND- 40 ING SECTION 40 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR 41 ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS 42 APPROPRIATION SHALL LAPSE ON JUNE 30, 2016 43 ............................................ 162,000,000 44 LESS EXPENDITURE SAVINGS DUE TO THE WITH- 45 HOLDING OF A PORTION OF EMPLOYMENT PREPA- 46 RATION EDUCATION AID DUE TO THE CITY OF 47 NEW YORK EQUAL TO THE REIMBURSEMENT COSTS 48 OF THE WORK FORCE EDUCATION PROGRAM FROM 49 AID PAYABLE TO SUCH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 50 PAYABLE ON OR AFTER APRIL 1, 2015; SUCH 51 MONEYS SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE OFFICE OF 52 PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE 53 EDUCATION GENERAL FUND-LOCAL ASSISTANCE 54 ACCOUNT AND WHICH SHALL NOT EXCEED THE 55 AMOUNT APPROPRIATED HEREIN ................ (11,500,000) S. 4612--A 46 A. 6720--A 1 FOR ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE SAVINGS DUE TO 2 THE ADDITIONAL WITHHOLDING OF A PORTION OF 3 EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION EDUCATION AID DUE 4 TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK EQUAL TO THE 5 REIMBURSEMENT COSTS OF THE WORKFORCE 6 EDUCATION PROGRAM FROM AID PAYABLE TO SUCH 7 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT PAYABLE ON OR AFTER 8 APRIL 1, 2015; SUCH ADDITIONAL MONEYS 9 SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE ELEMENTARY 10 MIDDLE, SECONDARY, AND CONTINUING EDUCA- 11 TION GENERAL FUND LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT 12 WHICH SHALL NOT EXCEED THE ADDITIONAL 13 AMOUNT APPROPRIATED HEREIN ................. (1,500,000) 14 -------------- 15 PROGRAM ACCOUNT SUBTOTAL .............. 42,587,802,000 16 -------------- 17 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - FEDERAL 18 FEDERAL EDUCATION FUND 19 FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ACCOUNT - 25210 20 FOR GRANTS TO SCHOOLS FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS 21 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, GRANTS FOR 22 PURPOSES UNDER TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY 23 AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT. NOTWITH- 24 STANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF 25 LAW, A PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MAY 26 BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER STATE DEPARTMENTS 27 AND AGENCIES, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF 28 THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, AS NEEDED TO 29 ACCOMPLISH THE INTENT OF THIS APPROPRI- 30 ATION .................................... 1,771,819,000 31 FOR GRANTS TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE 32 ENTITIES FOR STATE GRANTS FOR IMPROVING 33 TEACHER QUALITY AND MATHEMATICS AND 34 SCIENCE PARTNERSHIPS PURSUANT TO TITLE II 35 OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 36 ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT 37 PROVISION OF LAW, A PORTION OF THIS APPRO- 38 PRIATION MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER 39 STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES, SUBJECT TO 40 THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 41 ET, AS NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THE INTENT OF 42 THIS APPROPRIATION ......................... 242,841,000 43 FOR GRANTS TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE 44 ENTITIES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 45 PROGRAM PURSUANT TO TITLE III OF THE 46 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT. 47 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION 48 OF LAW, A PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION 49 MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER STATE DEPART- 50 MENTS AND AGENCIES, SUBJECT TO THE 51 APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, AS 52 NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THE INTENT OF THIS 53 APPROPRIATION ............................... 61,000,000 S. 4612--A 47 A. 6720--A 1 FOR GRANTS TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE 2 ENTITIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY 3 LEARNING CENTERS PURSUANT TO TITLE IV OF 4 THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 5 ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT 6 PROVISION OF LAW, A PORTION OF THIS APPRO- 7 PRIATION MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER 8 STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES, SUBJECT TO 9 THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG- 10 ET, AS NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THE INTENT OF 11 THIS APPROPRIATION .......................... 96,526,000 12 FOR GRANTS TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE 13 ENTITIES FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM 14 PURSUANT TO TITLE V OF THE ELEMENTARY AND 15 SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING 16 ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, A 17 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MAY BE 18 SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER STATE DEPARTMENTS 19 AND AGENCIES, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF 20 THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, AS NEEDED TO 21 ACCOMPLISH THE INTENT OF THIS APPROPRI- 22 ATION ....................................... 28,000,000 23 FOR GRANTS TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE 24 ENTITIES FOR THE RURAL EDUCATION INITI- 25 ATIVE PURSUANT TO TITLE VI OF THE ELEMEN- 26 TARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT. 27 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION 28 OF LAW, A PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION 29 MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER STATE DEPART- 30 MENTS AND AGENCIES, SUBJECT TO THE 31 APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, AS 32 NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THE INTENT OF THIS 33 APPROPRIATION ................................ 5,000,000 34 FOR GRANTS TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE 35 ENTITIES FOR HOMELESS EDUCATION PROGRAM 36 PURSUANT TO TITLE X OF THE ELEMENTARY AND 37 SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING 38 ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, A 39 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION MAY BE 40 SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER STATE DEPARTMENTS 41 AND AGENCIES, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF 42 THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, AS NEEDED TO 43 ACCOMPLISH THE INTENT OF THIS APPROPRI- 44 ATION ........................................ 8,000,000 45 FOR GRANTS TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE 46 ENTITIES FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS INCLUDING, 47 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE CARL D. PERKINS 48 VOCATIONAL AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY EDUCA- 49 TION ACT (VTEA). 50 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION 51 OF LAW, A PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION 52 MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER STATE DEPART- 53 MENTS AND AGENCIES, SUBJECT TO THE 54 APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, AS 55 NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THE INTENT OF THIS 56 APPROPRIATION ............................... 68,578,000 S. 4612--A 48 A. 6720--A 1 FOR VARIOUS GRANTS TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER 2 ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 3 INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, A PORTION 4 OF THIS APPROPRIATION MAY BE SUBALLOCATED 5 TO OTHER STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES, 6 SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF 7 THE BUDGET, AS NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THE 8 INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION ................ 29,425,000 9 FOR THE EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISA- 10 BILITIES INCLUDING UP TO $3,000,000 FOR 11 SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF EARLY CHILDHOOD 12 DIRECTION CENTERS AND $500,000 FOR 13 SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF THE CENTER FOR 14 AUTISM AND RELATED DISABILITIES AT THE 15 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY. 16 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION 17 OF LAW, A PORTION OF THE FUNDS APPROPRI- 18 ATED HEREIN SHALL BE AVAILABLE, SUBJECT TO 19 A PLAN DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF 20 EDUCATION AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF 21 THE BUDGET, FOR GRANTS TO ENSURE APPROPRI- 22 ATELY CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS 23 PROVIDING SPECIAL SERVICES OR PROGRAMS AS 24 DEFINED IN PARAGRAPHS E, G, I AND L OF 25 SUBDIVISION 2 OF SECTION 4401 OF THE 26 EDUCATION LAW TO CHILDREN PLACED BY SCHOOL 27 DISTRICTS AND IN APPROVED PRESCHOOL 28 PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE FULL AND HALF-DAY 29 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 30 SECTION 4410 OF THE EDUCATION LAW FOR 31 CHILDREN PLACED BY SCHOOL DISTRICT. 32 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, IN THE ALLOCATION 33 OF FUNDS, PRIORITY SHALL BE GIVEN TO THOSE 34 PROGRAMS WITH A DEMONSTRATED NEED TO 35 INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CERTIFIED TEACHERS 36 TO COMPLY WITH STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIRE- 37 MENTS. SUCH FUNDS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE 38 FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES AS CERTIFICATION PREP- 39 ARATION, TRAINING, ASSISTING SCHOOLS WITH 40 PERSONNEL SHORTAGES AND SUPPORTING ACTIV- 41 ITIES THAT IMPROVE THE DELIVERY OF 42 SERVICES TO IMPROVE RESULTS FOR CHILDREN 43 WITH DISABILITIES. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT 44 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION 45 OF LAW, OF THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN: 46 (I) $2,000,000 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR 47 PAYMENTS TO SCHOOLS PROVIDING SPECIAL 48 SERVICES OR PROGRAMS AS DEFINED IN PARA- 49 GRAPHS E, G, I, AND L OF SUBDIVISION 2 OF 50 SECTION 4401 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO HELP 51 PREVENT EXCESSIVE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF 52 TURNOVER THROUGH A TARGETED ADJUSTMENT OF 53 COMPENSATION FOR TEACHERS PROVIDING DIRECT 54 INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES TO STUDENTS AT SUCH 55 SCHOOLS. THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION 56 SHALL DEVELOP AN ALLOCATION PLAN, SUBJECT S. 4612--A 49 A. 6720--A 1 TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE 2 BUDGET, THAT DISTRIBUTES FUNDS APPROPRI- 3 ATED HEREIN AMONG ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS, AS 4 DEFINED HEREIN, THAT QUALIFY BASED ON THE 5 FOLLOWING CRITERIA: ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS ARE 6 THOSE THAT HAVE COMPLIED WITH ALL APPLICA- 7 BLE REQUIREMENTS FOR PREVIOUS GRANTS FOR 8 THIS PURPOSE AND WHOSE AVERAGE TEACHER 9 SALARY ARE BELOW THE SALARY PROVIDED FOR 10 SIMILARLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS IN PUBLIC 11 SCHOOLS IN THE REGION IN WHICH SUCH ELIGI- 12 BLE SCHOOL IS LOCATED. THE ALLOCATION TO 13 EACH QUALIFYING SCHOOL SHALL BE CALCULATED 14 BASED ON THE NUMBER OF WEIGHTED FULL TIME 15 EQUIVALENT (FTE) STAFF, AS DEFINED HEREIN, 16 IN THE PER FTE AWARD AMOUNT. THE TOTAL 17 NUMBER OF WEIGHTED FTE SHALL BE DETERMINED 18 BY MULTIPLYING THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF FTE 19 TEACHERS PROVIDING CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION 20 AT EACH SCHOOL, AS DETERMINED BY THE 21 COMMISSIONER, BY: 1) A FACTOR OF 2.0 FOR 22 THOSE SCHOOLS WHERE AVERAGE SALARIES THAT 23 ARE 50 PERCENT OR LESS OF THOSE IN PUBLIC 24 SCHOOL LOCATED IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC 25 REGION; 2) A FACTOR OF 1.5 FOR THOSE 26 SCHOOLS WHERE AVERAGE SALARIES THAT ARE 50 27 PERCENT AND 75 PERCENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS 28 LOCATED IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC REGION; OR 29 3) A FACTOR OF 1.0 FOR THOSE SCHOOLS WHERE 30 THE AVERAGE SALARIES THAT ARE 75-100 31 PERCENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS LOCATED IN THE 32 SAME GEOGRAPHIC REGION. THE PER FTE TEACH- 33 ER AWARD AMOUNT SHALL BE CALCULATED BY 34 DIVIDING THE $2,000,000 BY THE TOTAL 35 NUMBER OF WEIGHTED FTE STAFF; (II) 36 $2,000,000 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENTS 37 TO SCHOOLS PROVIDING SPECIAL SERVICES OR 38 PROGRAMS AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPHS E, G, I, 39 AND L OF SUBDIVISION 2 OF SECTION 4401 OF 40 THE EDUCATION LAW AND APPROVED PRESCHOOL 41 PROGRAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 4410 42 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO HELP PREVENT 43 EXCESSIVE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF TURNOVER 44 THROUGH A TARGETED ADJUSTMENT OF COMPEN- 45 SATION FOR TEACHERS PROVIDING DIRECT 46 INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES TO STUDENTS AT SUCH 47 SCHOOLS. THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION 48 SHALL DEVELOP AN ALLOCATION PLAN, SUBJECT 49 TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE 50 BUDGET, THAT DISTRIBUTES FUNDS APPROPRI- 51 ATED HEREIN AMONG ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS; (III) 52 UP TO $10,000,000 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR 53 COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOLS OPERATED 54 UNDER ARTICLE 85 OF THE EDUCATION LAW 55 WHICH OTHERWISE WOULD BE PAYABLE THROUGH 56 THE DEPARTMENT'S GENERAL FUND AID TO S. 4612--A 50 A. 6720--A 1 LOCALITIES APPROPRIATION, PROVIDED FURTHER 2 THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT 3 PROVISION OF LAW, ANY DISBURSEMENTS 4 AGAINST THIS $10,000,000 SHALL IMMEDIATELY 5 REDUCE THE AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED IN THE 6 EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S GENERAL FUND AID TO 7 LOCALITIES FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH 8 SCHOOLS OPERATED UNDER ARTICLE 85 OF THE 9 EDUCATION LAW BY AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT, AND 10 THE PORTION OF SUCH GENERAL FUND APPROPRI- 11 ATION SO AFFECTED SHALL HAVE NO FURTHER 12 FORCE OR EFFECT. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 13 PROVISION OF THE LAW TO THE CONTRARY, 14 FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AVAIL- 15 ABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LIABILITIES HERETOFORE 16 ACCRUED OR HEREAFTER TO ACCRUE AND, 17 SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF 18 THE BUDGET, SUCH FUNDS SHALL BE AVAILABLE 19 TO THE DEPARTMENT NET OF DISALLOWANCES, 20 REFUNDS, REIMBURSEMENTS AND CREDITS. 21 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION 22 OF LAW, A PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION 23 MAY BE SUBALLOCATED TO OTHER STATE DEPART- 24 MENTS AND AGENCIES, AS NEEDED, TO ACCOM- 25 PLISH THE INTENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION ..... 815,347,000 26 -------------- 27 PROGRAM ACCOUNT SUBTOTAL ............... 3,126,536,000 28 -------------- 29 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - FEDERAL 30 FEDERAL HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUND 31 FEDERAL HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ACCOUNT - 25122 32 FOR GRANTS TO SCHOOLS FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS .... 5,000,000 33 -------------- 34 PROGRAM ACCOUNT SUBTOTAL ................... 5,000,000 35 -------------- 36 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - FEDERAL 37 FEDERAL MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING GRANTS FUND 38 FEDERAL OPERATING GRANTS ACCOUNT - 25456 39 FOR GRANTS TO SCHOOLS FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS .... 5,000,000 40 -------------- 41 PROGRAM ACCOUNT SUBTOTAL ................... 5,000,000 42 -------------- 43 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - FEDERAL 44 FEDERAL USDA-FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES FUND 45 FEDERAL USDA-FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES ACCOUNT - 25026 46 FOR GRANTS TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE 47 ENTITIES FOR PROGRAMS FUNDED THROUGH THE 48 NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT ................ 1,109,310,000 49 -------------- S. 4612--A 51 A. 6720--A 1 PROGRAM ACCOUNT SUBTOTAL ............... 1,109,310,000 2 -------------- 3 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - OTHER 4 CHARTER SCHOOL STIMULUS FUND 5 CHARTER SCHOOL STIMULUS ACCOUNT - 20601 6 FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES RELATED TO DEVEL- 7 OPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF 8 CHARTER SCHOOLS, INCLUDING FACILITY COSTS 9 AND LOANS TO AUTHORIZED SCHOOLS, AND 10 INCLUDING FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR TRANSFER FOR 11 THE ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL SUPPORT 12 SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CHARTER SCHOOL 13 INSTITUTE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW 14 YORK. THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL ONLY BE 15 AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE UPON THE 16 APPROVAL OF AN EXPENDITURE PLAN BY THE 17 DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET ...................... 20,000,000 18 -------------- 19 PROGRAM ACCOUNT SUBTOTAL .................. 20,000,000 20 -------------- 21 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - OTHER 22 STATE LOTTERY FUND 23 STATE LOTTERY ACCOUNT - 20901 24 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 25 THE 2015-16 AND 2016-17 SCHOOL YEARS, 26 PROVIDED THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER 27 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN 28 COMPUTING THE ADDITIONAL LOTTERY GRANT 29 PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (4) OF PARAGRAPH 30 B OF SUBDIVISION 4 OF SECTION 92-C OF THE 31 STATE FINANCE LAW FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 32 YEAR, THE BASE GRANT SHALL NOT EXCEED 33 $1,978,980,000. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 34 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE 35 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION COVERING 36 FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND 37 REPLACE ANY APPROPRIATION FOR THIS ITEM 38 COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 SET FORTH IN 39 CHAPTER 53 OF THE LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITH- 40 STANDING SECTION 40 OF THE STATE FINANCE 41 LAW OR ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRA- 42 RY, THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL LAPSE ON 43 MARCH 31, 2017 ........................... 3,919,960,000 44 FOR ALLOWANCES TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS FOR THE 45 BLIND AND DEAF FOR THE 2015-16 AND 2016-17 46 SCHOOL YEARS, PROVIDED THAT NO MORE THAN 47 $20,000 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE 2015-16 48 STATE FISCAL YEAR PAYMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING 49 ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE 50 PORTION OF THIS APPROPRIATION COVERING 51 FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND 52 REPLACE ANY APPROPRIATION FOR THIS ITEM S. 4612--A 52 A. 6720--A 1 COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 SET FORTH IN 2 CHAPTER 53 OF THE LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITH- 3 STANDING SECTION 40 OF THE STATE FINANCE 4 LAW OR ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRA- 5 RY, THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL LAPSE ON 6 MARCH 31, 2017 .................................. 40,000 7 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FOR 8 THE JUNE 2014-15 AND JUNE 2015-16 SCHOOL 9 YEAR PAYMENTS, PROVIDED THAT NO MORE THAN 10 $240,000,000 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE 11 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR PAYMENTS FOR 12 GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 13 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO 14 THE CONTRARY, THE PORTION OF THIS APPRO- 15 PRIATION COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 16 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY APPROPRI- 17 ATION FOR THIS ITEM COVERING FISCAL YEAR 18 2015-16 SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 53 OF THE 19 LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 20 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION 21 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION 22 SHALL LAPSE ON MARCH 31, 2017 .............. 480,000,000 23 -------------- 24 PROGRAM ACCOUNT SUBTOTAL ............... 4,400,000,000 25 -------------- 26 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - OTHER 27 STATE LOTTERY FUND 28 VLT EDUCATION ACCOUNT - 20904 29 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 30 THE 2015-16 AND 2016-17 SCHOOL YEARS, FOR 31 GRANTS AWARDED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH 32 (2-A) OF PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION 4 OF 33 SECTION 92-C OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, 34 PROVIDED THAT NO MORE THAN $950,000,000 35 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE 2015-16 STATE 36 FISCAL YEAR PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 37 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL 38 YEAR. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW 39 TO THE CONTRARY, THE PORTION OF THIS 40 APPROPRIATION COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2015-16 41 SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY APPROPRI- 42 ATION FOR THIS ITEM COVERING FISCAL YEAR 43 2015-16 SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 53 OF THE 44 LAWS OF 2014. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 40 45 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR ANY PROVISION 46 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS APPROPRIATION 47 SHALL LAPSE ON MARCH 31, 2017 ............ 1,946,000,000 48 -------------- 49 PROGRAM ACCOUNT SUBTOTAL ............... 1,946,000,000 50 -------------- 51 SCHOOL TAX RELIEF PROGRAM ................................ 3,380,895,000 52 -------------- S. 4612--A 53 A. 6720--A 1 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - OTHER 2 SCHOOL TAX RELIEF FUND 3 SCHOOL TAX RELIEF ACCOUNT - 20551 4 FOR PAYMENTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NEW 5 YORK CITY RELATING TO THE SCHOOL TAX 6 RELIEF (STAR) PROGRAM INCLUDING STATE AID 7 PURSUANT TO SECTION 1306-A OF THE REAL 8 PROPERTY TAX LAW AND SECTION 54-F OF THE 9 STATE FINANCE LAW, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT 10 THAT SUCH FUNDS SHALL BE APPLIED AS AN 11 OFFSET AGAINST THE PAST-DUE STATE TAX 12 LIABILITIES OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS 13 PURSUANT TO SECTION 425 OF THE REAL PROP- 14 ERTY TAX LAW AND SECTION 171-Y OF THE TAX 15 LAW, PROVIDED HOWEVER, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 16 OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE MONIES 17 HEREBY APPROPRIATED SHALL NOT BE USED 18 UNTIL SUCH TIME A LAW IS ENACTED PROVIDING 19 THAT THE TAX SAVINGS UNDER THE STAR 20 PROGRAM APPLICABLE TO ANY PORTION SHALL 21 NOT EXCEED THE TAX SAVINGS APPLICABLE TO 22 THAT PORTION IN THE PRIOR SCHOOL YEAR. UP 23 TO $5,000,000 OF THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED 24 HEREBY MAY BE SUBALLOCATED OR TRANSFERRED 25 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE 26 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING DIRECT PAYMENTS 27 TO CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS FROM THE 28 ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBPARA- 29 GRAPH (III) OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVI- 30 SION 14 OF SECTION 425 OF THE REAL PROPER- 31 TY TAX LAW ............................... 3,380,895,000 32 -------------- S. 4612--A 54 A. 6720--A 1 ADULT CAREER AND CONTINUING EDUCATION SERVICES PROGRAM 2 General Fund 3 Local Assistance Account - 10000 4 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014: 5 For case services provided on or after October 1, 2012 to disabled 6 individuals in accordance with economic eligibility criteria devel- 7 oped by the department ... 54,000,000 ............ (re. $25,705,000) 8 For services and expenses of independent living centers .............. 9 12,361,000 ........................................ (re. $5,060,000) 10 For college readers aid payments ... 294,000 ............ (re. $294,000) 11 For services and expenses of supported employment and integrated 12 employment opportunities provided on or after October 1, 2012: 13 For services and expenses of programs providing or leading to the 14 provision of time-limited services or long-term support services ... 15 15,160,000 ........................................ (re. $7,808,000) 16 For grants to schools for programs involving literacy and basic educa- 17 tion for public assistance recipients for the 2014-15 school year 18 for those programs administered by the state education department 19 ... 1,843,000 ..................................... (re. $1,843,000) 20 For competitive grants for adult literacy/education aid to public and 21 private not-for-profit agencies, including but not limited to, 2 and 22 4 year colleges, community based organizations, libraries, and 23 volunteer literacy organizations and institutions which meet quality 24 standards promulgated by the commissioner of education to provide 25 programs of basic literacy, high school equivalency, and English as 26 a second language to persons 16 years of age or older for the 27 remaining payments of 2013-14 school year and for the 2014-15 school 28 year, provided further that no more than $300,000 shall be available 29 for remaining payments for the 2013-14 school year ................. 30 5,293,000 ......................................... (re. $5,166,000) 31 For additional competitive grants for adult literacy education aid to 32 public and private not-for-profit agencies, including but not limit- 33 ed to, 2 and 4 year colleges, community based organization, 34 libraries, and volunteer literacy organizations and institutions to 35 provide programs of basic literacy, high school equivalency, and 36 English as a second language to persons 16 years of age or older, 37 funds appropriated herein shall be available for payments of liabil- 38 ities heretofore or hereafter to accrue ............................ 39 1,000,000 ........................................... (re. $293,000) 40 For remaining payments for the 2013-14 school year for additional 41 competitive grants for a $1,000,000 program of adult literacy educa- 42 tion aid to public and private not-for-profit agencies, including 43 but not limited to, 2 and 4 year colleges, community based organiza- 44 tion, libraries, and volunteer literacy organizations and insti- 45 tutions to provide programs of basic literacy, high school equiv- 46 alency, and English as a second language to persons 16 years of age 47 or older ... 300,000 ................................ (re. $300,000) 48 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013: 49 For case services provided on or after October 1, 2010 to disabled 50 individuals in accordance with economic eligibility criteria devel- 51 oped by the department ... 54,000,000 ................ (re. $13,000) 52 For services and expenses of independent living centers .............. 53 12,361,000 ........................................... (re. $82,000) S. 4612--A 55 A. 6720--A 1 For college readers aid payments ... 294,000 .......... (re. $294,000) 2 For services and expenses of supported employment and integrated 3 employment opportunities provided on or after October 1, 2010: 4 For services and expenses of programs providing or leading to the 5 provision of time-limited services or long-term support services ... 6 15,160,000 .......................................... (re. $203,000) 7 For grants to schools for programs involving literacy and basic educa- 8 tion for public assistance recipients for the 2013-14 school year 9 for those programs administered by the state education department 10 ... 1,843,000 ....................................... (re. $619,000) 11 For competitive grants for adult literacy/education aid to public and 12 private not-for-profit agencies, including but not limited to, 2 and 13 4 year colleges, community based organizations, libraries, and 14 volunteer literacy organizations and institutions which meet quality 15 standards promulgated by the commissioner of education to provide 16 programs of basic literacy, high school equivalency, and English as 17 a second language to persons 16 years of age or older for the 18 remaining payments of 2012-13 school year and for the 2013-14 school 19 year, provided further that no more than $300,000 shall be available 20 for remaining payments for the 2012-13 school year ................. 21 5,293,000 ........................................... (re. $324,000) 22 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012: 23 For case services provided on or after October 1, 2010 to disabled 24 individuals in accordance with economic eligibility criteria devel- 25 oped by the department ... 54,000,000 ................. (re. $4,000) 26 For college readers aid payments ... 294,000 .......... (re. $145,000) 27 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 28 Federal Education Fund 29 Federal Department of Education Account - 25210 30 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014: 31 For case services provided to individuals with disabilities .......... 32 70,000,000 ....................................... (re. $70,000,000) 33 For the independent living program ... 2,572,000 ...... (re. $2,572,000) 34 For the supported employment program ... 2,500,000 .... (re. $2,500,000) 35 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for adult basic 36 education, literacy, and civics education pursuant to the workforce 37 investment act ... 48,704,000 .................... (re. $45,447,000) 38 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013: 39 For case services provided to individuals with disabilities .......... 40 70,000,000 ....................................... (re. $68,958,000) 41 For the independent living program ... 2,572,000 .... (re. $2,572,000) 42 For the supported employment program ... 2,500,000 .. (re. $2,500,000) 43 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for adult basic 44 education, literacy, and civics education pursuant to the workforce 45 investment act ... 48,704,000 .................... (re. $10,000,000) 46 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012: 47 For case services provided to individuals with disabilities .......... 48 70,000,000 ....................................... (re. $31,310,000) 49 For the independent living program ... 2,572,000 .... (re. $1,252,000) 50 For the supported employment program ... 2,500,000 .. (re. $2,500,000) S. 4612--A 56 A. 6720--A 1 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for adult basic 2 education, literacy, and civics education pursuant to the workforce 3 investment act ... 48,704,000 ..................... (re. $1,000,000) 4 Special Revenue Funds - Other 5 Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund 6 VESID Social Security Account - 22001 7 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014: 8 For the rehabilitation of social security disability beneficiaries ... 9 11,760,000 ....................................... (re. $11,760,000) 10 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013: 11 For the rehabilitation of social security disability beneficiaries ... 12 11,760,000 ....................................... (re. $11,760,000) 13 By chapter 53, section 1, laws of 2012: 14 For the rehabilitation of social security disability beneficiaries ... 15 11,760,000 ........................................ (re. $3,000,000) 16 CULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM 17 General Fund 18 Local Assistance Account - 10000 19 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014: 20 Aid to public libraries including aid to New York public library 21 (NYPL) and NYPL's science industry and business library. Provided 22 that, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to 23 the contrary, such aid, and the state's liability therefor, shall 24 represent fulfillment of the state's obligation for this program ... 25 81,627,000 ........................................ (re. $5,465,000) 26 For additional aid to public libraries for reimbursement of costs 27 associated with the payment of the metropolitan commuter transporta- 28 tion mobility tax, subject to an allocation plan developed by the 29 commissioner of education and approved by the director of the budget 30 ... 1,300,000 ..................................... (re. $1,300,000) 31 Aid to educational television and radio. Notwithstanding any provision 32 of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the amount appropriated 33 herein shall represent fulfillment of the state's obligation for 34 this program ... 14,002,000 ....................... (re. $1,401,000) 35 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013: 36 Aid to public libraries including aid to New York public library 37 (NYPL) and NYPL's science industry and business library. Provided 38 that, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to 39 the contrary, such aid, and the state's liability therefor, shall 40 represent fulfillment of the state's obligation for this program ... 41 81,627,000 ........................................... (re. $36,000) 42 Special Revenue Fund - Federal 43 Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund 44 Federal Operating Grants Account - 25300 45 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014: S. 4612--A 57 A. 6720--A 1 For aid to public libraries pursuant to various federal laws including 2 the library services technology act ................................ 3 5,400,000 ......................................... (re. $5,400,000) 4 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013: 5 For aid to public libraries pursuant to various federal laws including 6 the library services technology act ................................ 7 5,400,000 ......................................... (re. $2,200,000) 8 Special Revenue Funds - Other 9 New York State Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund 10 Local Government Records Management Account - 20501 11 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014: 12 Grants to individual local governments or groups of cooperating local 13 governments as provided in section 57.35 of the arts and cultural 14 affairs law ... 8,346,000 ......................... (re. $6,109,000) 15 Aid for documentary heritage grants and aid to eligible archives, 16 libraries, historical societies, museums, and to certain organiza- 17 tions including the state education department that provide services 18 to such programs ... 461,000 ........................ (re. $453,000) 19 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013: 20 Grants to individual local governments or groups of cooperating local 21 governments as provided in section 57.35 of the arts and cultural 22 affairs law ... 8,346,000 ......................... (re. $3,147,000) 23 Aid for documentary heritage grants and aid to eligible archives, 24 libraries, historical societies, museums, and to certain organiza- 25 tions including the state education department that provide services 26 to such programs ... 461,000 ......................... (re. $92,000) 27 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012: 28 Grants to individual local governments or groups of cooperating local 29 governments as provided in section 57.35 of the arts and cultural 30 affairs law ... 8,346,000 ......................... (re. $5,000,000) 31 OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE PROFESSIONS PROGRAM 32 General Fund 33 Local Assistance Account - 10000 34 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014: 35 For liberty partnerships program awards as prescribed by section 612 36 of the education law as added by chapter 425 of the laws of 1988. 37 Notwithstanding any other section of law to the contrary, funding 38 for such programs in the 2014-15 fiscal year shall be limited to the 39 amount appropriated herein ... 12,918,260 ........ (re. $11,537,000) 40 For additional liberty partnerships program awards as prescribed by 41 section 612 of the education law as added by chapter 425 of the laws 42 of 1988. Notwithstanding any other section of law to the contrary, 43 funding for such programs in the 2014-15 fiscal year shall be limit- 44 ed to the amount appropriated herein ... 388,000 .... (re. $388,000) 45 For higher education opportunity program awards. Funds appropriated 46 herein shall be used by independent colleges to expand opportunities 47 for the educationally and economically disadvantaged at independent 48 institutions of higher learning ... 24,996,040 ... (re. $22,588,000) S. 4612--A 58 A. 6720--A 1 For additional collegiate science and technology entry program (CSTEP) 2 awards ... 253,000 ................................... (re. $42,000) 3 For teacher opportunity corps program awards ......................... 4 450,000 ............................................. (re. $450,000) 5 For services and expenses of the national board for professional 6 teaching standards certification grant program for the 2014-15 7 school year ... 368,000 ............................. (re. $368,000) 8 For postsecondary aid to Native Americans to fund awards to eligible 9 students. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contra- 10 ry, the amount herein made available shall constitute the state's 11 entire obligation for all costs incurred under section 4118 of the 12 education law in state fiscal year 2014-15 ......................... 13 598,000 ............................................. (re. $598,000) 14 The appropriation made by chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014, is 15 hereby amended and reappropriated to read: 16 For additional higher education opportunity program awards. Funds 17 appropriated herein shall be used by independent colleges to expand 18 opportunities for the educationally and economically disadvantaged 19 at [inde-p] INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING ............ 20 749,000 ............................................. (re. $631,000) 21 [iForiscience andhtechnologynentry] FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENTRY 22 program (STEP) awards ... 11,125,030 .............. (re. $9,972,000) 23 For additional science and technology entry [progr] PROGRAM (STEP) 24 AWARDS ... 333,000 .................................. (re. $161,000) 25 [PForwcollegiate] FOR COLLEGIATE science and technology entry program 26 (CSTEP) awards ... 8,429,520 ...................... (re. $8,018,000) 27 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013: 28 For liberty partnerships program awards as prescribed by section 612 29 of the education law as added by chapter 425 of the laws of 1988. 30 Notwithstanding any other section of law to the contrary, funding for 31 such programs in the 2013-14 fiscal year shall be limited to the 32 amount appropriated herein ... 12,542,000 ......... (re. $6,291,000) 33 For higher education opportunity program awards. Funds appropriated 34 herein shall be used by independent colleges to expand opportunities 35 for the educationally and economically disadvantaged at independent 36 institutions of higher learning ... 24,268,000 .... (re. $1,972,000) 37 For science and technology entry program (STEP) awards ............... 38 10,801,000 .......................................... (re. $621,000) 39 For collegiate science and technology entry program (CSTEP) awards ... 40 8,184,000 ........................................... (re. $274,000) 41 For teacher opportunity corps program awards ......................... 42 450,000 ............................................. (re. $232,000) 43 For postsecondary aid to Native Americans to fund awards to eligible 44 students. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contra- 45 ry, the amount herein made available shall constitute the state's 46 entire obligation for all costs incurred under section 4118 of the 47 education law in state fiscal year 2013-14 ......................... 48 598,000 .............................................. (re. $55,000) 49 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013, as transferred by chapter 50 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014: 51 For services and expenses of the national board for professional 52 teaching standards certificate grant program ....................... 53 250,000 ............................................. (re. $202,000) S. 4612--A 59 A. 6720--A 1 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws Of 2012: 2 For liberty partnerships program awards as prescribed by section 612 3 of the education law as added by chapter 425 of the laws of 1988. 4 Notwithstanding any other section of law to the contrary, funding for 5 such programs in the 2012-13 fiscal year shall be limited to the 6 amount appropriated herein ... 10,842,000 ........... (re. $253,000) 7 For higher education opportunity program awards. Funds appropriated 8 herein shall be used by independent colleges to expand opportunities 9 for the educationally and economically disadvantaged at independent 10 institutions of higher learning ... 20,783,000 .... (re. $1,688,000) 11 For science and technology entry program (STEP) awards ............... 12 9,774,000 ............................................ (re. $18,000) 13 For teacher opportunity corps program awards ......................... 14 450,000 .............................................. (re. $22,000) 15 For services and expenses of the national board for professional 16 teaching standards certification grant program ..................... 17 368,000 ............................................. (re. $293,000) 18 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011: 19 For higher education opportunity program awards. Funds appropriated 20 herein shall be used by independent colleges to expand opportunities 21 for the educationally and economically disadvantaged at independent 22 institutions of higher learning ... 20,783,000 ...... (re. $439,000) 23 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2010: 24 For higher education opportunity program awards. Funds appropriated 25 herein shall be used by independent colleges to expand opportunities 26 for the educationally and economically disadvantaged at independent 27 institutions of higher learning ... 20,783,000 .... (re. $1,233,000) 28 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2009, as amended by chapter 29 502, section 2, of the laws of 2009: 30 For higher education opportunity program awards. Funds appropriated 31 herein shall be used by independent colleges to expand opportunities 32 for the educationally and economically disadvantaged at independent 33 institutions of higher learning; provided, however, that the amount 34 of this appropriation available for expenditure and disbursement on 35 and after November 1, 2009 shall be reduced by 12.5 percent of the 36 amount that was undisbursed as of November 1, 2009 ................. 37 23,752,000 .......................................... (re. $364,000) 38 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2008, as amended by chapter 39 496, section 3, of the laws of 2008: 40 For higher education opportunity program awards. Funds appropriated 41 herein shall be used by independent colleges to expand opportunities 42 for the educationally and economically disadvantaged at independent 43 institutions of higher learning, provided, however, that the amount 44 of this appropriation available for expenditure and disbursement on 45 and after September 1, 2008 shall be reduced by six percent of the 46 amount that was undisbursed as of August 15, 2008 .................. 47 23,716,000 ........................................... (re. $80,000) 48 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2007, as transferred by chapter 49 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011: S. 4612--A 60 A. 6720--A 1 For services and expenses of the national board for professional 2 teaching standards certification grant program for the 2007-08 3 school year ... 500,000 ............................. (re. $116,000) 4 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 5 Federal Education Fund 6 Federal Department of Education Account - 25210 7 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014: 8 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for programs pursu- 9 ant to various federal laws including: title II-A improving teacher 10 quality program. 11 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, funds appropri- 12 ated herein may be suballocated, subject to the approval of the 13 director of the budget, to any state agency or department, and 14 interchanged to other accounts, to accomplish the purpose of this 15 appropriation. A portion of this appropriation may be interchanged 16 to other accounts, as needed to accomplish the intent of this appro- 17 priation ... 5,000,000 ............................ (re. $5,000,000) 18 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013: 19 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for programs pursu- 20 ant to various federal laws including: title II-A improving teacher 21 quality program. 22 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, funds appropri- 23 ated herein may be suballocated, subject to the approval of the 24 director of the budget, to any state agency or department, and 25 interchanged to other accounts, to accomplish the purpose of this 26 appropriation. A portion of this appropriation may be interchanged 27 to other accounts, as needed to accomplish the intent of this appro- 28 priation ... 5,000,000 ............................ (re. $2,000,000) 29 OFFICE OF PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE EDUCATION PROGRAM 30 General Fund 31 Local Assistance Account - 10000 32 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014: 33 For services and expenses of remaining obligations for the 2013-14 34 school year for support for the operation of targeted prekindergar- 35 ten for those providers not eligible to receive funding pursuant to 36 section 3602-e of the education law and for support for providers 37 continuing to operate such programs in the 2014-15 school year. Such 38 funds shall be expended pursuant to a plan developed by the commis- 39 sioner of education and approved by the director of the budget ..... 40 1,303,000 ......................................... (re. $1,045,000) 41 Funds appropriated herein shall be available for services and expenses 42 of a $14,260,000 teacher resources and computer training center 43 program for the 2014-15 school year ................................ 44 9,982,000 ......................................... (re. $6,236,000) 45 For services and expenses of remaining obligations of a $14,260,000 46 teacher resources and computer training centers program for the 47 2013-14 school year ... 4,278,000 ................. (re. $2,583,000) 48 For education of children of migrant workers for the 2014-15 school 49 year ... 89,000 ...................................... (re. $89,000) S. 4612--A 61 A. 6720--A 1 For the school lunch and breakfast program. Funds for the school 2 lunch and breakfast program shall be expended subject to the limita- 3 tion of funds available and may be used to reimburse sponsors of 4 non-profit school lunch, breakfast, or other school child feeding 5 programs based upon the number of federally reimbursable break-fasts 6 and lunches served to students under such program agreements entered 7 into by the state education department and such sponsors, in accord- 8 ance with an act of Congress entitled the "National School Lunch 9 Act," P.L. 79-396, as amended, or the provisions of the "Child 10 Nutrition Act of 1966," P.L. 89-642, as amended, in the case of 11 school breakfast programs to reim-burse sponsors in excess of the 12 federal rates of reimbursement. Notwithstanding any provision of law 13 to the contrary, the moneys hereby appropriated, or so much thereof 14 as may be necessary, are to be available for the purposes herein 15 speci-fied for obligations heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue 16 for the school years beginning July 1, 2012, July 1, 2013 and July 17 1, 2014. 18 Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the 19 amount appropriated herein represents the maximum amount payable 20 during the 2014-15 state fiscal year for state reimbursement for 21 school lunch and breakfast programs ... 34,400,000 (re. $20,015,000) 22 For nonpublic school aid payable in the 2014-15 state fiscal year. 23 Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the 24 contrary, the amount appropriated herein represents the maximum 25 amount payable during the 2014-15 state fiscal year ................ 26 97,589,000 ....................................... (re. $97,589,000) 27 For aid payable for the 2012-13 school year for additional nonpublic 28 school aid. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, funds 29 appropriated herein shall be available for payment of aid heretofore 30 accrued and hereafter to accrue ... 45,204,000 .... (re. $3,970,000) 31 For aid payable for the 2012-13 school year for additional nonpublic 32 school aid. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, 33 funds appropriated herein shall be available for payment of aid 34 heretofore accrued and hereafter to accrue ......................... 35 45,204,000 ........................................ (re. $1,897,000) 36 For academic intervention for nonpublic schools based on a plan to be 37 developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the 38 director of the budget ... 922,000 .................. (re. $922,000) 39 For services and expenses of Safety Equipment for Nonpublic Schools 40 ... 4,500,000 ..................................... (re. $4,500,000) 41 For costs associated with schools for the blind and deaf and other 42 students with disabilities subject to article 85 of the education 43 law, including state aid for blind and deaf pupils in certain insti- 44 tutions to be paid for the purposes provided under section 4204-a of 45 the education law for the education of deaf children under 3 years 46 of age, including transfers to the miscellaneous special revenue 47 fund Rome school for the deaf account pursuant to a plan to be 48 developed by the commissioner and approved by the director of the 49 budget. 50 Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $84,700,000 shall be avail- 51 able for reimbursement to school districts for the tuition costs of 52 students attending schools for the blind and deaf during the 2013-14 53 school year pursuant to subdivision 2 of section 4204 of education 54 law and subdivision 2 of section 4207 of the education law, up to 55 $2,500,000 shall be available for debt service on capital 56 construction projects financed through the state dormitory authori- S. 4612--A 62 A. 6720--A 1 ty, and up to $9,000,000 shall be available for remaining allowable 2 purposes. 3 Provided further that, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of 4 law, upon disbursement of funds appropriated for allowances to 5 schools for the blind and deaf in the individuals with disabilities 6 program special revenue funds-federal/aid to localities for purposes 7 of this appropriation, funds appropriated herein shall be reduced in 8 an amount equivalent to such disbursement and the portion of this 9 appropriation so affected shall have no further force or effect. 10 Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, funds appro- 11 priated herein shall be available for payment of liabilities hereto- 12 fore accrued or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the approval of 13 the director of the budget, such funds shall be available to the 14 department net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements and credits 15 ... 96,200,000 ................................... (re. $59,628,000) 16 For July and August programs for school-aged children with handicap- 17 ping conditions pursuant to section 4408 of the education law. 18 Moneys appropriated herein shall be used as follows: (i) for remain- 19 ing base year and prior school years obligations, (ii) for the 20 purposes of subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education law for 21 schools operated under articles 87 and 88 of the education law, and 22 (iii) notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, for 23 payments made pursuant to this appropriation for current school year 24 obligations, provided, however, that such payments shall not exceed 25 70 percent of the state aid due for the sum of the approved tuition 26 and maintenance rates and transportation expense provided for here- 27 in; provided, however, that payment of eligible claims shall be 28 payable in the order that such claims have been approved for payment 29 by the commissioner of education, but in no case shall a single 30 payee draw down more than 45 percent of this appropriation, and 31 provided further that no claim shall be set aside for insufficiency 32 of funds to make a complete payment, but shall be eligible for a 33 partial payment in one year and shall retain its priority date 34 status for subsequent appropriations designated for such purposes. 35 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, 36 funds appropriated herein shall only be available for liabilities 37 incurred prior to July 1, 2015, shall be used to pay 2013-14 school 38 year claims in the first instance, and represent the maximum amount 39 payable during the 2014-15 state fiscal year. Notwithstanding any 40 provision of law to the contrary, funds appropriated herein shall be 41 available for payment of liabilities heretofore accrued or hereafter 42 to accrue and, subject to the approval of the director of the budg- 43 et, such funds shall be available to the department net of disallow- 44 ances, refunds, reimbursements and credits ......................... 45 362,500,000 ..................................... (re. $238,478,000) 46 For the state's share of the costs of the education of preschool chil- 47 dren with disabilities pursuant to section 4410 of the education 48 law. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the 49 contrary, the amount appropriated herein shall support a state share 50 of preschool handicapped education costs for the 2013-14 school year 51 limited to 59.5 percent of such total approved expenditures, and 52 furthermore, notwithstanding any other provision of law, local 53 claims for reimbursement of costs incurred prior to the 2012-13 54 school year and during the 2012-13 school year that have been 55 approved for payment by the education department as of March 31, 56 2014 shall be the first claims paid from this appropriation. S. 4612--A 63 A. 6720--A 1 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, funds appro- 2 priated herein shall be available for payment of liabilities hereto- 3 fore accrued or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the approval of 4 the director of the budget, such funds shall be available to the 5 department net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements and credits 6 ... 1,042,500,000 ............................... (re. $184,476,000) 7 For services and expenses of the New York state center for school 8 safety for the 2014-15 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall 9 be used to operate a statewide center and shall be subject to an 10 expenditure plan approved by the director of the budget ............ 11 466,000 ............................................. (re. $466,000) 12 For services and expenses of the health education program for the 13 2014-15 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall be available 14 for health-related programs including, but not limited to, those 15 providing instruction and supportive services in comprehensive 16 health education and/or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) 17 education. Of the amounts appropriated herein, $86,000 shall be 18 available for the program previously operated as the school health 19 demonstration program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to 20 the contrary, funds appropriated herein may be suballocated, subject 21 to the approval of the director of the budget, to any state agency 22 or department to accomplish the purpose of this appropriation ...... 23 691,000 ............................................. (re. $691,000) 24 For competitive grants for the 2014-15 school year for extended day 25 programs and school violence prevention programs pursuant to section 26 2814 of the education law provided, however, notwithstanding any 27 inconsistent provisions of law, eligible entities receiving funds 28 for extended day programs may include not-for-profit organizations 29 working in collaboration with a public school or school district ... 30 24,344,000 ....................................... (re. $18,000,000) 31 For aid payable for the 2014-15 school year for support of county 32 vocational education and extension boards pursuant to section 1104 33 of the education law, provided, however, that notwithstanding any 34 inconsistent provision of law, rule, or regulation, any apportion- 35 ment of aid shall be based on a quota amounting to one-half of the 36 salary paid each teacher, director, assistant, and supervisor, where 37 such salary is attributable to a course of study first submitted to 38 the commissioner for approval pursuant to section 1103 of the educa- 39 tion law on or before July 1, 2010, but not to exceed the amount 40 computed by the commissioner based upon an assumed annualized salary 41 equal to ten thousand five hundred dollars per school year on 42 account of the employment of such teacher, director, assistant or 43 supervisor and provided further that payment from this appropriation 44 shall first be made for approved claims for salary expenses for the 45 2014-15 school year, and any amount remaining after payment of such 46 claims shall be available for payment of unpaid claims for prior 47 school years ... 932,000 ............................ (re. $678,000) 48 For services and expenses of the primary mental health project at the 49 children's institute for the 2014-15 school year ................... 50 894,000 ............................................. (re. $671,000) 51 For services and expenses associated with the math and science high 52 schools for the 2014-15 school year in the amount of $1,382,000, 53 provided that such funds shall be allocated equally among those 54 entities that received program funding for the 2007-08 school year 55 ... 1,382,000 ....................................... (re. $867,000) S. 4612--A 64 A. 6720--A 1 For additional grants in aid to certain school districts, public 2 libraries and not-for-profit institutions. Notwithstanding any 3 provision of law this appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant 4 to a plan setting forth.an itemized list of grantees with the amount 5 to be received by each, or the methodology for allocating such 6 appropriation. Such plan shall be subject to the approval of the 7 speaker of the assembly and the director of the budget and thereaft- 8 er shall be included in a resolution calling for the expenditure of 9 such monies, which resolution shall be approved by a majority vote 10 of all members elected to the assembly upon a roll call vote ... 11 23,420,000 ....................................... (re. $13,000,000) 12 For services and expenses of the Marlboro School District ... 13 4,000,000 ......................................... (re. $4,000,000) 14 For services and expenses of the Schenectady School District ... 15 480,000 ............................................. (re. $480,000) 16 Funds appropriated herein shall be available for educational services 17 and expenses of the Syracuse city school district for the say yes to 18 education program ... 350,000 ....................... (re. $350,000) 19 For additional grants in aid to certain school districts, public 20 libraries, and not-for-profit institutions. Notwithstanding any 21 provision of law this appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant 22 to a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees with the amount 23 to be received by each, or the methodology for allocating such 24 appropriation. Such plan shall be subject to the approval of the 25 temporary president of the senate and the director of the budget and 26 thereafter shall be included in a resolution calling for he expendi- 27 ture of such monies, which resolution must be approved by a majority 28 vote of all members elected to the senate upon a roll call vote .... 29 19,050,000 ....................................... (re. $19,050,000) 30 For services and expenses of the center for autism and related disa- 31 bilities at the state university of New York at Albany ............. 32 740,000 ............................................. (re. $740,000) 33 For additional services and expenses for the center for autism and 34 related disabilities at the state university of New York at Albany 35 ... 500,000 ......................................... (re. $500,000) 36 For services and expenses of the summer food program for the 2014-15 37 school year ... 3,049,000 ......................... (re. $3,048,000) 38 Work Force Education. For partial reimbursement of services and 39 expenses per contract hour of work force education conducted by the 40 consortium for worker education (CWE), a private not-for-profit 41 corporation programs approved by the commissioner of education that 42 enable adults who are 21 years of age or older to obtain or retain 43 employment or improve their work skills capacity to enhance their 44 opportunities for increased earnings and advancement ............... 45 11,500,000 ........................................ (re. $5,310,000) 46 For payment of small government assistance to school districts pursu- 47 ant to subdivision 7 of section 3641 of the education law on or 48 before March 31, 2015 upon audit and warrant of the comptroller in 49 the amount that small government assistance was paid to school 50 districts in state fiscal year 2010-11 ............................. 51 1,868,000 ......................................... (re. $1,868,000) 52 For services and expenses of the New York City Community Learning 53 Schools Initiative ... 1,500,000 .................. (re. $1,500,000) 54 For services and expenses of the Council on the Humanities ........... 55 450,000 ............................................. (re. $450,000) S. 4612--A 65 A. 6720--A 1 For services and expenses of national history day .................... 2 100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000) 3 For services and expenses of CNY Arts Inc. ........................... 4 100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000) 5 For services and expenses of Boys and Girls State .................... 6 150,000 ............................................. (re. $150,000) 7 For services and expenses of the Executive Leadership Institute ... 8 475,000 ............................................. (re. $475,000) 9 For purposes of the Just for Kids program at the State University of 10 New York at Albany ... 235,000 ...................... (re. $235,000) 11 For payment of small government assistance to school districts pursu- 12 ant to subdivision 7 of section 3641 of the education law on or 13 before March 31, 2015 upon audit and warrant of the comptroller in 14 the amount that small government assistance was paid to school 15 districts in state fiscal year 2010-11 ... 1,868,000(re. $1,868,000) 16 For services and expenses of the New York City Community Learning 17 Schools Initiative ... 1,500,000 .................. (re. $1,500,000) 18 For services and expenses of the Council on the Humanities ........... 19 450,000 ............................................. (re. $450,000) 20 For services and expenses of national history day .................... 21 100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000) 22 For services and expenses of CNY Arts Inc. ........................... 23 100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000) 24 For services and expenses of Boys and Girls State .................... 25 150,000 ............................................. (re. $150,000) 26 For services and expenses of the Executive Leadership Institute ... 27 475,000 ............................................. (re. $475,000) 28 For purposes of the Just for Kids program at the State University of 29 New York at Albany ... 235,000 ...................... (re. $235,000) 30 For the early college high schools program for the 2014-15 school 31 year, provided, however, that expenditure of funds appropriated 32 herein shall support the continuation and expansion of the early 33 college high schools program pursuant to a plan developed by the 34 commissioner and approved by the director of the budget provided, 35 further, that a portion of the payment to the early college high 36 schools program awarded from this appropriation shall be available 37 on a sliding scale based upon the number of college credits earned 38 annually by participating students consistent with guidelines estab- 39 lished by the commissioner. Provided further that, notwithstanding 40 any provision of law to the contrary, higher education partners 41 participating in an early college high schools program, or the 42 entity/entities responsible for setting tuition at the institution, 43 shall be authorized to set a reduced rate of tuition and/or fees, or 44 to waive tuition and/or fees entirely, for students enrolled in such 45 early college high schools program with no reduction in other state, 46 local or other support for such students earning college credit that 47 such higher education partner would otherwise be eligible to receive 48 ... 2,000,000 ..................................... (re. $2,000,000) 49 For purposes of the Just for Kids program at the State University of 50 New York at Albany ... 235,000 ...................... (re. $235,000) 51 For educational services and expenses for DACA (Deferred Action for 52 Childhood Arrivals) eligible out of school youth and young adults 53 ... 1,000,000 ..................................... (re. $1,000,000) 54 The appropriation made by chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014, is 55 hereby amended and reappropriated to read: S. 4612--A 66 A. 6720--A 1 For the payment of Supplemental Valuation Impact grants IN THE 2014-15 2 SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR 3 SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH HAVE EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL 4 HARDSHIP CREATED BY AN EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE IN THE TAXABLE PROPERTY 5 VALUATION: $2,400,000 SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE UNION-ENDICOTT 6 CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT; $2,400,000 SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE NORTH 7 SHORE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT; AND $500,000 SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE 8 PANAMA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT ... 5,300,000 ...... (re. $5,300,000) 9 For additional school health services grants to [public schools] THE 10 ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT for the 2014-15 school years ........ 11 1,200,000 ......................................... (re. $1,200,000) 12 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, for general support 13 for public schools, for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 state fiscal years, 14 INCLUDING AID FOR THE 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR PAYABLE PURSUANT TO 15 SECTION 3609-D OF THE EDUCATION LAW, provided, however, that not more 16 than [39.78637965] 39.90502308 percent of this appropriation shall be 17 available for payments for the 2014-15 state fiscal year for general 18 support for public schools for the 2014-15 school year, nor more than 19 [18.64636879] 18.13080036 percent of this appropriation shall be 20 available for remaining payments for the 2014-15 school year payable 21 in the 2015-16 state fiscal year and provided further that notwith- 22 standing any inconsistent provision of law, the remaining amounts 23 available for the 2015-16 school year shall be apportioned to school 24 districts pursuant to the education law and subject to the limitations 25 of this appropriation including the gap elimination adjustment as 26 provided for herein. 27 Provided that, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the 28 commissioner shall reduce payments due to each school district for the 29 2014-15 school year pursuant to section 3609-a of the education law by 30 an amount equal to the gap elimination adjustment for the 2014-15 31 school year computed for such school district, and such amount shall 32 be deducted from moneys apportioned for the purposes of payments made 33 pursuant to section 3609-a of the education law and if the reduction 34 is greater than the sum of the amounts available for such deductions, 35 the remainder of the reduction shall be withheld from payments sched- 36 uled to be made to the school district pursuant to section 3609-a for 37 the 2015-16 school year in the 2015-16 state fiscal year, and the 38 commissioner shall also reduce payments due to each school district 39 for the 2015-16 school year pursuant to section 3609-a of the educa- 40 tion law by an amount equal to the gap elimination adjustment for the 41 2015-16 school year computed for such school district, and such amount 42 shall be deducted from moneys apportioned for the purposes of payments 43 made pursuant to section 3609-a of the education law in the 2015-16 44 state fiscal year, and provided further that an amount equal to the 45 amount of such deduction shall be deemed to have been paid to the 46 school district pursuant to section 3602 of the education law for the 47 school year for which such deduction is made. The commissioner shall 48 compute such gap elimination adjustment and shall provide a schedule 49 of such reduction in payments to the state comptroller, the director 50 of the budget, the chair of the senate finance committee and the chair 51 of the assembly ways and means committee, and provided further that 52 the gap elimination adjustment for the 2014-15 school year shall be 53 the sum of the gap elimination adjustment for the 2013-14 school year 54 and the gap elimination adjustment restoration amount for the 2014-15 55 school year, where the gap elimination adjustment for the 2013-14 56 school year shall equal the amount set forth for each school district S. 4612--A 67 A. 6720--A 1 as "GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT" under the heading "2013-14 ESTIMATED 2 AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner 3 of education in support of the enacted budget for the 2013-2014 school 4 year and entitled "SA131-4". 5 Provided further that notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, 6 the gap elimination adjustment restoration amount for the 2014-15 7 school year for a school district shall be computed based on data on 8 file with the commissioner of education and in the database used by 9 the commissioner of education to produce an updated electronic data 10 file in support of the enacted budget for the 2014-15 state fiscal 11 year and entitled "SA141-5" and shall equal the greater of: (i) the 12 product of 14.13 percent [(0,,1413.)'] (0.1413) multiplied by the gap 13 elimination adjustment for the base year or (ii) the positive differ- 14 ence of (a) the product of twenty-nine percent (0.29) multiplied by 15 the absolute value of[,] the amount set forth for such school district 16 as "GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT" under the heading "2011-12 17 ESTIMATED[',]AIDS"['An the::::sthool] IN THE SCHOOL aid computer list- 18 ing produced by the commissioner of education in support of the execu- 19 tive budget request submitted for the 2011-12 state fiscal year and 20 entitled "BT111-2" minus the gap elimination adjustment for the base 21 year or (iii) seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) or (iv) the sum of 22 (A) the product of the FRPL restoration amount multiplied by the base 23 year public school district enrollment as computed pursuant to subpar- 24 agraph 2 of paragraph n of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the educa- 25 tion law multiplied by the three-year average free and reduced price 26 lunch percent, provided further, for the purposes of this appropri- 27 ation the FRPL restoration amount shall equal (1) for a city school 28 district of a city having a population in excess of one hundred twen- 29 ty-five thousand and less than one million, five dollars ($5.00) or 30 (2) for a city school district of a city having a population in excess 31 of one million, one hundred four dollars and forty cents ($104.40) or 32 (3) for all other school districts forty-three dollars ($43.00) and 33 (B) for a school district with (1) a three-year average free and 34 reduced price lunch percent greater than sixty-five percent (0.65)and 35 (2) base year public school district enrollment as computed pursuant 36 to subparagraph 2 of paragraph n of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of 37 the education greater than thirty-five hundred (3,500) and for which 38 (3) the quotient ['of-'] OF (a) the positive difference, if_any, 39 [.the,] OF THE absolute value of the amount set forth for such 40 [;:School a strict 'aS] SCHOOL DISTRICT AS "GAP ELIMINATION ADJUST- 41 MENT" under["] the heading [72011-12] "2011-12 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the 42 school aid[.: computer', sting:.] COMPUTER LISTING produced by the 43 commissioner of education in support[, -or-,] OF the executive budget 44 request submitted for the 2011-12[:,] state fiscal year and entitled 45 "BT111-2" minus the positive difference of the absolute value of the 46 amount set forth for such school district as "GAP ELIMINATION ADJUST- 47 MENT" under the heading "2014-15 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid 48 computer listing produced by the commissioner of education in support 49 of the executive budget request submitted for the 2014-15 state fiscal 50 year and entitled "BT141-5" divided by (b) the absolute value of the 51 amount set forth for such school district as "GAP ELIMINATION['] 52 ADJUSTMENT" under the heading "2011-12 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school 53 aid computer listing produced by the commissioner of education in 54 support of the executive budget request submitted for the 2011-12 55 state fiscal year and entitled "BT111-2" is less than sixty percent 56 (0.60), the product of one hundred and forty-three dollars ($143.00) S. 4612--A 68 A. 6720--A 1 multiplied by the base year public school district enrollment as 2 computed pursuant to subparagraph 2 of paragraph n of subdivision 1 of 3 section 3602 of the education law and (C) for a school district other 4 than a city school district of a city having a population in excess of 5 one million for which the quotient of (a)the positive difference, if 6 any, of the limited English proficient count for the base year minus 7 the limited English proficient count for the 2008-09 school year 8 divided by (b) the limited English proficient count [for...the] FOR 9 THE two thousand eight -- two thousand nine school year is["] greater 10 than five percent (0.05), the product of one thousand-five hundred 11 dollars ($1,500) multiplied by the positive difference, if any of the 12 limited English proficient count[,] for the base year minus the limit- 13 ed English proficient count for the 2008-09 school year multiplied by 14 such districts extraordinary needs percent as computed pursuant to 15 paragraph w of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law and 16 (D) for a school district for which the quotient of the number of 17 persons aged 5 to 17 [Within] WITHIN the school district, based on the 18 most recent [decennial-census] DECENNIAL CENSUS as tabulated by the 19 National Center on Education Statistics, who were enrolled in public 20 schools and whose families had incomes below the poverty level, 21 divided by the total number of persons aged five to seventeen within 22 the school district, based on such decennial census, who were enrolled 23 in public schools, computed to four decimals without rounding is 24 greater than eighteen percent (0.18), the product of four hundred and 25 ninety-five dollars ($495) multiplied by the positive difference, if 26 any of the base year public school district enrollment as computed 27 pursuant to subparagraph two of paragraph n of subdivision 1 of 28 section 3602 of the education law minus the 2010-11 public school 29 district enrollment, as computed pursuant to subparagraph 2 of para- 30 graph n of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law and (E) 31 for a school district for which (1) the quotient of the 2013-14 gap 32 elimination adjustment divided by the total general fund expenditures 33 for such district for the base year exceeds five percent (0.05), the 34 product of ninety dollars ($90.00) multiplied by the base year public 35 school district enrollment, as computed pursuant to paragraph n of 36 subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law and (F) for school 37 districts for which the quotient of non public school district enroll- 38 ment divided by the sum of the non public school district enrollment 39 and the base[:]year['] public school district enrollment as computed 40 pursuant to subparagraph 2 of paragraph n of subdivision 1 of section 41 [3,602] 3602 of the education law is greater than twenty-five 42 hundredths [0;25)] (0.25), the product of (1) the quotient of non 43 public [School] SCHOOL district enrollment divided by the sum of the 44 non public school district enrollment and the base year public 45 [School] SCHOOL district enrollment as computed pursuant to subpara- 46 graph[,] 2 paragraph n of subdivision one of section 3602 of the 47 education["] law multiplied by (2) the extraordinary needs percent as 48 computed pursuant to paragraph w of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of 49 the education law multiplied by (3) the base year public school 50 district enrollment as computed pursuant to subparagraph 2 of para- 51 graph n of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law multi- 52 plied by (4) three hundred and fifty dollars ($350.00) and (G) for 53 school districts that: (1) were designated as average need pursuant to 54 clause (c) of subparagraph 2 of paragraph c of subdivision 6 of 55 section 3602 of the education law for the school aid computer listing 56 produced by the commissioner of education in support of the enacted S. 4612--A 69 A. 6720--A 1 budget for the 2007-08 school year and entitled "SA0708" and (2) a 2 combined wealth ratio computed pursuant to subparagraph one of para- 3 graph c of subdivision 3 of section 3602 of the education law of less 4 than one (1.0) or for a school district designated as high need [urban 5 suburban] URBAN-SUBURBAN pursuant to clause (c) of subparagraph 2 of 6 paragraph c of subdivision 6 of section [3.602] 3602 of the education 7 law for the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner 8 of education in support of the enacted budget for the 2007-08 school 9 year and entitled "SA0708", the product of fifty-one dollars ($51.00) 10 multiplied by the base year public [,]school district enrollment as 11 computed pursuant to subparagraph two of paragraph n of subdivision 1 12 of section 3602 of [t1e '] THE education law and (H) for a school 13 district designated as rural[.] high need pursuant to clause (c) of 14 subparagraph 2 of paragraph c of subdivision 6 of section 3602 OF the 15 education law for the school aid computer listing[:] produced by the 16 commissioner of education in support[.. o] OF the enacted budget for 17 the 2007-08 school year and entitled "SA0708", the product of two 18 hundred dollars ($200.00) multiplied by the base year public school 19 district enrollment as computed pursuant to subparagraph two of para- 20 graph n of subdivision [':.]1 of section 3602 of the education law and 21 (I) for school districts that were designated as small city school 22 districts or central school districts whose boundaries include a 23 portion of a small city for the school aid computer listing produced 24 by the commissioner of education in support of the enacted budget for 25 the 2014-15 school year and entitled "SA1415" the product of twenty- 26 five dollars ($25.00) multiplied by the base year public school 27 district enrollment as computed pursuant to subparagraph two of para- 28 graph n of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law and for 29 school districts for which the quotient, computed [']to two decimals 30 without rounding, of the public school enrollment of the school 31 district on the date enrollment was counted for the base year divided 32 by the square miles of the district, as determined by the commissioner 33 of education is less than two hundred and fifty (250), the product of 34 sixteen dollars ($16.00) multiplied by the base year public school 35 district enrollment as computed pursuant to subparagraph 2 of para- 36 graph n of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law and (J) 37 For a district for which (1) the quotient, computed to two decimals 38 without rounding, of the public school enrollment of the school 39 district on the date enrollment was counted for the base year divided 40 by the square miles of the district, as determined by the commissioner 41 of education is greater than eight hundred (800) and (2) the tax 42 effort ratio, as defined in subdivision 16 [of-section] OF SECTION 43 3602 of the education law is greater than four and (3) the base year 44 public school district enrollment as computed pursuant to subparagraph 45 2 of paragraph n of subdivision [I] 1 of section [1 360.2] 3602 OF the 46 education law is greater than the 2010-11[.] public school district 47 enrollment as computed [16] pursuant to subparagraph 2 of paragraph n 48 of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law, the product of 49 two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) multiplied by the base year 50 public school district enrollment as [computed-pursuant] COMPUTED 51 PURSUANT to subparagraph 2 of paragraph n of subdivision 1 of section 52 3602 of the education law, provided that such amount shall not exceed 53 one million dollars ($1,000,000) and (K) For school districts that 54 were: (1) designated as low or average need pursuant to clause (c) of 55 subparagraph 2 of paragraph c of subdivision six of section 3602 of 56 the education [20] law for the school aid computer listing produced by S. 4612--A 70 A. 6720--A 1 the commissioner of education in support of the enacted budget for the 2 2007-08 SCHOOL YEAR and entitled "SA0708", or in the case of a reor- 3 ganized district that had a predecessor district that was so desig- 4 nated and (2) designated as high need pursuant to the regulations of 5 the commissioner of education in the most recently available study 6 included in the school aid computer listing produced by the commis- 7 sioner of education in support of the enacted budget for the 2013-14 8 state fiscal year and entitled "SA131-4" known as the 2008 need 9 resource capacity category code, the product of (a) the positive 10 difference, if any, of the absolute value of the amount set forth for 11 such school district as "GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT" under the heading 12 "2011-12 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced 13 by the commissioner of education in support of the executive budget 14 request submitted for the 2011-12 state fiscal year and entitled 15 "BT111-2", minus [theorbduct] THE PRODUCT of six and eight tenths 16 percent (0.068): multiplied by the ['']total general fund expenditures 17 of such district for the 2010-11 school year, multiplied by (b) 18 fifty-five hundredths [A0.55)] (0.55) and (L) the amount set forth 19 [by] FOR such school district as "GEA RESTORATION['.'-]" under the 20 [he4ding12014-15] HEADING "2014-15 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid 21 [']computer listing produced by the commissioner of education in[,] 22 support of the executive budget request submitted for the 2014-15 23 state fiscal year and entitled "BT141-5". Provided further, notwith- 24 standing any provision of law to the contrary, that a district's gap 25 elimination adjustment restoration for the 2014-15 school year shall 26 not exceed the product of seventy percent (0.70) and the gap elimi- 27 nation adjustment for the base year for the district. [Provided 28 further that the gap elimination adjustment restoration amount for the 29 2015-16 school year and thereafter shall equal the product of the gap 30 elimination percentage for such district and the gap elimination 31 adjustment restoration allocation established pursuant to subdivision 32 18 of section 3602 of the education law.] 33 Provided further that the gap elimination adjustment restoration amount 34 for the 2015-2016 school year [and thereafter] shall equal [the prod- 35 uct of the gap elimination percentage for such district and] the gap 36 elimination adjustment restoration allocation established pursuant to 37 subdivision 18 of section 3602 of the education law. 38 Provided further that the gap elimination adjustment for the 2015-16 39 school year shall be equal to the gap elimination adjustment for the 40 2014-15 school year, [plus, if the preliminary growth amount exceeds 41 the allowable growth amount, the product of the gap elimination 42 adjustment percentage for such school district and the positive 43 difference, if any, between the preliminary growth amount less the 44 allowable growth amount, and] less the gap elimination adjustment 45 restoration amount for the 2015-16 school year, if any, allocated 46 pursuant to a chapter of the laws of New York. 47 Provided further that, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of 48 law, for the 2014-2015 school year, in lieu of the apportionment 49 computed pursuant to subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education 50 law, a school district, other than a special act school district as 51 defined in subdivision [6] 8 of section 4001 of the education law, 52 from funds appropriated herein shall be eligible for total foundation 53 aid equal to the sum of the total foundation aid base computed pursu- 54 ant to paragraph j of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education 55 law, plus the phase-in foundation increase factor, which shall equal 56 for the 2014-15 school year: (1) for a city school district in a city S. 4612--A 71 A. 6720--A 1 having a population of one million or more, four and thirty-two 2 hundredths percent(0.0432) or (2) for a school district other than a 3 city school district having a population of one million or more for 4 which (A) the quotient of the positive difference of the foundation 5 formula aid minus the foundation aid base computed pursuant to para- 6 graph j of subdivision one of this section divided by the foundation 7 formula aid is greater than twenty-two percent (0.22) and (B) a 8 combined wealth ratio less than thirty-five hundredths (0.35), seven 9 percent (0.07) or (3) for all other school districts, four and thir- 10 ty-one hundredths percent (0.0431), provided further that, notwith- 11 standing any inconsistent provision of law, for the 2014-15 school 12 year a city school district of a city having a population of one 13 million or more may use amounts apportioned pursuant to this subdivi- 14 sion for afterschool programs. 15 Provided further that notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, 16 no school district shall be eligible for an apportionment of general 17 support for public schools from the funds appropriated herein for the 18 2014-15 school year [or 2015-16 school year] in excess of the amount 19 apportioned to such school district in the base year, as defined in 20 subdivision 1 of section 3602 of education law, unless such school 21 district has submitted documentation that has been approved by the 22 commissioner of education by September 1 of the current year, as 23 defined in subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law, demon- 24 strating that it has fully implemented the standards and procedures 25 for conducting annual professional performance reviews of classroom 26 teachers and building principals in accordance with the requirements 27 of section 3012-c of the education law and the commissioner of 28 education's regulations, and provided further that, any apportionment 29 withheld pursuant to this appropriation shall not occur prior to April 30 1 of the current year and shall not have any effect on the base year 31 calculation for use in the subsequent school year. 32 Provided further that, if any payments of ineligible amounts pursuant to 33 THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING PARAGRAPH OF this appropriation were made, 34 and the school district has not submitted documentation that has been 35 approved by the commissioner of education by September 1 of the 36 current school year demonstrating that it has fully implemented the 37 standards and procedures for conducting annual professional perform- 38 ance reviews of classroom teachers and building principals in accord- 39 ance with the requirements of section 3012-c of the education law and 40 the regulations of the commissioner of education, the total amount of 41 such payments shall be deducted from future payments to the school 42 district; provided further that, if the amount of the deduction is 43 greater than the sum of the amounts available for such deductions in 44 the applicable school year, the remainder of the deduction shall be 45 withheld from payments from funds appropriated herein scheduled to be 46 made to the school district pursuant to section 3609-a of the educa- 47 tion law for the subsequent school year. 48 PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF 49 LAW, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE INCREMENTAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN 50 ACHIEVE MAXIMUM EDUCATION IMPACT, AND IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE 51 PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAXIMIZE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN 52 TEACHING THROUGH ACCOUNTABILITY, A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE 53 FOR ANY APPORTIONMENT OF GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INCLUDING 54 FROM THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN, FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR IN 55 EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT APPORTIONED TO SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE BASE 56 YEAR, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION S. 4612--A 72 A. 6720--A 1 LAW, IF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING A 2 PLAN ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT HAS 3 BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER BY SEPTEMBER 1 OF THE CURRENT YEAR, 4 AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, 5 DEMONSTRATING THAT IT HAS FULLY IMPLEMENTED AT A MINIMUM THE FOLLOWING 6 STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORM- 7 ANCE REVIEWS OF CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND BUILDING PRINCIPALS TO DETER- 8 MINE TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL EFFECTIVENESS THAT PROVIDE FOR: (I) STATE 9 ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER COMPARABLE MEASURES OF STUDENT GROWTH WHICH 10 SHALL COMPRISE 50 PERCENT OF THE EVALUATION AND WHICH SHALL BE 11 PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN REGULATIONS AND REQUIRE THAT ANY 12 COMPARABLE MEASURES OF STUDENT GROWTH BE MEASURED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, 13 PROVIDED THAT THE EVALUATION SHALL CONTAIN NO LOCALLY SELECTED MEAS- 14 URES OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT SUBCOMPONENT; (II) SUBJECTIVE MEASURES OF 15 EFFECTIVENESS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER WHICH SHALL 16 COMPRISE 50 PERCENT OF THE EVALUATION AND BE LOCALLY DEVELOPED, 17 PROVIDED THAT (A) AT LEAST 35 PERCENT OF THE EVALUATION SHALL BE BASED 18 ON AT LEAST ONE UNANNOUNCED OBSERVATION BY AN INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR, 19 WHICH MAY INCLUDE A BUILDING PRINCIPAL OR ADMINISTRATOR FROM OUTSIDE 20 OF THE SCHOOL, A TRAINED EVALUATOR FROM A LIST DETERMINED BY THE 21 COMMISSIONER, OR APPOINTED FACULTY AT A STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 22 OR CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND (B) THE REMAIN- 23 ING PERCENTAGE OF THE EVALUATION SHALL BE BASED ON AT LEAST ONE UNAN- 24 NOUNCED OBSERVATION BY AN ADMINISTRATOR OR PRINCIPAL FROM THE SAME 25 SCHOOL; AND (III) A SCORING RUBRIC WHICH ENSURES THAT IT IS POSSIBLE 26 TO RECEIVE ANY ONE OF FOUR RATINGS LIMITED TO HIGHLY EFFECTIVE, EFFEC- 27 TIVE, DEVELOPING AND INEFFECTIVE, WITH EXPLICIT MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM 28 SCORING RANGES FOR EACH CATEGORY AND WITH SCORING BANDS FOR THE STATE 29 ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER COMPARABLE MEASURES SUBCOMPONENT AND THE OTHER 30 MEASURES OF TEACHER AND LEADER EFFECTIVENESS SUBCOMPONENT AS SET BY 31 THE DEPARTMENT IN REGULATIONS, PROVIDED THAT IF A CLASSROOM TEACHER OR 32 BUILDING PRINCIPAL RECEIVES AN INEFFECTIVE RATING ON ANY ONE OF THESE 33 SUBCOMPONENTS, THE HIGHEST OVERALL COMPOSITE RATING HE OR SHE MAY 34 RECEIVE IS DEVELOPING. 35 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN ORDER TO ENSURE 36 THAT THE INCREMENTAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN ACHIEVE MAXIMUM EDUCA- 37 TION IMPACT, AND IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAXIMIZE 38 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING THROUGH ACCOUNT- 39 ABILITY, OFFER STUDENTS ALTERNATIVES TO LOW- PERFORMING AND FAILING 40 SCHOOLS AND ARE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY ADMINISTERED, A SCHOOL 41 DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY APPORTIONMENT OF GENERAL SUPPORT 42 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INCLUDING FROM THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN, FOR 43 THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT APPORTIONED TO SUCH 44 SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE BASE YEAR, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION 1 OF 45 SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, IF (I) THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET 46 HAS NOTIFIED THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION IN WRITING THAT BY MARCH 31 47 OF THE BASE YEAR THE LEGISLATURE HAS ENACTED A CHAPTER OR CHAPTERS OF 48 LAW IDENTICAL TO LEGISLATION SUBMITTED BY THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO 49 ARTICLE VII OF THE NEW YORK CONSTITUTION AS LEGISLATIVE BILL NUMBERS 50 S.2010-A AND A.3010-A, AND (II) ALL OTHER APPLICABLE ELIGIBILITY 51 CRITERIA AND CONDITIONS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUCH LEGISLATION HAVE 52 BEEN MET. 53 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, IF ANY PAYMENTS OF INELIGIBLE AMOUNTS PURSUANT TO 54 THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING TWO PARAGRAPHS OF THIS APPROPRIATION WERE 55 MADE, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUCH PAYMENTS SHALL BE DEDUCTED FROM FUTURE 56 PAYMENTS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, IF THE AMOUNT S. 4612--A 73 A. 6720--A 1 OF THE DEDUCTION IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF THE AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR 2 SUCH DEDUCTIONS IN THE APPLICABLE SCHOOL YEAR, THE REMAINDER OF THE 3 DEDUCTION SHALL BE WITHHELD FROM PAYMENTS FROM FUNDS APPROPRIATED 4 HEREIN SCHEDULED TO BE MADE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW FOR THE SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEAR. PROVIDED, 6 HOWEVER, THAT THE SUM OF THE INELIGIBLE AMOUNTS PURSUANT TO THE IMME- 7 DIATELY PRECEDING TWO PARAGRAPHS OF THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL NOT BE 8 GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT BY WHICH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S APPORTIONMENT 9 OF GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED 10 HEREIN FOR THE APPLICABLE SCHOOL YEAR WOULD OTHERWISE EXCEED THE 11 AMOUNT APPORTIONED TO SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE PRIOR SCHOOL YEAR. 12 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY APPORTIONMENT WITHHELD PURSUANT TO THIS 13 APPROPRIATION SHALL NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE BASE YEAR CALCULATION 14 FOR USE IN THE SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEAR. 15 Provided further that notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, 16 expenditures from a school district's smart schools allocation, as 17 authorized in a chapter of the laws of 2014 implementing the smart 18 schools bond act of 2014, shall not be eligible for an apportionment 19 of the funds appropriated herein. 20 Provided further that notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, 21 for the purposes of this appropriation and of calculating the alloca- 22 ble growth amount for the 2014-15 school year pursuant to paragraph gg 23 of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law, the allowable 24 growth amount shall equal the sum of (i) the product of the positive 25 difference of the personal income growth index minus one, multiplied 26 by the statewide total of the sum of (1) the apportionments, including 27 the gap elimination adjustment, due and owing during the base year to 28 school districts and boards of cooperative educational services from 29 the general support for public schools as computed based on an elec- 30 tronic data file used to produce the school aid computer listing 31 produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted budget for the 32 base year plus (2) the competitive awards amount for the base year, 33 and (ii) $388,000,000 to support increased foundation aid and gap 34 elimination adjustment restoration for the 2014-15 school year. 35 Provided further that notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 36 contrary, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS APPROPRIATION AND OF CALCULATING 37 THE ALLOCABLE GROWTH AMOUNT FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO 38 PARAGRAPH GG OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, 39 the allowable growth amount for the 2015-16 school year shall equal 40 THE SUM OF (1) the product of the positive difference of the personal 41 income growth index minus one, multiplied by the statewide total of 42 (i) the apportionments, including the gap elimination adjustment, due 43 and owing during the base year, to school districts and boards of 44 cooperative educational services from the general support for public 45 schools as computed based on an electronic data file used to produce 46 the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in 47 support of the enacted budget for the base year, excluding any such 48 apportionments [paid or to be paid from funds] appropriated for such 49 purpose from the commercial gaming revenue fund plus (ii) the compet- 50 itive awards amount for the base year [computed pursuant to paragraph 51 ee of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law], AND (2) 52 $687,000,000. 53 Provided further that notwithstanding any provision of law to the 54 contrary, the competitive awards amount for purposes of calculating 55 the allocable growth amount shall be fifty million dollars for the 56 2015-16 school year. S. 4612--A 74 A. 6720--A 1 Provided further that notwithstanding any provision of law to the 2 contrary, for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years, the apportionments 3 computed pursuant to subdivision 5-a of section 3602 of the education 4 law shall equal the amounts set forth for such school district as 5 "SUPPLEMENTAL PUB EXCESS COST" under the heading "2013-14 ESTIMATED 6 AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner 7 of education in support of the budget for the 2014-15 school year and 8 entitled "SA141-5" and that for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years 9 the apportionments computed pursuant to subdivisions 12 and 16 of 10 section 3602 shall equal the amounts set forth for such school 11 district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT" and "HIGH TAX AID" under the head- 12 ing "2014-15 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer listing 13 produced by the commissioner of education in support of the budget for 14 the 2014-15 school year and entitled "SA141-5". 15 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 16 CONTRARY, FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE 17 ELIGIBLE FOR AN APPORTIONMENT COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3602-E OF 18 THE EDUCATION LAW EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR SUCH SCHOOL 19 DISTRICT AS "UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN" UNDER THE HEADING "2014-15 20 ESTIMATED AIDS" IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE 21 COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION IN SUPPORT OF THE BUDGET FOR THE 2014-15 22 SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED "SA141-5". 23 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW, EACH BOARD 24 OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES RECEIVING A PAYMENT PURSUANT TO 25 SECTION 3609-D OF THE EDUCATION LAW IN THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL 26 BE REQUIRED TO SET ASIDE FROM SUCH PAYMENT AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN THE 27 AMOUNT OF STATE AID RECEIVED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION 5 OF SECTION 1950 28 OF THE EDUCATION LAW IN THE BASE YEAR THAT WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COOPER- 29 ATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENTS (CO-SERS) FOR CAREER EDUCATION, AS DETER- 30 MINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, AND SHALL BE REQUIRED TO USE 31 SUCH AMOUNT TO SUPPORT CAREER EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE CURRENT YEAR. 32 Provided further that notwithstanding any provision of law to the 33 contrary, in determining the final payment for the state fiscal year 34 pursuant to section 3609-a of the education law, the general support 35 for public schools appropriations for the state fiscal year ending 36 March 31, 2016 shall be deemed to include the portion of this appro- 37 priation made available for 2014-15 state fiscal year payments for 38 general support for public schools as provided for herein added to the 39 sum of other such designated appropriated amounts, and the director of 40 the budget, in approving the final payment for the state fiscal year 41 pursuant to clause (iii) of subparagraph (3) of paragraph b of subdi- 42 vision 1 of section 3609-a of the education law, may direct the 43 commissioner of education to apportion an advance in an amount less 44 than that reported by the commissioner of education pursuant to such 45 clause (iii) of subparagraph (3) of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of 46 section 3609-a of the education law, and provided further that FOR THE 47 2014-15 STATE FISCAL YEAR such reduction shall not exceed the sum of 48 (1) the amount by which the 2014-15 state fiscal year need computed 49 based on the electronic data file used to produce the school aid 50 computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of the 51 enacted budget for the 2014-15 state fiscal year and entitled 52 "SA141-5" is less than the amount appropriated for payments for the 53 2014-15 state fiscal year for general support for public schools, (2) 54 any amounts withheld in the 2014-15 fiscal year from school districts 55 that have not submitted documentation that has been approved by the 56 commissioner of education by September 1 of the 2014-15 school year S. 4612--A 75 A. 6720--A 1 demonstrating that it has fully implemented the standards and proce- 2 dures for conducting annual professional performance reviews of class- 3 room teachers and building principals in accordance with the require- 4 ments of section 3012-c of the education law and the commissioner of 5 education's regulations and (3) $91,700,000; AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT 6 FOR THE 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR SUCH REDUCTION SHALL NOT EXCEED THE 7 SUM OF (1) THE AMOUNT BY WHICH THE 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR NEED 8 COMPUTED BASED ON THE ELECTRONIC DATA FILE USED TO PRODUCE THE SCHOOL 9 AID COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE 10 ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR IS LESS THAN THE 11 AMOUNT APPROPRIATED FOR PAYMENTS FOR THE 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR FOR 12 GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, (2) ANY AMOUNTS WITHHELD IN THE 13 2015-16 FISCAL YEAR DUE TO LACK OF THE NOTIFICATION OF ENACTMENT OF A 14 CHAPTER OR CHAPTERS OF LAW IDENTICAL TO LEGISLATION SUBMITTED BY THE 15 GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO ARTICLE VII OF THE NEW YORK CONSTITUTION AS 16 LEGISLATIVE BILL NUMBERS S.2010-A AND A.3010-A AND THE FAILURE TO MEET 17 ALL OTHER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND CONDITIONS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO 18 SUCH LEGISLATION, AND (3) ANY AMOUNTS WITHHELD IN THE 2015-16 FISCAL 19 YEAR FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE NOT SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION THAT 20 HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION BY SEPTEMBER 1, 21 2015 DEMONSTRATING THAT THEY HAVE FULLY IMPLEMENTED THE STANDARDS AND 22 PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEWS OF 23 CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND BUILDING PRINCIPALS AS SET FORTH IN THIS APPRO- 24 PRIATION. 25 Provided further that, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of 26 law, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, funds 27 appropriated herein may be interchanged with any other item of appro- 28 priation for general support for public schools within the general 29 fund local assistance account office of prekindergarten through grade 30 twelve education program. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 31 contrary, funds appropriated herein shall be available for payment of 32 liabilities heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue. 33 Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, funds 34 appropriated herein shall be available for payment of financial 35 assistance net of any disallowances, refunds, reimbursement and cred- 36 its, and may be suballocated to other departments and agencies to 37 accomplish the intent of this appropriation subject to the approval of 38 the director of the budget. Notwithstanding any provision of law to 39 the contrary, the portion of this appropriation covering fiscal year 40 2014-15 shall supersede and replace any appropriation for this item 41 covering fiscal year 2014-15 set forth in chapter 53 of the laws of 42 2013. Notwithstanding section 40 of the state finance law or any 43 provision of law to the contrary, this appropriation shall lapse on 44 March 31, 2016 ....................................................... 45 [30,344,968,000] 30,254,748,000 ................ (re. $18,181,583,827) 46 For phase-in of a five-year plan to implement a statewide universal 47 full-day prekindergarten program in accordance with section 3602-ee 48 of the education law, for the purpose of incentivizing and funding 49 state-of-the-art innovative pre-kindergarten[,] programs and to 50 encourage program creativity through competition, provided that of 51 the amounts appropriated herein, three hundred forty million dollars 52 ($340,000,000) PER YEAR shall be available to reimburse school 53 districts and/or eligible entities for the cost of awarded[,] 54 programs operating in the 2014-15 THROUGH 2016-17 school [year] 55 YEARS [and three hundred forty million dollars ($340;000,000) shall 56 be available to reimburse school districts and/or eligible entities S. 4612--A 76 A. 6720--A 1 for the cost of awarded programs operating in the 2015-16 school 2 year]; provided further that if the program is oversubscribed in any 3 region or regions of the state, the department shall notify the 4 division of the budget, which shall develop a plan for distribution 5 of available slots within any oversubscribed regions; provided 6 further that, of the annual amount appropriated herein, the 7 subscription for the [new] NEW York [city] CITY region is three 8 hundred million dollars ($300,000,000); provided further that up to 9 25 percent of a school district's and/or eligible entity's awarded 10 funds shall be made available in the final quarter of the year in 11 which services are provided as an advance on subsequent school year 12 liabilities; provided further that funds appropriated herein shall 13 only be awarded to school districts and/or eligible entities which 14 meet requirements provided for in section 3602-ee of the education 15 law[;]. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF 16 SECTION 3602-EE OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO THE CONTRARY, PROVIDERS 17 AWARDED ONE-TIME START-UP SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS PURSUANT TO A REQUEST 18 FOR PROPOSALS PROCESS ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 19 FOR THE 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ALL SUCH FUNDS 20 FOR THE 2015-2016 SCHOOL YEAR TO THE EXTENT SUCH SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS 21 ARE USED FOR (1) NEW AND/OR CONVERSION UNIVERSAL FULL-DAY PRE-KIN- 22 DERGARTEN SLOTS, INCLUDING THE INCREMENTAL ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR 23 EXISTING SLOTS WITH CERTIFIED TEACHERS, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION 14 24 OF SECTION 3602-EE OF THE EDUCATION LAW IN THE 2015-2016 SCHOOL 25 YEAR, OR (2) THE INCREMENTAL ADDITIONAL AWARD PER PUPIL ASSOCIATED 26 WITH CERTIFIED TEACHERS. 27 Provided further that the commissioner of education shall evaluate 28 applications and make awards on a competitive basis based on merit 29 and factors including but not limited to (i) curriculum, (ii) family 30 engagement, (iii) learning environment, (iv) staffing patterns, (v) 31 teacher education and experience, (vi) facility quality, (vii) phys- 32 ical well-being, health and nutrition, (viii) partnerships, and (ix) 33 student and community need, in order to ensure quality of early 34 childhood education. 35 Provided further that funds appropriated herein shall only be used to 36 supplement and not supplant current local expenditure's [3.]of 37 [:]federal, state or local funds on prekindergarten programs and the 38 number of [Placements] PLACEMENTS in such programs from such sources 39 and that current local expenditures shall include any local expendi- 40 tures of federal, state or local funds used to supplement or extend 41 services provided directly or via contract to eligible children 42 enrolled in a universal pre-kindergarten program in accordance with 43 section 3602-e[e] of the education law. Notwithstanding any 44 provision of law to the contrary, the funds appropriated herein 45 shall only be available for a statewide universal full-day pre-kin- 46 dergarten program and, as of July 1, 2016, may be suballocated or 47 transferred to any other appropriation for the sole purpose of 48 administering such program. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO 49 THE CONTRARY, PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES FOR FEWER THAN 180 DAYS 50 WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION 16 OF SECTION 51 3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW. Notwithstanding section 40 of the state 52 finance law or any provision of law to the contrary, this appropri- 53 ation shall remain in full force and effect to[.] the maximum extent 54 allowed by law ... [$]1,500,000,000 ........... (re. $1,500,000,000) 55 For services and expenses of a $490,000 2014-15 school year program 56 for mentoring and tutoring OPERATED BY THE HILLSIDE WORK-SCHOLARSHIP S. 4612--A 77 A. 6720--A 1 CONNECTION PROGRAM, WHICH IS based on model programs proven to be 2 effective in producing outcomes that include, but are not limited 3 to, improved graduation rates, provided that such services shall be 4 provided to students in one or more city school districts located in 5 a city having a population in excess of 125,000 and less than 6 1,000,000 inhabitants [provided further that such program will be 7 operated by a community based organization] ........................ 8 490,000 ............................................. (re. $490,000) 9 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013: 10 For services and expenses of remaining obligations of a $10,220,000 11 teacher resources and computer training centers program for the 12 2012-13 school year ... 3,066,000 ................... (re. $249,000) 13 Funds appropriated herein shall be available for services and expenses 14 of a $14,260,000 teacher resources and computer training center 15 program for the 2013-14 school year ................................ 16 9,982,000 ............................................ (re. $47,000) 17 For nonpublic school aid payable in the 2013-14 state fiscal year. 18 Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the 19 contrary, the amount appropriated herein represents the maximum 20 amount payable during the 2013-14 state fiscal year ................ 21 94,016,000 .......................................... (re. $197,000) 22 For aid payable for the 2011-12 school year for additional nonpublic 23 school aid. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, funds 24 appropriated herein shall be available for payment of aid heretofore 25 accrued and hereafter to accrue ... 34,549,000 .... (re. $2,249,000) 26 For academic intervention for nonpublic schools based on a plan to be 27 developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the 28 director of the budget ... 922,000 .................. (re. $922,000) 29 For services and expenses of Safety Equipment for Nonpublic Schools 30 ... 4,500,000 ..................................... (re. $1,435,000) 31 For services and expenses of the New York state center for school 32 safety for the 2013-14 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall 33 be used to operate a statewide center and shall be subject to an 34 expenditure plan approved by the director of the budget ............ 35 466,000 ............................................. (re. $466,000) 36 For services and expenses of the health education program for the 37 2013-14 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall be available 38 for health-related programs including, but not limited to, those 39 providing instruction and supportive services in comprehensive 40 health education and/or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) 41 education. Of the amounts appropriated herein, $86,000 shall be 42 available for the program previously operated as the school health 43 demonstration program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to 44 the contrary, funds appropriated herein may be suballocated, subject 45 to the approval of the director of the budget, to any state agency 46 or department to accomplish the purpose of this appropriation ... 47 691,000 ............................................. (re. $621,000) 48 For costs associated with schools for the blind and deaf and other 49 students with disabilities subject to article 85 of the education 50 law, including state aid for blind and deaf pupils in certain insti- 51 tutions to be paid for the purposes provided under section 4204-a of 52 the education law for the education of deaf children under 3 years 53 of age, including transfers to the miscellaneous special revenue 54 fund Rome school for the deaf account pursuant to a plan to be S. 4612--A 78 A. 6720--A 1 developed by the commissioner and approved by the director of the 2 budget. 3 Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $84,700,000 shall be avail- 4 able for reimbursement to school districts for the tuition costs of 5 students attending schools for the blind and deaf during the 2012-13 6 school year pursuant to subdivision 2 of section 4204 of education 7 law and subdivision 2 of section 4207 of the education law, up to 8 $3,400,000 shall be available for debt service on capital 9 construction projects financed through the state dormitory authori- 10 ty, and up to $9,000,000 shall be available for remaining allowable 11 purposes. 12 Provided further that, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of 13 law, upon disbursement of funds appropriated for allowances to 14 schools for the blind and deaf in the individuals with disabilities 15 program special revenue funds-federal/aid to localities for purposes 16 of this appropriation, funds appropriated herein shall be reduced in 17 an amount equivalent to such disbursement and the portion of this 18 appropriation so affected shall have no further force or effect. 19 Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, funds appro- 20 priated herein shall be available for payment of liabilities hereto- 21 fore accrued or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the approval of 22 the director of the budget, such funds shall be available to the 23 department net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements and credits 24 ... 97,100,000 .................................... (re. $7,354,000) 25 For July and August programs for school-aged children with handicap- 26 ping conditions pursuant to section 4408 of the education law. 27 Moneys appropriated herein shall be used as follows: (i) for remain- 28 ing base year and prior school years obligations, (ii) for the 29 purposes of subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education law for 30 schools operated under articles 87 and 88 of the education law, and 31 (iii) notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, for 32 payments made pursuant to this appropriation for current school year 33 obligations, provided, however, that such payments shall not exceed 34 70 percent of the state aid due for the sum of the approved tuition 35 and maintenance rates and transportation expense provided for here- 36 in; provided, however, that payment of eligible claims shall be 37 payable in the order that such claims have been approved for payment 38 by the commissioner of education, but in no case shall a single 39 payee draw down more than 45 percent of this appropriation, and 40 provided further that no claim shall be set aside for insufficiency 41 of funds to make a complete payment, but shall be eligible for a 42 partial payment in one year and shall retain its priority date 43 status for subsequent appropriations designated for such purposes. 44 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, 45 funds appropriated herein shall only be available for liabilities 46 incurred prior to July 1, 2014, shall be used to pay 2012-13 school 47 year claims in the first instance, and represent the maximum amount 48 payable during the 2013-14 state fiscal year. Notwithstanding any 49 provision of law to the contrary, funds appropriated herein shall be 50 available for payment of liabilities heretofore accrued or hereafter 51 to accrue and, subject to the approval of the director of the budg- 52 et, such funds shall be available to the department net of disallow- 53 ances, refunds, reimbursements and credits ......................... 54 321,700,000 ....................................... (re. $1,500,000) 55 For the state's share of the costs of the education of preschool chil- 56 dren with disabilities pursuant to section 4410 of the education S. 4612--A 79 A. 6720--A 1 law, provided, however, that up to $1,000,000 of the amount appro- 2 priated herein may be made available for grants awarded through a 3 competitive process to municipalities to enhance their oversight of 4 preschool special education programs and providers. Notwithstanding 5 any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, the amount appro- 6 priated herein shall support a state share of preschool handicapped 7 education costs for the 2012-13 school year limited to 59.5 percent 8 of such total approved expenditures, and furthermore, notwithstand- 9 ing any other provision of law, local claims for reimbursement of 10 costs incurred prior to the 2011-12 school year and during the 11 2011-12 school year that have been approved for payment by the 12 education department as of March 31, 2013 shall be the first claims 13 paid from this appropriation. Notwithstanding any provision of law 14 to the contrary, funds appropriated herein shall be available for 15 payment of liabilities heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue 16 and, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, such 17 funds shall be available to the department net of disallowances, 18 refunds, reimbursements and credits ................................ 19 983,500,000 ......................................... (re. $300,000) 20 For competitive grants for the 2013-14 school year for extended day 21 programs and school violence prevention programs pursuant to section 22 2814 of the education law provided, however, notwithstanding any 23 inconsistent provisions of law, eligible entities receiving funds 24 for extended day programs may include not-for-profit organizations 25 working in collaboration with a public school or school district ... 26 24,344,000 ........................................ (re. $3,787,000) 27 For aid payable for the 2013-14 school year for support of county 28 vocational education and extension boards pursuant to section 1104 29 of the education law, provided, however, that notwithstanding any 30 inconsistent provision of law, rule, or regulation, any apportion- 31 ment of aid shall be based on a quota amounting to one-half of the 32 salary paid each teacher, director, assistant, and supervisor, where 33 such salary is attributable to a course of study first submitted to 34 the commissioner for approval pursuant to section 1103 of the educa- 35 tion law on or before July 1, 2010, but not to exceed the amount 36 computed by the commissioner based upon an assumed annualized salary 37 equal to ten thousand five hundred dollars per school year on 38 account of the employment of such teacher, director, assistant or 39 supervisor and provided further that payment from this appropriation 40 shall first be made for approved claims for salary expenses for the 41 2013-14 school year, and any amount remaining after payment of such 42 claims shall be available for payment of unpaid claims for prior 43 school years ... 932,000 ............................. (re. $86,000) 44 For services and expenses of the primary mental health project at the 45 children's institute for the 2013-14 school year ................... 46 894,000 ............................................. (re. $364,000) 47 For services and expenses associated with the math and science high 48 schools for the 2013-14 school year in the amount of $1,382,000, 49 provided that such funds shall be allocated equally among those 50 entities that received program funding for the 2007-08 school year 51 ... 1,382,000 ....................................... (re. $392,000) 52 Funds appropriated herein shall be available for educational services 53 and expenses of the Syracuse city school district for the say yes to 54 education program ... 350,000 ......................... (re. $2,000) S. 4612--A 80 A. 6720--A 1 For services and expenses of the center for autism and related disa- 2 bilities at the state university of New York at Albany ............. 3 740,000 ............................................. (re. $277,000) 4 For services and expenses of the summer food program for the 2013-14 5 school year ... 3,049,000 ............................. (re. $1,000) 6 For services and expenses of the center for autism and related disa- 7 bilities at the state university of New York at Albany ............. 8 740,000 ............................................. (re. $223,000) 9 For additional aid for the center for autism and related disabilities 10 at the state university of New York at Albany ...................... 11 250,000 ............................................. (re. $200,000) 12 For payment of small government assistance to school districts pursu- 13 ant to subdivision 7 of section 3641 of the education law on or 14 before March 31, 2014 upon audit and warrant of the comptroller in 15 the amount that small government assistance was paid to school 16 districts in state fiscal year 2010-11 ... 1,868,000 .. (re. $1,000) 17 For educational services and expenses for DACA (Deferred Action for 18 Childhood Arrivals) eligible out of school youth and young adults 19 ... 1,000,000 ..................................... (re. $1,000,000) 20 For services and expenses for the Council of the Humanities .......... 21 450,000 ............................................. (re. $450,000) 22 For services and expenses of the New York State Historical Association 23 for National History Day ... 100,000 ................ (re. $100,000) 24 For services and expenses of the Executive Leadership Institute ... 25 150,000 ............................................. (re. $150,000) 26 For additional aid for services and expenses of community learning 27 schools ... 700,000 ................................. (re. $550,000) 28 For services and expenses of the Project Witness Program ............. 29 350,000 ............................................. (re. $350,000) 30 For additional grants in aid to certain school districts, public 31 libraries, and not-for-profit institutions. Notwithstanding any 32 provision of law this appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant 33 to a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees with the amount 34 to be received by each, or the methodology for allocating such 35 appropriation. Such plan shall be subject to the approval of the 36 temporary president of the senate and the director of the budget and 37 thereafter shall be included in a resolution calling for he expendi- 38 ture of such monies, which resolution must be approved by a majority 39 vote of all members elected to the senate upon a roll call vote ... 40 15,109,000 ........................................ (re. $3,050,000) 41 The appropriation made by chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013, is 42 hereby amended and reappropriated to read: 43 For services and expenses of a $490,000 2013-14 school year program 44 for mentoring and tutoring OPERATED BY THE HILLSIDE WORK-SCHOLARSHIP 45 CONNECTION PROGRAM, WHICH IS based on model programs proven to be 46 effective in producing outcomes that include, but are not limited 47 to, improved graduation rates, provided that such services shall be 48 provided to students in one or more city school districts located in 49 a city having a population in excess of 125,000 and less than 50 1,000,000 inhabitants [provided further that such program will be 51 operated by a community based organization] ........................ 52 490,000 ............................................. (re. $490,000) 53 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012: S. 4612--A 81 A. 6720--A 1 Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $84,700,000 shall be avail- 2 able for reimbursement to school districts for the tuition costs of 3 students attending schools for the blind and deaf during the 2011-12 4 school year pursuant to subdivision 2 of section 4204 of education 5 law and subdivision 2 of section 4207 of education law, up to 6 $5,600,000 shall be available for debt service on capital 7 construction projects financed through the state dormitory authori- 8 ty, and up to $9,000,000 shall be available for remaining allowable 9 purposes. 10 Provided further that, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of 11 law, upon disbursement of funds appropriated for allowances to 12 schools for the blind and deaf in the individuals with disabilities 13 program special revenue funds-federal/aid to localities for purposes 14 of this appropriation, funds appropriated herein shall be reduced in 15 an amount equivalent to such disbursement and the portion of this 16 appropriation so affected shall have no further force or effect. 17 Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, funds appro- 18 priated herein shall be available for payment of liabilities hereto- 19 fore accrued or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the approval of 20 the director of the budget, such funds shall be available to the 21 department net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements and credits 22 ... 99,300,000 .................................... (re. $3,540,000) 23 For July and August programs for school-aged children with handicap- 24 ping conditions pursuant to section 4408 of the education law. 25 Moneys appropriated herein shall be used as follows: (i) for remain- 26 ing base year and prior school years obligations, (ii) for the 27 purposes of subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education law for 28 schools operated under articles 87 and 88 of the education law, and 29 (iii) notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, for 30 payments made pursuant to this appropriation for current school year 31 obligations, provided, however, that such payments shall not exceed 32 70 percent of the state aid due for the sum of the approved tuition 33 and maintenance rates and transportation expense provided for here- 34 in; provided, however, that payment of eligible claims shall be 35 payable in the order that such claims have been approved for payment 36 by the commissioner of education, but in no case shall a single 37 payee draw down more than 45 percent of this appropriation, and 38 provided further that no claim shall be set aside for insufficiency 39 of funds to make a complete payment, but shall be eligible for a 40 partial payment in one year and shall retain its priority date 41 status for subsequent appropriations designated for such purposes. 42 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, 43 funds appropriated herein shall only be available for liabilities 44 incurred prior to July 1, 2013, shall be used to pay 2011-12 school 45 year claims in the first instance, and represent the maximum amount 46 payable during the 2012-13 state fiscal year. Notwithstanding any 47 provision of law to the contrary, funds appropriated herein shall be 48 available for payment of liabilities heretofore accrued or hereafter 49 to accrue and, subject to the approval of the director of the budg- 50 et, such funds shall be available to the department net of disallow- 51 ances, refunds, reimbursements and credits ......................... 52 321,700,000 ....................................... (re. $1,500,000) 53 For the state's share of the costs of the education of preschool chil- 54 dren with disabilities pursuant to section 4410 of the education 55 law. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the 56 contrary, the amount appropriated herein shall support a state share S. 4612--A 82 A. 6720--A 1 of preschool handicapped education costs for the 2011-12 school year 2 limited to 59.5 percent of such total approved expenditures, and 3 furthermore, notwithstanding any other provision of law, local 4 claims for reimbursement of costs incurred prior to the 2010-11 5 school year and during the 2010-11 school year that have been 6 approved for payment by the education department as of March 31, 7 2012 shall be the first claims paid from this appropriation. 8 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, funds appro- 9 priated herein shall be available for payment of liabilities hereto- 10 fore accrued or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the approval of 11 the director of the budget, such funds shall be available to the 12 department net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements and credits 13 ... 933,600,000 ..................................... (re. $300,000) 14 For payments to school districts required pursuant to section 3609-g 15 of the education law to reimburse school districts for costs associ- 16 ated with the payment of the metropolitan commuter transportation 17 mobility tax. Pursuant to part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2011, 18 such reimbursement will be made for tax payments made by school 19 districts for periods prior to April 1, 2012 ....................... 20 60,000,000 ........................................ (re. $6,874,000) 21 For nonpublic school aid payable in the 2012-13 state fiscal year. 22 Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the 23 contrary, the amount appropriated herein represents the maximum 24 amount payable during the 2012-13 state fiscal year ................ 25 90,400,000 ............................................ (re. $6,000) 26 For aid payable for additional nonpublic school aid. Notwithstanding 27 any inconsistent provision of law, funds appropriated herein shall 28 be available for payment of aid heretofore accrued and hereafter to 29 accrue provided that, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or 30 regulation to the contrary, the amount appropriated herein repres- 31 ents the maximum amount payable during the 2012-13 state fiscal year 32 ... 26,220,000 ...................................... (re. $163,000) 33 For academic intervention for nonpublic schools based on a plan to be 34 developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the 35 director of the budget ... 922,000 .................. (re. $922,000) 36 For services and expenses of the New York state center for school 37 safety for the 2012-13 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall 38 be used to operate a state-wide center and shall be subject to an 39 expenditure plan approved by the director of the budget ............ 40 466,000 .............................................. (re. $30,000) 41 For services and expenses of the health education program for the 42 2012-13 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall be available 43 for health-related programs including, but not limited to, those 44 providing instruction and supportive services in comprehensive 45 health education and/or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) 46 education. Of the amounts appropriated herein, $86,000 shall be 47 available for the program previously operated as the school health 48 demonstration program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to 49 the contrary, funds appropriated herein may be suballocated, subject 50 to the approval of the director of the budget, to any state agency 51 or department to accomplish the purpose of this appropriation ... 52 691,000 ............................................. (re. $401,000) 53 For competitive grants for the 2012-13 school year for extended day 54 programs and school violence prevention programs pursuant to section 55 2814 of the education law provided, however, notwithstanding any 56 inconsistent provisions of law, eligible entities receiving funds S. 4612--A 83 A. 6720--A 1 for extended day programs may include not-for-profit organizations 2 working in collaboration with a public school or school district ... 3 24,344,000 ........................................ (re. $5,720,000) 4 For aid payable for the 2012-13 school year for support of county 5 vocational education and extension boards pursuant to section 1104 6 of the education law, provided, however, that notwithstanding any 7 inconsistent provision of law, rule, or regulation, any apportion- 8 ment of aid shall be based on a quota amounting to one-half of the 9 salary paid each teacher, director, assistant, and supervisor, where 10 such salary is attributable to a course of study first submitted to 11 the commissioner for approval pursuant to section 1103 of the educa- 12 tion law on or before July 1, 2010, but not to exceed the amount 13 computed by the commissioner based upon an assumed annualized salary 14 equal to ten thousand five hundred dollars per school year on 15 account of the employment of such teacher, director, assistant or 16 supervisor ... 932,000 ............................... (re. $53,000) 17 For services and expenses of the center for autism and related disa- 18 bilities at the state university of New York at Albany ............. 19 490,000 .............................................. (re. $70,000) 20 For additional services and expenses of the center for autism and 21 related disabilities at the state university of New York at Albany 22 ... 250,000 ........................................... (re. $1,000) 23 For additional grants in aid to certain school districts, public 24 libraries, and not-for-profit institutions. Notwithstanding any 25 provision of law this appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant 26 to a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees with the amount 27 to be received by each, or the methodology for allocating such 28 appropriation. Such plan shall be subject to the approval of the 29 speaker of the assembly and the director of the budget and thereaft- 30 er shall be included in a resolution calling for the expenditure of 31 such monies, which resolution must be approved by a majority vote of 32 all members elected to the assembly upon a roll call vote ... 33 9,121,000 ......................................... (re. $9,121,000) 34 For additional grants in aid to certain school districts, public 35 libraries, and not-for-profit institutions. Notwithstanding any 36 provision of law this appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant 37 to a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees with the amount 38 to be received by each, or the methodology for allocating such 39 appropriation. Such plan shall be subject to the approval of the 40 temporary president of the senate and the director of the budget and 41 thereafter shall be included in a resolution calling for the expend- 42 iture of such monies, which resolution must be approved by a majori- 43 ty vote of all members elected to the senate upon a roll call vote 44 ... 20,605,000 .................................... (re. $2,250,000) 45 For purposes of the North Country Cultural Center for the Arts ....... 46 100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000) 47 For purposes of the missing children program ......................... 48 1,000,000 ......................................... (re. $1,000,000) 49 After School Programs for New York City .............................. 50 1,500,000 ......................................... (re. $1,500,000) 51 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011: 52 Funds appropriated herein shall be available for services and expenses 53 of a $20,440,000 teacher resources and computer training centers 54 program for the 2011-12 school year provided that, notwithstanding S. 4612--A 84 A. 6720--A 1 any inconsistent provision of law, subject to the approval of the 2 director of the budget, funds appropriated herein may be inter- 3 changed with any other item of appropriation for general support for 4 public schools within the general fund local assistance account 5 elementary, middle, secondary and continuing education program. 6 Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, 7 funds appropriated herein shall be available for payment of finan- 8 cial assistance net of any disallowances, refunds, reimbursement and 9 credits, and may be suballocated to other departments and agencies 10 to accomplish the intent of this appropriation subject to the 11 approval of the director of the budget. Notwithstanding any 12 provision of law to the contrary, funds appropriated herein shall be 13 available for payment of liabilities hereafter to accrue ... 14 14,308,000 ........................................ (re. $1,093,000) 15 For services and expenses of remaining obligations for the 2010-11 16 school year for support for the operation of targeted prekindergar- 17 ten for those providers not eligible to receive funding pursuant to 18 section 3602-e of the education law and for support for providers 19 continuing to operate such programs in the 2011-12 school year. 20 Such funds shall be expended pursuant to a plan developed by the 21 commissioner of education and approved by the director of the budget 22 ... 1,303,000 ....................................... (re. $978,000) 23 For allowances to schools for the blind and deaf and other students 24 with disabilities subject to article 85 of the education law, 25 including state aid for blind and deaf pupils in certain insti- 26 tutions to be paid for the purposes provided under section 4204-a of 27 the education law for the education of deaf children under 3 years 28 of age, including transfers to the miscellaneous special revenue 29 fund Rome school for the deaf account pursuant to a plan to be 30 developed by the commissioner and approved by the director of the 31 budget. 32 Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $6,651,000 shall be used for 33 debt service on capital construction projects financed through the 34 state dormitory authority, and up to $13,349,000 shall be available 35 for allowances to schools for the blind and deaf for the residential 36 costs of students at such schools and for remaining allowances for 37 the 2010-11 school year. Provided further that, notwithstanding any 38 inconsistent provision of law, upon disbursement of funds appropri- 39 ated for allowances to schools for the blind and deaf in the indi- 40 viduals with disabilities program special revenue funds-federal/aid 41 to localities for purposes of this appropriation, funds appropriated 42 herein shall be reduced in an amount equivalent to such disbursement 43 and the portion of this appropriation so affected shall have no 44 further force or effect. 45 Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, funds appro- 46 priated herein shall be available for payment of liabilities hereto- 47 fore accrued or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the approval of 48 the director of the budget, such funds shall be available to the 49 department net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements and credits 50 ... 20,000,000 ...................................... (re. $382,000) 51 For the state's share of the costs of the education of preschool chil- 52 dren with disabilities pursuant to section 4410 of the education 53 law. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the 54 contrary, the amount appropriated herein shall support a state share 55 of preschool handicapped education costs for the 2010-11 school year 56 limited to 59.5 percent of such total approved expenditures, and S. 4612--A 85 A. 6720--A 1 furthermore, notwithstanding any other provision of law, local 2 claims for reimbursement of costs incurred prior to the 2009-10 3 school year and during the 2009-10 school year that have been 4 approved for payment by the education department as of March 31, 5 2011 shall be the first claims paid from this appropriation. 6 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, funds appro- 7 priated herein shall be available for payment of liabilities hereto- 8 fore accrued or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the approval of 9 the director of the budget, such funds shall be available to the 10 department net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements and credits 11 ... 869,900,000 ..................................... (re. $166,000) 12 For aid payable for the 2011-12 school year for support of county 13 vocational education and extension boards pursuant to section 1104 14 of the education law, provided, however, that notwithstanding any 15 inconsistent provision of law, rule, or regulation, any apportion- 16 ment of aid shall be based on a quota amounting to one-half of the 17 salary paid each teacher, director, assistant, and supervisor, where 18 such salary is attributable to a course of study first submitted to 19 the commissioner for approval pursuant to section 1103 of the educa- 20 tion law on or before July 1, 2010, but not to exceed the amount 21 computed by the commissioner based upon an assumed annualized salary 22 equal to ten thousand five hundred dollars per school year on 23 account of the employment of such teacher, director, assistant or 24 supervisor ... 932,000 ............................... (re. $22,000) 25 For aid payable for additional nonpublic school aid. Notwithstanding 26 any inconsistent provision of law, funds appropriated herein shall 27 be available for payment of aid heretofore accrued and hereafter to 28 accrue provided that, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or 29 regulation to the contrary, the amount appropriated herein repres- 30 ents the maximum amount payable during the 2011-12 state fiscal year 31 ... 26,220,000 ........................................ (re. $6,000) 32 For academic intervention for nonpublic schools based on a plan to be 33 developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the 34 director of the budget ... 922,000 .................. (re. $922,000) 35 For services and expenses of the New York state center for school 36 safety for the 2011-12 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall 37 be used to operate a statewide center and shall be subject to an 38 expenditure plan approved by the director of the budget ............ 39 466,000 ............................................. (re. $366,000) 40 For services and expenses of the health education program for the 41 2011-12 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall be available 42 for health-related programs including, but not limited to, those 43 providing instruction and supportive services in comprehensive 44 health education and/or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) 45 education. Of the amounts appropriated herein, $86,000 shall be 46 available for the program previously operated as the school health 47 demonstration program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to 48 the contrary, funds appropriated herein may be suballocated, subject 49 to the approval of the director of the budget, to any state agency 50 or department to accomplish the purpose of this appropriation ...... 51 691,000 ............................................. (re. $327,000) 52 For competitive grants for the 2011-12 school year for extended day 53 programs and school violence prevention programs pursuant to section 54 2814 of the education law provided, however, notwithstanding any 55 inconsistent provisions of law, eligible entities receiving funds 56 for extended day programs may include not-for-profit organizations S. 4612--A 86 A. 6720--A 1 working in collaboration with a public school or school district ... 2 24,344,000 ....................................... (re. $11,172,000) 3 For the smart scholars early college high school program, provided, 4 however that expenditure of funds herein shall be subject to a 5 payment schedule developed by the commissioner and approved by the 6 director of budget ... 6,000,000 .................. (re. $1,226,000) 7 The appropriation made by chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011, as 8 amended by chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014, is hereby 9 amended and reappropriated to read: 10 For a school district management efficiency awards program. Funds 11 appropriated herein shall be used to provide competitive awards to 12 school districts based on a plan developed by the commissioner and 13 approved by the director of the budget. Provided that such funds may 14 only be awarded to a school district which demonstrates that it has 15 implemented one or more long term efficiencies within two years 16 prior to a response to a request for proposal or during the current 17 school year in school district management, operations, procurement 18 practices or other cost savings measures and will not result in an 19 increase in cost to the state or the locality and: (i) have resulted 20 or will result in a significant reduction in total operating 21 expenses compared to the prior year and/or significant reductions in 22 the administrative component, or the equivalent, of the school 23 district budget and/or transportation operating expenses and/or 24 transportation capital expenses and/or other non-personal service 25 costs included in the program component of the school district budg- 26 et compared to the prior year; and (ii) are expected to result in 27 substantial and recurring cost savings in total operating expenses 28 and/or recurring significant reductions in administrative expendi- 29 tures, or the equivalent, and/or transportation operating expenses 30 and/or transportation capital expenses and/or other non-personal 31 service costs included in the program component of the school 32 district budget in future years; provided further that, a school 33 district that submits documentation that has been approved by the 34 commissioner by September 1 of 2013 and of each school year in which 35 a payment is made from this appropriation demonstrating that it has 36 fully implemented new standards and procedures for conducting annual 37 professional performance reviews of classroom teachers and building 38 principals to determine teacher and principal effectiveness shall 39 receive bonus points in the scoring of its grant application. 40 Provided further that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the 41 contrary, in addition to the competitive awards amount as defined in 42 paragraph ee of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law, 43 a minimum of $37,500,000 shall be available for the payment of grant 44 awards made in the 2013-14 school year, with additional amounts to 45 be made available in the 2014-15 THROUGH 2016-17 state fiscal [year] 46 YEARS as necessary to continue such awards, [and] make an additional 47 round of awards pursuant to subdivision 6-a of section 3641 of the 48 education law in the 2014-15 school year not to exceed the amount 49 awarded in the 2013-14 school year pursuant to such subdivision 6-a, 50 AND MAKE ADDITIONAL MASTER TEACHERS AWARDS TO THE EXTENT THAT THE 51 MASTER TEACHERS PROGRAM AUTHORIZED HEREIN WOULD NOT OTHERWISE EXPEND 52 THE MAXIMUM SCHOOL YEAR AMOUNT AUTHORIZED HEREIN; and such 53 $37,500,000 shall be made available for $12,500,000 of prekindergar- 54 ten grants, $10,000,000 of school-wide extended learning grants, 55 $7,500,000 of community schools grants, $5,500,000 for a master S. 4612--A 87 A. 6720--A 1 teacher program and $2,000,000 for the early college high school 2 program; provided, however, that no school district shall receive 3 any portion of the funds appropriated herein unless it shall have 4 submitted documentation that has been approved by the commissioner 5 by September 1 of 2013 and of each school year in which a payment to 6 such district from this appropriation would otherwise be made demon- 7 strating that it has fully implemented new standards and procedures 8 for conducting annual professional performance reviews of classroom 9 teachers and building principals to determine teacher and principal 10 effectiveness. 11 Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the 12 contrary, the $12,500,000 appropriated herein available for full-day 13 and half-day pre-kindergarten grants shall be awarded, based on a 14 request for proposals developed by the commissioner and approved by 15 the director of the budget, to school districts to establish new 16 full-day and half-day pre-kindergarten placements and/or to convert 17 existing half-day pre-kindergarten placements into full-day place- 18 ments; provided that preference shall be granted for full-day place- 19 ments while ensuring that a portion of grants include half-day 20 placements based on eligible applications; and provided, further, 21 that such grants shall only be used to supplement, not supplant 22 existing pre-kindergarten programs, and provided further, however, 23 that any portion of such $12,500,000 that is not awarded shall 24 remain available for subsequent awards in the 2013-14 school year or 25 for full-day and half-day pre-kindergarten grants to be awarded in 26 subsequent school years. Provided, further, that such grants from 27 funds appropriated herein shall be awarded based on factors includ- 28 ing, but not limited to, the following: (i) measures of school 29 district need, (ii) measures of the need of students to be served by 30 each of the school districts, (iii) the school district's proposal 31 to target the highest need schools and students, (iv) the extent to 32 which the district's proposal would prioritize funds to maximize the 33 total number of eligible children in the district served in pre-kin- 34 dergarten programs, and (v) proposal quality. Provided, however, 35 that full-day and half-day pre-kindergarten grants appropriated 36 herein shall only be available to support programs (i) that provide 37 instruction for at least five hours per school day for full-day 38 pre-kindergarten programs and at least two and one-half hours per 39 school day for half-day pre-kindergarten programs; (ii) that agree 40 to offer instruction consistent with the New York state pre-kinder- 41 garten foundation for the common core standards within three years; 42 (iii) that ensure that, to the extent community-based providers are 43 part of such program, such providers meet the requirements of para- 44 graphs d-1 and d-2 of subdivision 12 of section 3602-e of the educa- 45 tion law; and (iv) that otherwise comply with all of the same rules 46 and requirements as universal pre-kindergarten programs pursuant to 47 section 3602-e of the education law except as modified herein. 48 Provided, further, that a school district's pre-kindergarten grant 49 shall equal the product of (A) (i) two multiplied by the approved 50 number of new full-day pre-kindergarten placements plus (ii) the 51 approved number of half-day pre-kindergarten placement conversions 52 and new half-day pre-kindergarten placements, and (B) the district's 53 selected aid per pre-kindergarten pupil pursuant to subparagraph i 54 of paragraph b of subdivision 10 of section 3602-e of the education 55 law; provided, however, that no district shall receive a grant in 56 excess of the total actual grant expenditures incurred by the S. 4612--A 88 A. 6720--A 1 district in the current school year as approved by the commissioner. 2 Provided, further, that as a condition of eligibility for receipt of 3 such funding, a school district shall agree to adopt approved quali- 4 ty indicators within two years, including, but not limited to, valid 5 and reliable measures of environmental quality, the quality of 6 teacher-student interactions and child outcomes, and ensure that any 7 such assessment of child outcomes shall not be used to make high- 8 stakes educational decisions for individual children. Provided, 9 further, that no school district shall receive more than forty 10 percent of the total pre-kindergarten grant allocation. 11 Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the 12 contrary, the $10,000,000 appropriated herein available for school- 13 wide extended learning grants shall be awarded to school districts 14 or school districts in collaboration with not-for-profit community- 15 based organizations based on responses to a request for proposals 16 for planning and implementation grants that is (i) developed by the 17 commissioner; (ii) approved by the director of the budget; and (iii) 18 issued by the commissioner. Provided, further, that such grants 19 shall be awarded based on factors including, but not limited to, the 20 following: (i) the school district's proposal to target the schools 21 and students with the greatest need, and (ii) proposal quality. 22 Provided, further, that to assess proposal quality in order to award 23 implementation grant funding, the commissioner shall take into 24 account factors including, but not limited to: (i) the extent to 25 which the school district's proposal would maximize the use of the 26 additional learning time through a comprehensive restructuring of 27 the school day and/or year, (ii) the extent to which the proposal 28 would provide additional learning time for students in grades six 29 through eight, and (iii) how the additional learning time would be 30 utilized, including, but not limited to, additional time spent on 31 core academics. Provided, however, that no district shall be eligi- 32 ble to receive a school-wide extended learning grant unless its 33 proposal would increase student learning time by at least 25 34 percent. Provided, further, that a school district's schoolwide 35 extended learning implementation grant shall equal its average daily 36 attendance in the school-wide extended learning program multiplied 37 by the expected cost per pupil of the additional learning time; 38 provided, further, that the expected cost per pupil of the addi- 39 tional learning time shall equal the greater of $1,500 or (A) the 40 quotient of (i) the school district's approved operating expense, 41 pursuant to paragraph t of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the 42 education law, for the year prior to the base year, divided by (ii) 43 the district's public school district enrollment, pursuant to 44 subparagraph (2) of paragraph n of such subdivision, for the year 45 prior to the base year, multiplied by (B) 10 percent (0.10), multi- 46 plied by (C) the quotient of (i) the average of the national consum- 47 er price indexes determined by the United States department of labor 48 for the 12-month period preceding January first of the base year, 49 divided by (ii) the average of the national consumer price indexes 50 determined by the United States department of labor for the 12-month 51 period preceding January first of the year two years prior to the 52 base year; provided, however, that in extraordinary cases the 53 commissioner may award a grant that exceeds the per pupil limit 54 described above; provided further, however, that no district shall 55 receive a grant in excess of the total actual grant expenditures 56 incurred by the district in the current school year as approved by S. 4612--A 89 A. 6720--A 1 the commissioner. Provided, further, that no school district shall 2 receive more than forty percent of the total school-wide extended 3 learning grant allocation. 4 Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the 5 contrary, the $7,500,000 appropriated herein available for community 6 schools grants shall be awarded, based on a request for proposals 7 (i) developed by the state council on children and families in coor- 8 dination with the commissioner, (ii) approved by the director of the 9 budget and (iii) issued by the commissioner, to school districts, or 10 in a city with a population of one million or more an eligible enti- 11 ty, to improve student outcomes through the implementation of commu- 12 nity schools programs that use school buildings as community hubs to 13 deliver co-located or school-linked academic, health, mental health, 14 nutrition, counseling, legal and/or other services to students and 15 their families. In a city with a population of one million or more, 16 eligible entities shall mean the city school district of the city of 17 New York, or not-for-profit organizations, which shall include not- 18 for-profit community-based organizations. An eligible entity that is 19 a not-for-profit may apply for a community school grant provided 20 that it collaborates with the city school district of the city of 21 New York and receives the approval of the chancellor of the city 22 school district of the city of New York. Provided, further, that 23 such grants shall be awarded based on factors including, but not 24 limited to, the following: (i) measures of school district need, 25 (ii) measures of the need of students to be served by each of the 26 school districts, (iii) the school district's proposal to target the 27 highest need schools and students, (iv) the sustainability of the 28 proposed community schools program, and (v) proposal quality. 29 Provided, further, that to assess proposal quality in order to award 30 such funding, the commissioner shall take into account factors 31 including, but not limited to: (i) the extent to which the school 32 district's proposal would provide such community services through 33 partnerships with local governments and non-profit organizations, 34 (ii) the extent to which the proposal would provide for delivery of 35 such services directly in school buildings, (iii) the extent to 36 which the proposal articulates how such services would facilitate 37 measurable improvement in student and family outcomes, (iv) the 38 extent to which the proposal articulates and identifies how existing 39 funding streams and programs would be used to provide such community 40 services, and (v) the extent to which the proposal ensures the safe- 41 ty of all students, staff and community members in school buildings 42 used as community hubs. Provided, however, that community schools 43 grants appropriated herein shall be paid to school districts in 44 installments upon successful implementation of each phase of a 45 school district's approved proposal. Provided, further, that no 46 school district shall receive more than forty percent of the total 47 community schools grant allocation, and that each individual commu- 48 nity school site shall be limited to a maximum grant of $500,000. 49 Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the 50 contrary, the $5,500,000 appropriated herein available for a master 51 teachers program shall support the award of stipends of $15,000 per 52 annum over four years to individual high-performing teachers in 53 math, science and related fields, and of related costs, administered 54 by the state university of New York pursuant to a plan developed in 55 consultation with the commissioner, who shall consult with appropri- 56 ate state organizations representing K-12 public school teachers and S. 4612--A 90 A. 6720--A 1 approved by the director of the budget, to build a corps of 2 outstanding math, science and related fields teachers in order to 3 improve the quality of instruction at public secondary schools. 4 Such plan for use of funding appropriated herein shall: (i) estab- 5 lish an application process; (ii) guidelines by which applications 6 from eligible teachers shall be evaluated, which shall include, but 7 not be limited to, achievement of a rating of highly effective on 8 the annual professional performance review; and (iii) provide peri- 9 odic opportunities for professional development for successful 10 applicants. Provided, further, that priority shall be given to 11 applicants in regions of the state where a similar program is not 12 otherwise offered. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 13 contrary, upon approval of the director of the budget, such 14 $5,500,000 of master teachers program funding may be sub-allocated, 15 interchanged, transferred or otherwise made available to the state 16 university of New York for the sole purpose of administering such 17 program. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the rights of 18 labor organizations representing teachers to collectively bargain 19 terms and conditions pursuant to article 14 of the civil service 20 law. 21 Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the 22 contrary, the $2,000,000 appropriated herein available for the early 23 college high school program shall support the continuation and 24 expansion of such program pursuant to a plan developed by the 25 commissioner and approved by the director of the budget. Provided, 26 however, that a portion of the payments to early college high school 27 programs awarded funding from this appropriation shall be awarded on 28 a sliding scale based upon the number of college credits earned 29 annually by participating students, consistent with guidelines 30 established by the commissioner. Provided further that, notwith- 31 standing any provision of law to the contrary, higher education 32 partners participating in an early college high schools program, or 33 the entity/entities responsible for setting tuition at the institu- 34 tion, shall be authorized to set a reduced rate of tuition and/or 35 fees, or to waive tuition and/or fees entirely, for students 36 enrolled in such early college high schools program with no 37 reduction in other state, local or other support for such students 38 earning college credit that such higher education partner would 39 otherwise be eligible to receive. 40 Provided further that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the 41 contrary, of the amount appropriated herein, a minimum of 42 $12,500,000 PER YEAR shall be available IN THE 2014-15 THROUGH 43 2016-17 SCHOOL YEARS for the payment of grant awards [made in the 44 2014-15 school year] as follows: $2,500,000 of pathways in technolo- 45 gy early college high school program grants and $10,000,000 of 46 teacher excellence fund grants; provided further that, notwithstand- 47 ing any provision of law to the contrary, such [$25,000,000] 48 $12,500,000, plus any other amounts so designated in other items of 49 appropriation within the general fund local assistance account 50 office of prekindergarten through grade twelve education program, 51 shall constitute the competitive awards amount authorized for the 52 2013-14 school year by chapter 53 of the laws of 2013. 53 Provided further that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the 54 contrary, the $2,500,000 appropriated herein available for pathways 55 in technology early college high school (P-TECH) program grants 56 shall be awarded pursuant to a plan developed by the commissioner S. 4612--A 91 A. 6720--A 1 and approved by the director of the budget, provided that such plan 2 shall include but not be limited to (i) assurances that K-12, higher 3 education and private-sector partners commit to the required 4 elements and responsibilities of a P-TECH program, (ii) provisions 5 to ensure regional diversity of grant recipients, and (iii) priority 6 for P-TECH programs serving students in academically challenged 7 school districts; provided further that the commissioner shall make 8 available the request for proposals for such program on or before 9 May fifteenth and the commissioner shall issue awards on or before 10 August fifteenth; and provided further that a portion of the 11 payments to P-TECH programs awarded funding from this appropriation 12 shall be made on a sliding scale based upon the number of college 13 credits earned annually by participating students, consistent with 14 guidelines established by the commissioner. Provided further that, 15 notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, higher educa- 16 tion partners participating in a P-TECH program, or the 17 entity/entities responsible for setting tuition at the institution, 18 shall be authorized to set a reduced rate of tuition and/or fees, or 19 to waive tuition and/or fees entirely, for students enrolled in such 20 P-TECH program with no reduction in other state, local or other 21 support for such students earning college credit that such higher 22 education partner would otherwise be eligible to receive. 23 Provided further that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the 24 contrary, the $10,000,000 appropriated herein available for teacher 25 excellence fund grants shall be awarded to eligible school districts 26 pursuant to a request for proposals based on a plan developed by the 27 commissioner and approved by the director of the budget; provided 28 that such plan shall include an application for award of such grants 29 to such eligible school districts to provide annual teacher excel- 30 lence fund performance awards of up to $20,000 to eligible teachers 31 rated as "highly effective" on the most recent annual professional 32 performance review, in accordance with the requirements of section 33 [3012-c] 3012-D of the education law and the regulations of the 34 commissioner, pursuant to such districts' approved applications; 35 provided that in making such grants the commissioner shall prior- 36 itize school districts' applications based on factors including but 37 not limited to (i) the extent to which the school district's appli- 38 cation would recognize and reward such teachers in school buildings 39 with the greatest academic need, in difficult-to-staff subject or 40 certification areas and grade levels, and at critical points in a 41 teacher's career in order to encourage highly effective teachers to 42 remain in the classroom, and (ii) the quality of the school 43 district's application; and provided further that the commissioner 44 shall make available the application for such grants on or before 45 May fifteenth and the commissioner shall issue [preliminary] grant 46 awards [on or before October fifteenth] AN AGREED-TO SCHEDULE. 47 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 48 CONTRARY, OF THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED HEREIN, A MINIMUM OF 49 $23,500,000 PER YEAR SHALL BE AVAILABLE IN THE 2015-16 AND 2016-17 50 SCHOOL YEARS FOR THE PAYMENT OF GRANT AWARDS AS FOLLOWS: $15,000,000 51 FOR PREKINDERGARTEN GRANTS, $2,500,000 FOR AN EXPANDED MASTER TEACH- 52 ER PROGRAM, $1,500,000 OF PATHWAYS IN TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH 53 SCHOOL PROGRAM GRANTS, $1,500,000 FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHER 54 RESIDENCY PROGRAM, $1,500,000 FOR A NEW YORK STATE MASTERS-IN-EDUCA- 55 TION TEACHER INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, AND $1,500,000 FOR QUAL- 56 ITYSTARSNY; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF S. 4612--A 92 A. 6720--A 1 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, SUCH $23,500,000, PLUS ANY OTHER AMOUNTS SO 2 DESIGNATED IN OTHER ITEMS OF APPROPRIATION WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND 3 LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 4 TWELVE EDUCATION PROGRAM, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE COMPETITIVE AWARDS 5 AMOUNT AUTHORIZED FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR. 6 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 7 CONTRARY, THE $15,000,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR GRANTS 8 TO FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS FOR 9 THREE-YEAR-OLD AND FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN SHALL BE AWARDED, BASED ON 10 A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND APPROVED 11 BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ESTABLISH NEW 12 FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN PLACEMENTS FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS 13 AND FOUR-YEAR-OLDS; PROVIDED THAT SUCH GRANTS SHALL ONLY BE USED TO 14 SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT EXISTING PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS; AND 15 PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT ANY PORTION OF SUCH $15,000,000 THAT 16 IS NOT AWARDED SHALL REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR SUBSEQUENT AWARDS IN THE 17 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR OR FOR FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN 18 GRANTS TO BE AWARDED IN SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEARS. PROVIDED, FURTHER, 19 THAT SUCH GRANTS FROM FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AWARDED 20 BASED ON FACTORS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: (I) 21 MEASURES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NEED, (II) MEASURES OF THE NEED OF 22 STUDENTS TO BE SERVED BY EACH OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, (III) THE 23 SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PROPOSAL TO TARGET THE HIGHEST NEED SCHOOLS AND 24 STUDENTS, (IV) THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE DISTRICT'S PROPOSAL WOULD 25 PRIORITIZE FUNDS TO MAXIMIZE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE CHILDREN 26 IN THE DISTRICT SERVED IN PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS, AND (V) 27 PROPOSAL QUALITY. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY 28 PRE-KINDERGARTEN GRANTS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL ONLY BE AVAILABLE 29 TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS (I) THAT PROVIDE INSTRUCTION FOR AT LEAST FIVE 30 HOURS PER SCHOOL DAY FOR FULL-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS AND AT 31 LEAST TWO AND ONE-HALF HOURS PER SCHOOL DAY FOR HALF-DAY PRE-KINDER- 32 GARTEN PROGRAMS; (II) THAT AGREE TO OFFER INSTRUCTION CONSISTENT 33 WITH THE NEW YORK STATE PRE-KINDERGARTEN FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMON 34 CORE STANDARDS; (III) THAT ENSURE THAT, TO THE EXTENT 35 COMMUNITY-BASED PROVIDERS ARE PART OF SUCH PROGRAM, SUCH PROVIDERS 36 MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPHS D-1 AND D-2 OF SUBDIVISION 12 OF 37 SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW; AND (IV) THAT OTHERWISE COMPLY 38 WITH ALL OF THE SAME RULES AND REQUIREMENTS AS UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDER- 39 GARTEN PROGRAMS PURSUANT TO SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW 40 EXCEPT AS MODIFIED HEREIN; PROVIDED THAT NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH C 41 OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW NOTWITH- 42 STANDING, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS APPROPRIATION, AN ELIGIBLE CHILD 43 SHALL BE A RESIDENT CHILD WHO IS THREE YEARS OF AGE ON OR BEFORE 44 DECEMBER FIRST OF THE YEAR IN WHICH HE OR SHE IS ENROLLED. PROVIDED, 45 FURTHER, THAT AS A CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR RECEIPT OF SUCH 46 FUNDING FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS, A SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST CURRENTLY OFFER 47 A PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN, OR CHILDREN 48 WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE ELIGIBLE UNDER PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION 1 49 OF SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW; PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT A 50 SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY APPLY FOR ONLY AS MANY FULL-DAY OR HALF-DAY 51 PLACEMENTS FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN AS IT CURRENTLY OFFERS FOR 52 FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN, OR CHILDREN WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE ELIGIBLE 53 UNDER PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCA- 54 TION LAW. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S GRANT FOR 55 THREE-YEAR-OLD AND FOUR-YEAR-OLD PREKINDERGARTEN SHALL EQUAL THE 56 PRODUCT OF (A) (I) TWO MULTIPLIED BY THE APPROVED NUMBER OF NEW S. 4612--A 93 A. 6720--A 1 FULL-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PLACEMENTS PLUS (II) THE APPROVED NUMBER 2 OF NEW HALF-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PLACEMENTS, AND (B) THE DISTRICT'S 3 SELECTED AID PER PRE-KINDERGARTEN PUPIL PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH I 4 OF PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION 10 OF SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCATION 5 LAW; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE A GRANT IN 6 EXCESS OF THE TOTAL ACTUAL GRANT EXPENDITURES INCURRED BY THE 7 DISTRICT IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR AS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER. 8 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT AS A CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR RECEIPT OF 9 SUCH FUNDING, A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL AGREE TO ADOPT APPROVED QUALI- 10 TY INDICATORS WITHIN TWO YEARS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, VALID 11 AND RELIABLE MEASURES OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, THE QUALITY OF 12 TEACHER-STUDENT INTERACTIONS AND CHILD OUTCOMES, AND ENSURE THAT ANY 13 SUCH ASSESSMENT OF CHILD OUTCOMES SHALL NOT BE USED TO MAKE 14 HIGH-STAKES EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN. PROVIDED, 15 FURTHER, THAT NO SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE MORE THAN FORTY 16 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD AND 17 FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN GRANT ALLOCATION. 18 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 19 CONTRARY, THE $2,500,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR AN 20 EXPANDED MASTER TEACHERS PROGRAM SHALL SUPPORT THE AWARD OF STIPENDS 21 OF $15,000 PER ANNUM OVER FOUR YEARS TO INDIVIDUAL HIGH-PERFORMING 22 TEACHERS, AND OF RELATED COSTS, ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY 23 OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO A PLAN DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE 24 COMMISSIONER, WHO SHALL CONSULT WITH APPROPRIATE STATE ORGANIZATIONS 25 REPRESENTING K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND APPROVED BY THE DIREC- 26 TOR OF THE BUDGET, TO BUILD A CORPS OF OUTSTANDING TEACHERS IN ORDER 27 TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION AT PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 28 SUCH PLAN FOR USE OF FUNDING APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL: (I) ALLOCATE 29 AT LEAST 80 PERCENT OF SUCH STIPENDS TO HIGH-PERFORMING TEACHERS IN 30 MATH, SCIENCE AND RELATED FIELDS AND UP TO 20 PERCENT OF SUCH 31 STIPENDS TO HIGH PERFORMING TEACHERS WITH AN EXTENSION TO THEIR 32 CONTENT AREA CERTIFICATE IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION OR WHO HOLD CERTIF- 33 ICATION IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AND HIGH-PERFORMING TEACHERS 34 WITH DUAL CERTIFICATION IN A CONTENT AREA AND SPECIAL EDUCATION; 35 (II) ESTABLISH AN APPLICATION PROCESS; (III) GUIDELINES BY WHICH 36 APPLICATIONS FROM ELIGIBLE TEACHERS SHALL BE EVALUATED, WHICH SHALL 37 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ACHIEVEMENT OF A RATING OF HIGHLY 38 EFFECTIVE ON THE ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW; AND (IV) 39 PROVIDE PERIODIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR 40 SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT PRIORITY SHALL BE 41 GIVEN TO APPLICANTS IN REGIONS OF THE STATE WHERE A SIMILAR PROGRAM 42 IS NOT OTHERWISE OFFERED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO 43 THE CONTRARY, UPON APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, SUCH 44 $2,500,000 OF MASTER TEACHERS PROGRAM FUNDING MAY BE SUB-ALLOCATED, 45 INTERCHANGED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE STATE 46 UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING SUCH 47 PROGRAM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT THE RIGHTS OF 48 LABOR ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING TEACHERS TO COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN 49 TERMS AND CONDITIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 14 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE 50 LAW. 51 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 52 CONTRARY, THE $1,500,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR PATHWAYS 53 IN TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL (P-TECH) PROGRAM GRANTS 54 SHALL BE AWARDED PURSUANT TO A PLAN DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER 55 AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PLAN 56 SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO (I) ASSURANCES THAT K-12, HIGHER S. 4612--A 94 A. 6720--A 1 EDUCATION AND PRIVATE-SECTOR PARTNERS COMMIT TO THE REQUIRED 2 ELEMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A P-TECH PROGRAM, (II) PROVISIONS 3 TO ENSURE REGIONAL DIVERSITY OF GRANT RECIPIENTS, AND (III) PRIORITY 4 FOR P-TECH PROGRAMS SERVING STUDENTS IN ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGED 5 SCHOOL DISTRICTS; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE 6 AVAILABLE THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR SUCH PROGRAM ON OR BEFORE 7 MAY FIFTEENTH AND THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE AWARDS ON OR BEFORE 8 AUGUST FIFTEENTH; AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT A PORTION OF THE 9 PAYMENTS TO P-TECH PROGRAMS AWARDED FUNDING FROM THIS APPROPRIATION 10 SHALL BE MADE ON A SLIDING SCALE BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF COLLEGE 11 CREDITS EARNED ANNUALLY BY PARTICIPATING STUDENTS, CONSISTENT WITH 12 GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT IN 13 CONNECTION WITH SUCH GUIDELINES, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL EXECUTE A 14 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 15 AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK TO DEVELOP COMMON DATA 16 COLLECTION, SHARING AND REPORTING MECHANISMS BASED ON STUDENT-LEVEL 17 DATA FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN P-TECH AND SMART SCHOLARS EARLY 18 COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING 19 ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS 20 PARTICIPATING IN A P-TECH PROGRAM, OR THE ENTITY/ENTITIES RESPONSI- 21 BLE FOR SETTING TUITION AT THE INSTITUTION, SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO 22 SET A REDUCED RATE OF TUITION AND/OR FEES, OR TO WAIVE TUITION 23 AND/OR FEES ENTIRELY, FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SUCH P-TECH PROGRAM 24 WITH NO REDUCTION IN OTHER STATE, LOCAL OR OTHER SUPPORT FOR SUCH 25 STUDENTS EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT THAT SUCH HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNER 26 WOULD OTHERWISE BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE. 27 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 28 CONTRARY, THE $1,500,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR A SCHOOL 29 DISTRICT TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM SHALL BE USED TO PROVIDE RESIDENT 30 TEACHERS WITH THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING TO MAKE AN 31 IMMEDIATE IMPACT IN SCHOOLS IN THE STATE, PURSUANT TO A PLAN DEVEL- 32 OPED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET. 33 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT SUCH PLAN SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR 34 SELECTION OF EXPERIENCED NONPROFIT ENTITIES TO MANAGE THE PROGRAM. 35 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NO SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE MORE THAN 36 FORTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL GRANT ALLOCATION. 37 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 38 CONTRARY, $1,500,000 OF THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE MADE 39 AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF NEW YORK STATE MASTERS-IN-EDUCATION TEACHER 40 INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AWARDS. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT ELIGI- 41 BILITY FOR AN AWARD UNDER THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL BE LIMITED TO 42 STUDENTS WHO ARE MATRICULATED IN AN APPROVED MASTER'S DEGREE IN 43 EDUCATION PROGRAM AT A NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER 44 EDUCATION LEADING TO A CAREER AS A TEACHER IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR 45 SECONDARY EDUCATION SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD, PROVIDED THE 46 APPLICANT: (A) EARNED AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM A COLLEGE LOCATED 47 IN NEW YORK STATE; AND (B) WAS A NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT WHILE EARN- 48 ING SUCH UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE; AND (C) ACHIEVED ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE 49 AS AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT, AS DEFINED BY THE HIGHER EDUCATION 50 SERVICES CORPORATION IN REGULATION; AND (D) ENROLLS IN FULL-TIME 51 STUDY IN AN APPROVED MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION PROGRAM AT A NEW 52 YORK STATE PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION LEADING TO A 53 CAREER AS TEACHER IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY EDUCATION; AND 54 (E) SIGNS A CONTRACT WITH THE CORPORATION AGREEING TO TEACH IN THE 55 CLASSROOM ON A FULL-TIME BASIS FOR FIVE YEARS IN A SCHOOL LOCATED 56 WITHIN NEW YORK STATE PROVIDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY S. 4612--A 95 A. 6720--A 1 EDUCATION RECOGNIZED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS OR THE UNIVERSITY OF 2 THE STATE OF NEW YORK INCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT 3 TO ARTICLE 56 OF THE EDUCATION LAW; AND (F) COMPLIES WITH THE APPLI- 4 CABLE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 13 OF EDUCATION LAW AND ALL REQUIREMENTS 5 PROMULGATED BY THE CORPORATION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE 6 PROGRAM. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT: (A) AWARDS SHALL BE GRANTED TO 7 APPLICANTS THAT THE CORPORATION HAS CERTIFIED ARE ELIGIBLE TO 8 RECEIVE SUCH AWARDS; AND (B) UP TO FIVE HUNDRED AWARDS MAY BE MADE 9 FOR THE 2015-2016 ACADEMIC YEAR, PROVIDED SUCH AWARDS SHALL BE MADE 10 TO RECIPIENTS AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE TERM, AS 11 DEFINED BY THE CORPORATION. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THE CORPORATION SHALL 12 GRANT SUCH AWARDS IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE ANNUAL TUITION CHARGED 13 STATE RESIDENT STUDENTS ATTENDING A GRADUATE PROGRAM FULL-TIME AT 14 THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, OR ACTUAL TUITION CHARGED, WHICH- 15 EVER IS LESS, FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO ACADEMIC YEARS OF FULL-TIME 16 GRADUATE STUDY LEADING TO CERTIFICATION AS AN ELEMENTARY OR SECOND- 17 ARY CLASSROOM TEACHER; PROVIDED: (I) A STUDENT WHO RECEIVES EDUCA- 18 TIONAL GRANTS AND/OR SCHOLARSHIPS THAT COVER THE STUDENT'S FULL COST 19 OF ATTENDANCE SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD UNDER THIS PROGRAM; 20 (II) FOR A STUDENT WHO RECEIVES EDUCATIONAL GRANTS AND/OR SCHOLAR- 21 SHIPS THAT COVER LESS THAN THE STUDENT'S FULL COST OF ATTENDANCE, 22 SUCH GRANTS AND/OR SCHOLARSHIPS SHALL NOT BE DEEMED DUPLICATIVE OF 23 THIS PROGRAM AND MAY BE HELD CONCURRENTLY WITH AN AWARD UNDER THIS 24 PROGRAM, PROVIDED THAT THE COMBINED BENEFITS DO NOT EXCEED THE 25 STUDENT'S FULL COST OF ATTENDANCE; AND (III) AN AWARD UNDER THIS 26 PROGRAM SHALL BE APPLIED TO TUITION AFTER THE APPLICATION OF ALL 27 OTHER EDUCATIONAL GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS LIMITED TO TUITION AND 28 SHALL BE REDUCED IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO SUCH EDUCATIONAL GRANTS 29 AND/OR SCHOLARSHIPS. PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT UPON NOTIFICATION OF AN 30 AWARD UNDER THIS PROGRAM, THE INSTITUTION SHALL DEFER THE AMOUNT OF 31 TUITION EQUAL TO THE AWARD. NO AWARD SHALL BE FINAL UNTIL THE RECIP- 32 IENT'S SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A TERM HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE 33 INSTITUTION. A RECIPIENT OF AN AWARD UNDER THIS PROGRAM SHALL NOT BE 34 ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD UNDER THE NEW YORK STATE MATH AND SCIENCE 35 TEACHING INCENTIVE PROGRAM. PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT AWARDS GRANTED 36 PURSUANT TO THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL REQUIRE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE 37 AWARD RECIPIENT AND THE CORPORATION TO AUTHORIZE THE CORPORATION TO 38 CONVERT TO A STUDENT LOAN THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE AWARD GIVEN PURSU- 39 ANT TO THIS APPROPRIATION, PLUS INTEREST, ACCORDING TO A SCHEDULE TO 40 BE DETERMINED BY THE CORPORATION IF: (A) TWO YEARS AFTER THE 41 COMPLETION OF THE DEGREE PROGRAM AND RECEIPT OF INITIAL CERTIF- 42 ICATION IT IS FOUND THAT A RECIPIENT IS NOT TEACHING IN A PUBLIC 43 SCHOOL LOCATED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE PROVIDING ELEMENTARY OR SECOND- 44 ARY EDUCATION RECOGNIZED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS OR THE UNIVERSITY 45 OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK INCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED PURSU- 46 ANT TO ARTICLE 56 OF THE EDUCATION LAW; OR (B) A RECIPIENT HAS NOT 47 TAUGHT IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL LOCATED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE PROVIDING 48 ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY EDUCATION RECOGNIZED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS 49 OR THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK INCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS 50 AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 56 OF THE EDUCATION LAW FOR FIVE OF 51 THE SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM 52 AND RECEIPT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION; OR (C) A RECIPIENT FAILS TO 53 COMPLETE HIS OR HER GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM IN EDUCATION; OR (D) A 54 RECIPIENT FAILS TO RECEIVE OR MAINTAIN HIS OR HER TEACHING CERTIF- 55 ICATE OR LICENSE IN NEW YORK STATE; OR (E) A RECIPIENT FAILS TO 56 RESPOND TO REQUESTS BY THE CORPORATION FOR THE STATUS OF HIS OR HER S. 4612--A 96 A. 6720--A 1 ACADEMIC OR PROFESSIONAL PROGRESS. PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT THE 2 PRECEDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS: (A) SHALL BE DEFERRED FOR ANY INTER- 3 RUPTION IN GRADUATE STUDY OR EMPLOYMENT AS ESTABLISHED BY THE RULES 4 AND REGULATIONS OF THE CORPORATION; (B) SHALL BE CANCELLED UPON THE 5 DEATH OF THE RECIPIENT; AND (C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 6 THIS APPROPRIATION TO THE CONTRARY, AUTHORIZE THE CORPORATION TO 7 PROVIDE FOR THE WAIVER OR SUSPENSION OF ANY FINANCIAL OBLIGATION 8 WHICH WOULD INVOLVE EXTREME HARDSHIP PURSUANT TO RULES AND REGU- 9 LATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE CORPORATION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 10 PROVISION OF THE LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UPON APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR 11 OF THE BUDGET, SUCH $1,500,000 OF MASTERS-IN-EDUCATION TEACHER 12 INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FUNDING MAY BE SUB-ALLOCATED, INTER- 13 CHANGED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE HIGHER 14 EDUCATION SERVICES CORPORATION FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING 15 SUCH PROGRAM. 16 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 17 CONTRARY, THE $1,500,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR QUALITYS- 18 TARSNY SHALL BE USED, PURSUANT TO A PLAN APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF 19 THE BUDGET, TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF A STATEWIDE SYSTEM TO 20 ASSESS, IMPROVE, AND COMMUNICATE THE LEVEL OF QUALITY IN EARLY 21 EDUCATION AND CARE SETTINGS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. NOTWITHSTANDING 22 ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UPON APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR 23 OF THE BUDGET, THE $1,500,000 OF FUNDING APPROPRIATED HEREIN FOR 24 QUALITYSTARSNY MAY BE SUBALLOCATED, INTERCHANGED, TRANSFERRED OR 25 OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY 26 SERVICES FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING SUCH SYSTEM. 27 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF 28 LAW, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, FUNDS 29 APPROPRIATED HEREIN MAY BE INTERCHANGED WITH THE APPROPRIATION FOR 30 SCHOOL DISTRICT PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS WITHIN THE GENERAL 31 FUND LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH 32 GRADE TWELVE EDUCATION PROGRAM. 33 Notwithstanding section 40 of the state finance law or any provision 34 of law to the contrary, this appropriation shall lapse on March 31, 35 [2016] 2017 ... 250,000,000 ..................... (re. $199,961,000) 36 Funds appropriated herein shall be used to provide competitive grants 37 pursuant to a request for proposals, developed by the commissioner 38 and approved by the director of budget, to those school districts 39 that are participating in the race to the top program and/or which 40 demonstrate satisfactory progress, as determined by the commission- 41 er, towards implementation of elements such as high quality student 42 assessments; use of data to improve instruction and student perform- 43 ance and provision of professional development to improve teacher 44 performance; and that those eligible districts also demonstrate the 45 most improved academic achievement gains and student outcomes such 46 as establishing or expanding participation in college level or early 47 college programs; and other appropriate measures of student perform- 48 ance; provided further that in determining the amount of the award 49 to be made from the funds appropriated herein for those school 50 districts identified as making the greatest achievement gains and 51 eligible for such award, the maximum grant award available to each 52 school district shall be based upon the size of the district meas- 53 ured by public school enrollment of the district; and provided 54 further that such amount shall be adjusted based upon measures of 55 district need and provided further that no district receiving a 56 grant may be awarded more than forty percent of the total amount S. 4612--A 97 A. 6720--A 1 awarded; and provided further that any such funds awarded to a 2 school district shall be used to increase student performance, 3 narrow the achievement gap, and increase academic performance in 4 traditionally underserved student groups. 5 Provided further that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the 6 contrary, in addition to the competitive awards amount as defined in 7 paragraph ee of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law, 8 a minimum of $37,500,000 shall be available for the payment of grant 9 awards made in the 2013-14 school year, with additional amounts to 10 be made available in the 2014-15 THROUGH 2016-17 state fiscal [year] 11 YEARS as necessary to continue such awards, [and] make an additional 12 round of awards pursuant to subdivision 6-a of section 3641 of the 13 education law in the 2014-15 school year not to exceed the amount 14 awarded in the 2013-14 school year pursuant to such subdivision 6-a, 15 AND MAKE ADDITIONAL MASTER TEACHERS AWARDS TO THE EXTENT THAT THE 16 MASTER TEACHERS PROGRAM AUTHORIZED HEREIN WOULD NOT OTHERWISE EXPEND 17 THE MAXIMUM SCHOOL YEAR AMOUNT AUTHORIZED HEREIN; and such 18 $37,500,000 shall be made available for $12,500,000 of pre-kinder- 19 garten grants, $10,000,000 of school-wide extended learning grants, 20 $7,500,000 of community schools grants, $5,500,000 for a master 21 teacher program and $2,000,000 for the early college high school 22 program; provided, however, that no school district shall receive 23 any portion of the funds appropriated herein unless it shall have 24 submitted documentation that has been approved by the commissioner 25 by September 1 of 2013 and of each school year in which a payment to 26 such district from this appropriation would otherwise be made demon- 27 strating that it has fully implemented new standards and procedures 28 for conducting annual professional performance reviews of classroom 29 teachers and building principals to determine teacher and principal 30 effectiveness. 31 Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the 32 contrary, the $12,500,000 appropriated herein available for full-day 33 and half-day pre-kindergarten grants shall be awarded, based on a 34 request for proposals developed by the commissioner and approved by 35 the director of the budget, to school districts to establish new 36 full-day and half-day pre-kindergarten placements and/or to convert 37 existing half-day pre-kindergarten placements into full-day place- 38 ments; provided that preference shall be granted for full-day place- 39 ments while ensuring that a portion of grants include half-day 40 placements based on eligible applications; and provided, further, 41 that such grants shall only be used to supplement, not supplant 42 existing pre-kindergarten programs, and provided further, however, 43 that any portion of such $12,500,000 that is not awarded shall 44 remain available for subsequent awards in the 2013-14 school year or 45 for full-day and half-day pre-kindergarten grants to be awarded in 46 subsequent school years. Provided, further, that such grants from 47 funds appropriated herein shall be awarded based on factors includ- 48 ing, but not limited to, the following: (i) measures of school 49 district need, (ii) measures of the need of students to be served by 50 each of the school districts, (iii) the school district's proposal 51 to target the highest need schools and students, (iv) the extent to 52 which the district's proposal would prioritize funds to maximize the 53 total number of eligible children in the district served in pre-kin- 54 dergarten programs, and (v) proposal quality. Provided, however, 55 that full-day and half-day pre-kindergarten grants appropriated 56 herein shall only be available to support programs (i) that provide S. 4612--A 98 A. 6720--A 1 instruction for at least five hours per school day for full-day 2 pre-kindergarten programs and at least two and one-half hours per 3 school day for half-day pre-kindergarten programs; (ii) that agree 4 to offer instruction consistent with the New York state pre-kinder- 5 garten foundation for the common core standards within three years; 6 (iii) that ensure that, to the extent community-based providers are 7 part of such program, such providers meet the requirements of para- 8 graphs d-1 and d-2 of subdivision 12 of section 3602-e of the educa- 9 tion law; and (iv) that otherwise comply with all of the same rules 10 and requirements as universal pre-kindergarten programs pursuant to 11 section 3602-e of the education law except as modified herein. 12 Provided, further, that a school district's pre-kindergarten grant 13 shall equal the product of (A) (i) two multiplied by the approved 14 number of new full-day pre-kindergarten placements plus (ii) the 15 approved number of half-day pre-kindergarten placement conversions 16 and new half-day pre-kindergarten placements, and (B) the district's 17 selected aid per pre-kindergarten pupil pursuant to subparagraph i 18 of paragraph b of subdivision 10 of section 3602-e of the education 19 law; provided, however, that no district shall receive a grant in 20 excess of the total actual grant expenditures incurred by the 21 district in the current school year as approved by the commissioner. 22 Provided, further, that as a condition of eligibility for receipt of 23 such funding, a school district shall agree to adopt approved quali- 24 ty indicators within two years, including, but not limited to, valid 25 and reliable measures of environmental quality, the quality of 26 teacher-student interactions and child outcomes, and ensure that any 27 such assessment of child outcomes shall not be used to make highs- 28 takes educational decisions for individual children. Provided, 29 further, that no school district shall receive more than forty 30 percent of the total pre-kindergarten grant allocation. 31 Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the 32 contrary, the $10,000,000 appropriated herein available for school- 33 wide extended learning grants shall be awarded to school districts 34 or school districts in collaboration with not-for-profit community- 35 based organizations based on responses to a request for proposals 36 for planning and implementation grants that is (i) developed by the 37 commissioner; (ii) approved by the director of the budget; and (iii) 38 issued by the commissioner. Provided, further, that such grants 39 shall be awarded based on factors including, but not limited to, the 40 following: (i) the school district's proposal to target the schools 41 and students with the greatest need, and (ii) proposal quality. 42 Provided, further, that to assess proposal quality in order to award 43 implementation grant funding, the commissioner shall take into 44 account factors including, but not limited to: (i) the extent to 45 which the school district's proposal would maximize the use of the 46 additional learning time through a comprehensive restructuring of 47 the school day and/or year, (ii) the extent to which the proposal 48 would provide additional learning time for students in grades six 49 through eight, and (iii) how the additional learning time would be 50 utilized, including, but not limited to, additional time spent on 51 core academics. Provided, however, that no district shall be eligi- 52 ble to receive a school-wide extended learning grant unless its 53 proposal would increase student learning time by at least 25 54 percent. Provided, further, that a school district's schoolwide 55 extended learning implementation grant shall equal its average daily 56 attendance in the school-wide extended learning program multiplied S. 4612--A 99 A. 6720--A 1 by the expected cost per pupil of the additional learning time; 2 provided, further, that the expected cost per pupil of the addi- 3 tional learning time shall equal the greater of $1,500 or (A) the 4 quotient of (i) the school district's approved operating expense, 5 pursuant to paragraph t of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the 6 education law, for the year prior to the base year, divided by (ii) 7 the district's public school district enrollment, pursuant to 8 subparagraph (2) of paragraph n of such subdivision, for the year 9 prior to the base year, multiplied by (B) 10 percent (0.10), multi- 10 plied by (C) the quotient of (i) the average of the national consum- 11 er price indexes determined by the United States department of labor 12 for the 12-month period preceding January first of the base year, 13 divided by (ii) the average of the national consumer price indexes 14 determined by the United States department of labor for the 12-month 15 period preceding January first of the year two years prior to the 16 base year; provided, however, that in extraordinary cases the 17 commissioner may award a grant that exceeds the per pupil limit 18 described above; provided further, however, that no district shall 19 receive a grant in excess of the total actual grant expenditures 20 incurred by the district in the current school year as approved by 21 the commissioner. Provided, further, that no school district shall 22 receive more than forty percent of the total school-wide extended 23 learning grant allocation. 24 Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the 25 contrary, the $7,500,000 appropriated herein available for community 26 schools grants shall be awarded, based on a request for proposals 27 (i) developed by the state council on children and families in coor- 28 dination with the commissioner, (ii) approved by the director of the 29 budget and (iii) issued by the commissioner, to school districts, or 30 in a city with a population of one million or more an eligible enti- 31 ty, to improve student outcomes through the implementation of commu- 32 nity schools programs that use school buildings as community hubs to 33 deliver co-located or school-linked academic, health, mental health, 34 nutrition, counseling, legal and/or other services to students and 35 their families. In a city with a population of one million or more, 36 eligible entities shall mean the city school district of the city of 37 New York, or not-for-profit organizations, which shall include not- 38 for-profit community-based organizations. An eligible entity that is 39 a not-for-profit may apply for a community school grant provided 40 that it collaborates with the city school district of the city of 41 New York and receives the approval of the chancellor of the city 42 school district of the city of New York. Provided, further, that 43 such grants shall be awarded based on factors including, but not 44 limited to, the following: (i) measures of school district need, 45 (ii) measures of the need of students to be served by each of the 46 school districts, (iii) the school district's proposal to target the 47 highest need schools and students, (iv) the sustainability of the 48 proposed community schools program, and (v) proposal quality. 49 Provided, further, that to assess proposal quality in order to award 50 such funding, the commissioner shall take into account factors 51 including, but not limited to: (i) the extent to which the school 52 district's proposal would provide such community services through 53 partnerships with local governments and non-profit organizations, 54 (ii) the extent to which the proposal would provide for delivery of 55 such services directly in school buildings, (iii) the extent to 56 which the proposal articulates how such services would facilitate S. 4612--A 100 A. 6720--A 1 measurable improvement in student and family outcomes, (iv) the 2 extent to which the proposal articulates and identifies how existing 3 funding streams and programs would be used to provide such community 4 services, and (v) the extent to which the proposal ensures the safe- 5 ty of all students, staff and community members in school buildings 6 used as community hubs. Provided, however, that community schools 7 grants appropriated herein shall be paid to school districts in 8 installments upon successful implementation of each phase of a 9 school district's approved proposal. Provided, further, that no 10 school district shall receive more than forty percent of the total 11 community schools grant allocation, and that each individual commu- 12 nity school site shall be limited to a maximum grant of $500,000. 13 Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the 14 contrary, the $5,500,000 appropriated herein available for a master 15 teachers program shall support the award of stipends of $15,000 per 16 annum over four years to individual high-performing teachers in 17 math, science and related fields, and of related costs, administered 18 by the state university of New York pursuant to a plan developed in 19 consultation with the commissioner, who shall consult with appropri- 20 ate state organizations representing K-12 public school teachers, 21 and approved by the director of the budget, to build a corps of 22 outstanding math, science and related fields teachers in order to 23 improve the quality of instruction at public secondary schools. Such 24 plan for use of funding appropriated herein shall: (i) establish an 25 application process; (ii) guidelines by which applications from 26 eligible teachers shall be evaluated, which shall include, but not 27 be limited to, achievement of a rating of highly effective on the 28 annual professional performance review; and (iii) provide periodic 29 opportunities for professional development for successful appli- 30 cants. Provided, further, that priority shall be given to applicants 31 in regions of the state where a similar program is not otherwise 32 offered. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon 33 approval of the director of the budget, such $5,500,000 of master 34 teachers program funding may be sub-allocated, interchanged, trans- 35 ferred or otherwise made available to the state university of New 36 York for the sole purpose of administering such program. Nothing 37 herein shall be construed to limit the rights of labor organizations 38 to collectively bargain terms and conditions pursuant to article 14 39 of the civil service law. 40 Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the 41 contrary, the $2,000,000 appropriated herein available for the early 42 college high school program shall support the continuation and 43 expansion of such program pursuant to a plan developed by the 44 commissioner and approved by the director of the budget. Provided, 45 however, that a portion of the payments to early college high school 46 programs awarded funding from this appropriation shall be awarded on 47 a sliding scale based upon the number of college credits earned 48 annually by participating students, consistent with guidelines 49 established by the commissioner. Provided further that, notwith- 50 standing any provision of law to the contrary, higher education 51 partners participating in an early college high schools program, or 52 the entity/entities responsible for setting tuition at the institu- 53 tion, shall be authorized to set a reduced rate of tuition and/or 54 fees, or to waive tuition and/or fees entirely, for students 55 enrolled in such early college high schools program with no 56 reduction in other state, local or other support for such students S. 4612--A 101 A. 6720--A 1 earning college credit that such higher education partner would 2 otherwise be eligible to receive. 3 Provided further that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the 4 contrary, of the amount appropriated herein, a minimum of 5 $12,500,000 PER YEAR shall be available IN THE 2014-15 THROUGH 6 2016-17 SCHOOL YEARS for the payment of grant awards [made in the 7 2014-15 school year] as follows: $2,500,000 of pathways in technolo- 8 gy early college high school program grants and $10,000,000 of 9 teacher excellence fund grants; provided further that, notwithstand- 10 ing any provision of law to the contrary, such [$25,000,000] 11 $12,500,000, plus any other amounts so designated in other items of 12 appropriation within the general fund local assistance account 13 office of prekindergarten through grade twelve education program, 14 shall constitute the competitive awards amount authorized for the 15 2013-14 school year by chapter 53 of the laws of 2013. 16 Provided further that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the 17 contrary, the $2,500,000 appropriated herein available for pathways 18 in technology early college high school (P-TECH) program grants 19 shall be awarded pursuant to a plan developed by the commissioner 20 and approved by the director of the budget, provided that such plan 21 shall include but not be limited to (i) assurances that K-12, higher 22 education and private-sector partners commit to the required 23 elements and responsibilities of a P-TECH program, (ii) provisions 24 to ensure regional diversity of grant recipients, and (iii) priority 25 for P-TECH programs serving students in academically challenged 26 school districts; provided further that the commissioner shall make 27 available the request for proposals for such program on or before 28 May fifteenth and the commissioner shall issue awards on or before 29 August fifteenth; and provided further that a portion of the 30 payments to P-TECH programs awarded funding from this appropriation 31 shall be made on a sliding scale based upon the number of college 32 credits earned annually by participating students, consistent with 33 guidelines established by the commissioner. Provided further that, 34 notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, higher educa- 35 tion partners participating in a P-TECH program, or the 36 entity/entities responsible for setting tuition at the institution, 37 shall be authorized to set a reduced rate of tuition and/or fees, or 38 to waive tuition and/or fees entirely, for students enrolled in such 39 P-TECH program with no reduction in other state, local or other 40 support for such students earning college credit that such higher 41 education partner would otherwise be eligible to receive. 42 Provided further that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the 43 contrary, the $10,000,000 appropriated herein available for teacher 44 excellence fund grants shall be awarded to eligible school districts 45 pursuant to a request for proposals based on a plan developed by the 46 commissioner and approved by the director of the budget; provided 47 that such plan shall include an application for award of such grants 48 to such eligible school districts to provide annual teacher excel- 49 lence fund performance awards of up to $20,000 to eligible teachers 50 rated as "highly effective" on the most recent annual professional 51 performance review, in accordance with the requirements of section 52 [3012-c] 3012-D of the education law and the regulations of the 53 commissioner, pursuant to such districts' approved applications; 54 provided that in making such grants the commissioner shall prior- 55 itize school districts' applications based on factors including but 56 not limited to (i) the extent to which the school district's appli- S. 4612--A 102 A. 6720--A 1 cation would recognize and reward such teachers in school buildings 2 with the greatest academic need, in difficult-to-staff subject or 3 certification areas and grade levels, and at critical points in a 4 teacher's career in order to encourage highly effective teachers to 5 remain in the classroom, and (ii) the quality of the school 6 district's application; and provided further that the commissioner 7 shall make available the application for such grants on or before 8 May fifteenth and the commissioner shall issue [preliminary] grant 9 awards [on or before October fifteenth] AN AGREED-TO SCHEDULE. 10 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 11 CONTRARY, OF THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED HEREIN, A MINIMUM OF 12 $23,500,000 PER YEAR SHALL BE AVAILABLE IN THE 2015-16 AND 2016-17 13 SCHOOL YEARS FOR THE PAYMENT OF GRANT AWARDS AS FOLLOWS: $15,000,000 14 FOR PREKINDERGARTEN GRANTS, $2,500,000 FOR AN EXPANDED MASTER TEACH- 15 ER PROGRAM, $1,500,000 OF PATHWAYS IN TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH 16 SCHOOL PROGRAM GRANTS, $1,500,000 FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHER 17 RESIDENCY PROGRAM, $1,500,000 FOR A NEW YORK STATE MASTERS-IN-EDUCA- 18 TION TEACHER INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, AND $1,500,000 FOR QUAL- 19 ITYSTARSNY; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 20 LAW TO THE CONTRARY, SUCH $23,500,000, PLUS ANY OTHER AMOUNTS SO 21 DESIGNATED IN OTHER ITEMS OF APPROPRIATION WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND 22 LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 23 TWELVE EDUCATION PROGRAM, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE COMPETITIVE AWARDS 24 AMOUNT AUTHORIZED FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR. 25 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 26 CONTRARY, THE $15,000,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR GRANTS 27 TO FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS FOR 28 THREE-YEAR-OLD AND FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN SHALL BE AWARDED, BASED ON 29 A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND APPROVED 30 BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ESTABLISH NEW 31 FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN PLACEMENTS FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS 32 AND FOUR-YEAR-OLDS; PROVIDED THAT SUCH GRANTS SHALL ONLY BE USED TO 33 SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT EXISTING PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS; AND 34 PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT ANY PORTION OF SUCH $15,000,000 THAT 35 IS NOT AWARDED SHALL REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR SUBSEQUENT AWARDS IN THE 36 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR OR FOR FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN 37 GRANTS TO BE AWARDED IN SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEARS. PROVIDED, FURTHER, 38 THAT SUCH GRANTS FROM FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AWARDED 39 BASED ON FACTORS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: (I) 40 MEASURES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NEED, (II) MEASURES OF THE NEED OF 41 STUDENTS TO BE SERVED BY EACH OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, (III) THE 42 SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PROPOSAL TO TARGET THE HIGHEST NEED SCHOOLS AND 43 STUDENTS, (IV) THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE DISTRICT'S PROPOSAL WOULD 44 PRIORITIZE FUNDS TO MAXIMIZE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE CHILDREN 45 IN THE DISTRICT SERVED IN PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS, AND (V) 46 PROPOSAL QUALITY. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY 47 PRE-KINDERGARTEN GRANTS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL ONLY BE AVAILABLE 48 TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS (I) THAT PROVIDE INSTRUCTION FOR AT LEAST FIVE 49 HOURS PER SCHOOL DAY FOR FULL-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS AND AT 50 LEAST TWO AND ONE-HALF HOURS PER SCHOOL DAY FOR HALF-DAY PRE-KINDER- 51 GARTEN PROGRAMS; (II) THAT AGREE TO OFFER INSTRUCTION CONSISTENT 52 WITH THE NEW YORK STATE PRE-KINDERGARTEN FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMON 53 CORE STANDARDS; (III) THAT ENSURE THAT, TO THE EXTENT 54 COMMUNITY-BASED PROVIDERS ARE PART OF SUCH PROGRAM, SUCH PROVIDERS 55 MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPHS D-1 AND D-2 OF SUBDIVISION 12 OF 56 SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW; AND (IV) THAT OTHERWISE COMPLY S. 4612--A 103 A. 6720--A 1 WITH ALL OF THE SAME RULES AND REQUIREMENTS AS UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDER- 2 GARTEN PROGRAMS PURSUANT TO SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW 3 EXCEPT AS MODIFIED HEREIN; PROVIDED THAT NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH C 4 OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW NOTWITH- 5 STANDING, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS APPROPRIATION, AN ELIGIBLE CHILD 6 SHALL BE A RESIDENT CHILD WHO IS THREE YEARS OF AGE ON OR BEFORE 7 DECEMBER FIRST OF THE YEAR IN WHICH HE OR SHE IS ENROLLED. PROVIDED, 8 FURTHER, THAT AS A CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR RECEIPT OF SUCH 9 FUNDING FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS, A SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST CURRENTLY OFFER 10 A PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN, OR CHILDREN 11 WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE ELIGIBLE UNDER PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION 1 12 OF SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW; PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT A 13 SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY APPLY FOR ONLY AS MANY FULL-DAY OR HALF-DAY 14 PLACEMENTS FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN AS IT CURRENTLY OFFERS FOR 15 FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN, OR CHILDREN WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE ELIGIBLE 16 UNDER PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCA- 17 TION LAW. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S GRANT FOR 18 THREE-YEAR-OLD AND FOUR-YEAR-OLD PREKINDERGARTEN SHALL EQUAL THE 19 PRODUCT OF (A) (I) TWO MULTIPLIED BY THE APPROVED NUMBER OF NEW 20 FULL-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PLACEMENTS PLUS (II) THE APPROVED NUMBER 21 OF NEW HALF-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PLACEMENTS, AND (B) THE DISTRICT'S 22 SELECTED AID PER PRE-KINDERGARTEN PUPIL PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH I 23 OF PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION 10 OF SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCATION 24 LAW; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE A GRANT IN 25 EXCESS OF THE TOTAL ACTUAL GRANT EXPENDITURES INCURRED BY THE 26 DISTRICT IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR AS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER. 27 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT AS A CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR RECEIPT OF 28 SUCH FUNDING, A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL AGREE TO ADOPT APPROVED QUALI- 29 TY INDICATORS WITHIN TWO YEARS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, VALID 30 AND RELIABLE MEASURES OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, THE QUALITY OF 31 TEACHER-STUDENT INTERACTIONS AND CHILD OUTCOMES, AND ENSURE THAT ANY 32 SUCH ASSESSMENT OF CHILD OUTCOMES SHALL NOT BE USED TO MAKE 33 HIGH-STAKES EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN. PROVIDED, 34 FURTHER, THAT NO SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE MORE THAN FORTY 35 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD AND 36 FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN GRANT ALLOCATION. 37 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 38 CONTRARY, THE $2,500,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR AN 39 EXPANDED MASTER TEACHERS PROGRAM SHALL SUPPORT THE AWARD OF STIPENDS 40 OF $15,000 PER ANNUM OVER FOUR YEARS TO INDIVIDUAL HIGH-PERFORMING 41 TEACHERS, AND OF RELATED COSTS, ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY 42 OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO A PLAN DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE 43 COMMISSIONER, WHO SHALL CONSULT WITH APPROPRIATE STATE ORGANIZATIONS 44 REPRESENTING K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND APPROVED BY THE DIREC- 45 TOR OF THE BUDGET, TO BUILD A CORPS OF OUTSTANDING TEACHERS IN ORDER 46 TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION AT PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 47 SUCH PLAN FOR USE OF FUNDING APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL: (I) ALLOCATE 48 AT LEAST 80 PERCENT OF SUCH STIPENDS TO HIGH PERFORMING TEACHERS IN 49 MATH, SCIENCE, AND RELATED FIELDS AND UP TO 20 PERCENT OF SUCH 50 STIPENDS TO HIGH PERFORMING TEACHERS WITH AN EXTENSION TO THEIR 51 CONTENT AREA CERTIFICATE IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION OR WHO HOLD CERTIF- 52 ICATION IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AND HIGH-PERFORMING TEACHERS 53 WITH DUAL CERTIFICATION IN A CONTENT AREA AND SPECIAL EDUCATION; 54 (II) ESTABLISH AN APPLICATION PROCESS; (III) GUIDELINES BY WHICH 55 APPLICATIONS FROM ELIGIBLE TEACHERS SHALL BE EVALUATED, WHICH SHALL 56 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ACHIEVEMENT OF A RATING OF HIGHLY S. 4612--A 104 A. 6720--A 1 EFFECTIVE ON THE ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW; AND (IV) 2 PROVIDE PERIODIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR 3 SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT PRIORITY SHALL BE 4 GIVEN TO APPLICANTS IN REGIONS OF THE STATE WHERE A SIMILAR PROGRAM 5 IS NOT OTHERWISE OFFERED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO 6 THE CONTRARY, UPON APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, SUCH 7 $2,500,000 OF MASTER TEACHERS PROGRAM FUNDING MAY BE SUB-ALLOCATED, 8 INTERCHANGED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE STATE 9 UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING SUCH 10 PROGRAM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT THE RIGHTS OF 11 LABOR ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING TEACHERS TO COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN 12 TERMS AND CONDITIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 14 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE 13 LAW. 14 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 15 CONTRARY, THE $1,500,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR PATHWAYS 16 IN TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL (P-TECH) PROGRAM GRANTS 17 SHALL BE AWARDED PURSUANT TO A PLAN DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER 18 AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PLAN 19 SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO (I) ASSURANCES THAT K-12, HIGHER 20 EDUCATION AND PRIVATE-SECTOR PARTNERS COMMIT TO THE REQUIRED 21 ELEMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A P-TECH PROGRAM, (II) PROVISIONS 22 TO ENSURE REGIONAL DIVERSITY OF GRANT RECIPIENTS, AND (III) PRIORITY 23 FOR P-TECH PROGRAMS SERVING STUDENTS IN ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGED 24 SCHOOL DISTRICTS; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE 25 AVAILABLE THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR SUCH PROGRAM ON OR BEFORE 26 MAY FIFTEENTH AND THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE AWARDS ON OR BEFORE 27 AUGUST FIFTEENTH; AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT A PORTION OF THE 28 PAYMENTS TO P-TECH PROGRAMS AWARDED FUNDING FROM THIS APPROPRIATION 29 SHALL BE MADE ON A SLIDING SCALE BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF COLLEGE 30 CREDITS EARNED ANNUALLY BY PARTICIPATING STUDENTS, CONSISTENT WITH 31 GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT IN 32 CONNECTION WITH SUCH GUIDELINES, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL EXECUTE A 33 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 34 AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK TO DEVELOP COMMON DATA 35 COLLECTION, SHARING AND REPORTING MECHANISMS BASED ON STUDENT-LEVEL 36 DATA FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN P-TECH AND SMART SCHOLARS EARLY 37 COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING 38 ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS 39 PARTICIPATING IN A P-TECH PROGRAM, OR THE ENTITY/ENTITIES RESPONSI- 40 BLE FOR SETTING TUITION AT THE INSTITUTION, SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO 41 SET A REDUCED RATE OF TUITION AND/OR FEES, OR TO WAIVE TUITION 42 AND/OR FEES ENTIRELY, FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SUCH P-TECH PROGRAM 43 WITH NO REDUCTION IN OTHER STATE, LOCAL OR OTHER SUPPORT FOR SUCH 44 STUDENTS EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT THAT SUCH HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNER 45 WOULD OTHERWISE BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE. 46 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 47 CONTRARY, THE $1,500,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR A SCHOOL 48 DISTRICT TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM SHALL BE USED TO PROVIDE RESIDENT 49 TEACHERS WITH THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING TO MAKE AN 50 IMMEDIATE IMPACT IN SCHOOLS IN THE STATE, PURSUANT TO A PLAN DEVEL- 51 OPED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET. 52 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT SUCH PLAN SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR 53 SELECTION OF EXPERIENCED NONPROFIT ENTITIES TO MANAGE THE PROGRAM. 54 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NO SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE MORE THAN 55 FORTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL GRANT ALLOCATION. S. 4612--A 105 A. 6720--A 1 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 2 CONTRARY, $1,500,000 OF THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE MADE 3 AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF NEW YORK STATE MASTERS-IN-EDUCATION TEACHER 4 INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AWARDS. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT ELIGI- 5 BILITY FOR AN AWARD UNDER THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL BE LIMITED TO 6 STUDENTS WHO ARE MATRICULATED IN AN APPROVED MASTER'S DEGREE IN 7 EDUCATION PROGRAM AT A NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER 8 EDUCATION LEADING TO A CAREER AS A TEACHER IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR 9 SECONDARY EDUCATION SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD, PROVIDED THE 10 APPLICANT: (A) EARNED AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM A COLLEGE LOCATED 11 IN NEW YORK STATE; AND (B) WAS A NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT WHILE EARN- 12 ING SUCH UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE; AND (C) ACHIEVED ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE 13 AS AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT, AS DEFINED BY THE HIGHER EDUCATION 14 SERVICES CORPORATION IN REGULATION; AND (D) ENROLLS IN FULL-TIME 15 STUDY IN AN APPROVED MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION PROGRAM AT A NEW 16 YORK STATE PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION LEADING TO A 17 CAREER AS TEACHER IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY EDUCATION; AND 18 (E) SIGNS A CONTRACT WITH THE CORPORATION AGREEING TO TEACH IN THE 19 CLASSROOM ON A FULL-TIME BASIS FOR FIVE YEARS IN A SCHOOL LOCATED 20 WITHIN NEW YORK STATE PROVIDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY 21 EDUCATION RECOGNIZED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS OR THE UNIVERSITY OF 22 THE STATE OF NEW YORK INCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT 23 TO ARTICLE 56 OF THE EDUCATION LAW; AND (F) COMPLIES WITH THE APPLI- 24 CABLE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 13 OF EDUCATION LAW AND ALL REQUIREMENTS 25 PROMULGATED BY THE CORPORATION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE 26 PROGRAM. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT: (A) AWARDS SHALL BE GRANTED TO 27 APPLICANTS THAT THE CORPORATION HAS CERTIFIED ARE ELIGIBLE TO 28 RECEIVE SUCH AWARDS; AND (B) UP TO FIVE HUNDRED AWARDS MAY BE MADE 29 FOR THE 2015-2016 ACADEMIC YEAR, PROVIDED SUCH AWARDS SHALL BE MADE 30 TO RECIPIENTS AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE TERM, AS 31 DEFINED BY THE CORPORATION. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THE CORPORATION SHALL 32 GRANT SUCH AWARDS IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE ANNUAL TUITION CHARGED 33 STATE RESIDENT STUDENTS ATTENDING A GRADUATE PROGRAM FULL-TIME AT 34 THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, OR ACTUAL TUITION CHARGED, WHICH- 35 EVER IS LESS, FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO ACADEMIC YEARS OF FULL-TIME 36 GRADUATE STUDY LEADING TO CERTIFICATION AS AN ELEMENTARY OR SECOND- 37 ARY CLASSROOM TEACHER; PROVIDED: (I) A STUDENT WHO RECEIVES EDUCA- 38 TIONAL GRANTS AND/OR SCHOLARSHIPS THAT COVER THE STUDENT'S FULL COST 39 OF ATTENDANCE SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD UNDER THIS PROGRAM; 40 (II) FOR A STUDENT WHO RECEIVES EDUCATIONAL GRANTS AND/OR SCHOLAR- 41 SHIPS THAT COVER LESS THAN THE STUDENT'S FULL COST OF ATTENDANCE, 42 SUCH GRANTS AND/OR SCHOLARSHIPS SHALL NOT BE DEEMED DUPLICATIVE OF 43 THIS PROGRAM AND MAY BE HELD CONCURRENTLY WITH AN AWARD UNDER THIS 44 PROGRAM, PROVIDED THAT THE COMBINED BENEFITS DO NOT EXCEED THE 45 STUDENT'S FULL COST OF ATTENDANCE; AND (III) AN AWARD UNDER THIS 46 PROGRAM SHALL BE APPLIED TO TUITION AFTER THE APPLICATION OF ALL 47 OTHER EDUCATIONAL GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS LIMITED TO TUITION AND 48 SHALL BE REDUCED IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO SUCH EDUCATIONAL GRANTS 49 AND/OR SCHOLARSHIPS. PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT UPON NOTIFICATION OF AN 50 AWARD UNDER THIS PROGRAM, THE INSTITUTION SHALL DEFER THE AMOUNT OF 51 TUITION EQUAL TO THE AWARD. NO AWARD SHALL BE FINAL UNTIL THE RECIP- 52 IENT'S SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A TERM HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE 53 INSTITUTION. A RECIPIENT OF AN AWARD UNDER THIS PROGRAM SHALL NOT BE 54 ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD UNDER THE NEW YORK STATE MATH AND SCIENCE 55 TEACHING INCENTIVE PROGRAM. PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT AWARDS GRANTED 56 PURSUANT TO THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL REQUIRE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE S. 4612--A 106 A. 6720--A 1 AWARD RECIPIENT AND THE CORPORATION TO AUTHORIZE THE CORPORATION TO 2 CONVERT TO A STUDENT LOAN THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE AWARD GIVEN PURSU- 3 ANT TO THIS APPROPRIATION, PLUS INTEREST, ACCORDING TO A SCHEDULE TO 4 BE DETERMINED BY THE CORPORATION IF: (A) TWO YEARS AFTER THE 5 COMPLETION OF THE DEGREE PROGRAM AND RECEIPT OF INITIAL CERTIF- 6 ICATION IT IS FOUND THAT A RECIPIENT IS NOT TEACHING IN A PUBLIC 7 SCHOOL LOCATED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE PROVIDING ELEMENTARY OR SECOND- 8 ARY EDUCATION RECOGNIZED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS OR THE UNIVERSITY 9 OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK INCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED PURSU- 10 ANT TO ARTICLE 56 OF THE EDUCATION LAW; OR (B) A RECIPIENT HAS NOT 11 TAUGHT IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL LOCATED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE PROVIDING 12 ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY EDUCATION RECOGNIZED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS 13 OR THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK INCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS 14 AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 56 OF THE EDUCATION LAW FOR FIVE OF 15 THE SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM 16 AND RECEIPT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION; OR (C) A RECIPIENT FAILS TO 17 COMPLETE HIS OR HER GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM IN EDUCATION; OR (D) A 18 RECIPIENT FAILS TO RECEIVE OR MAINTAIN HIS OR HER TEACHING CERTIF- 19 ICATE OR LICENSE IN NEW YORK STATE; OR (E) A RECIPIENT FAILS TO 20 RESPOND TO REQUESTS BY THE CORPORATION FOR THE STATUS OF HIS OR HER 21 ACADEMIC OR PROFESSIONAL PROGRESS. PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT THE 22 PRECEDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS: (A) SHALL BE DEFERRED FOR ANY INTER- 23 RUPTION IN GRADUATE STUDY OR EMPLOYMENT AS ESTABLISHED BY THE RULES 24 AND REGULATIONS OF THE CORPORATION; (B) SHALL BE CANCELLED UPON THE 25 DEATH OF THE RECIPIENT; AND (C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF 26 THIS APPROPRIATION TO THE CONTRARY, AUTHORIZE THE CORPORATION TO 27 PROVIDE FOR THE WAIVER OR SUSPENSION OF ANY FINANCIAL OBLIGATION 28 WHICH WOULD INVOLVE EXTREME HARDSHIP PURSUANT TO RULES AND REGU- 29 LATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE CORPORATION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY 30 PROVISION OF THE LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UPON APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR 31 OF THE BUDGET, SUCH $1,500,000 OF MASTERS-IN-EDUCATION TEACHER 32 INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FUNDING MAY BE SUB-ALLOCATED, INTER- 33 CHANGED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE HIGHER 34 EDUCATION SERVICES CORPORATION FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING 35 SUCH PROGRAM. 36 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE 37 CONTRARY, THE $1,500,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR QUALITYS- 38 TARSNY SHALL BE USED, PURSUANT TO A PLAN APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF 39 THE BUDGET, TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF A STATEWIDE SYSTEM TO 40 ASSESS, IMPROVE, AND COMMUNICATE THE LEVEL OF QUALITY IN EARLY 41 EDUCATION AND CARE SETTINGS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. NOTWITHSTANDING 42 ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UPON APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR 43 OF THE BUDGET, THE $1,500,000 OF FUNDING APPROPRIATED HEREIN FOR 44 QUALITYSTARSNY MAY BE SUB-ALLOCATED, INTERCHANGED, TRANSFERRED OR 45 OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY 46 SERVICES FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING SUCH SYSTEM. 47 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF 48 LAW, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, FUNDS 49 APPROPRIATED HEREIN MAY BE INTERCHANGED WITH THE APPROPRIATION FOR 50 SCHOOL DISTRICT MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY GRANTS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND 51 LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 52 TWELVE EDUCATION PROGRAM. 53 Notwithstanding section 40 of the state finance law or any provision 54 of law to the contrary, this appropriation shall lapse on March 31, 55 [2016] 2017 ... 250,000,000 ..................... (re. $232,895,000) S. 4612--A 107 A. 6720--A 1 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011, as amended by chapter 53, 2 section 1, of the laws of 2013: 3 For grants in aid to school districts, libraries, not for profits and 4 educational institutions, notwithstanding any provision of law this 5 appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant to a plan setting 6 forth an itemized list of grantees with the amount to be received by 7 each, or the methodology for allocating such appropriation. Such 8 plan shall be subject to the approval of the temporary president of 9 the senate and the director of the budget and thereafter shall be 10 included in a resolution calling for the expenditure of such monies, 11 which resolution must be approved by a majority vote of all members 12 elected to the senate upon a roll call vote ........................ 13 16,226,000 .......................................... (re. $605,000) 14 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2010, as transferred by chapter 15 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011: 16 For nonpublic school aid payable in the 2010-11 state fiscal year. 17 Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the 18 contrary, the amount appropriated herein represents the maximum 19 amount payable during the 2010-11 state fiscal year ................ 20 80,605,000 ............................................ (re. $2,000) 21 For aid payable for additional nonpublic school aid. Notwithstanding 22 any inconsistent provision of law, funds appropriated herein shall 23 be available for payment of aid heretofore accrued and hereafter to 24 accrue provided that, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or 25 regulation to the contrary, the amount appropriated herein repres- 26 ents the maximum amount payable during the 2010-11 state fiscal year 27 ... 28,500,000 ....................................... (re. $10,000) 28 For academic intervention for nonpublic schools based on a plan to be 29 developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the 30 director of the budget ... 922,000 .................. (re. $920,000) 31 For services and expenses of the New York state center for school 32 safety for the 2010-11 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall 33 be used to operate a statewide center and shall be subject to an 34 expenditure plan approved by the director of the budget ............ 35 466,000 ............................................. (re. $315,000) 36 For allowances to private schools for the blind and the deaf pursuant 37 to article 85 of the education law, including state aid for blind 38 and deaf pupils in certain institutions to be paid for the purposes 39 provided under article 85 of the education law for the education of 40 deaf children under 3 years of age, including transfers to the 41 miscellaneous special revenue fund Rome school for the deaf account 42 (339E6) pursuant to a plan to be developed by the commissioner and 43 approved by the director of the budget. Notwithstanding any other 44 inconsistent provisions of law, such funds appropriated herein shall 45 be for the New York state pupils approved to attend such schools and 46 whose admissions, attendance and termination therein is in accord- 47 ance with rules and regulations of the commissioner of education. 48 Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $6,651,000 shall be used for 49 debt service on capital construction projects financed through the 50 state dormitory authority and $105,689,000 shall be available for 51 allowances to schools for the blind and deaf. 52 Funds appropriated herein for apportionment by the commissioner to 53 private schools for the blind and deaf for services provided during 54 the 2009-10 school year and thereafter may, in the first instance, 55 be designated as the state share of moneys due to a private school S. 4612--A 108 A. 6720--A 1 for the blind and deaf pursuant to title XIX of the social security 2 act, on account of school supportive health services provided to 3 students with disabilities in special education programs pursuant to 4 article 89 of the education law and to those pupils who are quali- 5 fied handicapped persons as defined in the federal rehabilitation 6 act of 1973, as amended. Such state share shall be assigned on 7 behalf of private schools for the blind and deaf to the department 8 of health, as provided herein; the amount designated as such nonfed- 9 eral share may be suballocated by the commissioner to the department 10 of health based on the monthly report of the commissioner of health 11 to the commissioner. The amount to be assigned to the department of 12 health, as determined by the commissioner of health, for any school 13 shall not exceed the federal share of any moneys due to such school 14 pursuant to title XIX. Moneys designated as state share moneys shall 15 be paid to such private schools for the blind and deaf by the 16 department of health based on the submission and approval of claims 17 related to such school supportive health services, in the manner 18 provided by law. 19 Provided further that, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of 20 law, upon disbursement of funds appropriated for additional allow- 21 ances to private schools for the blind and deaf in the vocational 22 and educational services for individuals with disabilities program 23 special revenue funds-federal/aid to localities, funds appropriated 24 herein shall be reduced in an amount equivalent to such disbursement 25 and the portion of this appropriation so affected shall have no 26 further force or effect. Such reduction in the general fund allow- 27 ances to private schools for the blind and deaf shall be fully 28 offset by the special revenue funds-federal/aid to localities funds 29 appropriated for additional allowances to private schools for the 30 blind and deaf. 31 Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, funds appro- 32 priated herein shall be available for payment of liabilities hereto- 33 fore accrued or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the approval of 34 the director of the budget, such funds shall be available to the 35 department net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements and credits 36 ... 112,340,000 ................................... (re. $6,915,000) 37 For July and August programs for school-aged children with handicap- 38 ping conditions pursuant to section 4408 of the education law, 39 provided by private schools for the blind and deaf authorized by 40 article 85 of the education law, pursuant to an allocation plan to 41 be developed by the commissioner and approved by the director of the 42 budget. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, funds 43 appropriated herein may be interchanged with the general fund appro- 44 priation for the private schools for the blind and deaf, local 45 assistance account, subject to approval of the director of the budg- 46 et. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, funds 47 appropriated herein shall be available for payment of liabilities 48 heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the 49 approval of the director of the budget, such funds shall be avail- 50 able to the department net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements 51 and credits ... 24,000,000 .......................... (re. $200,000) 52 For July and August programs for school-aged children with handicap- 53 ping conditions pursuant to section 4408 of the education law. 54 Moneys appropriated herein shall be used as follows: (i) for remain- 55 ing 2009-10 school year obligations and for obligations for school 56 years prior to the 2009-10 school year provided, however, that of S. 4612--A 109 A. 6720--A 1 the amounts appropriated herein, payments for obligations for school 2 years prior to the 2009-10 school year shall be limited to 3 $50,000,000 (ii) for such purposes of subdivision 4 of section 3602 4 of the education law for schools operated under articles 87 and 88 5 of the education law. Provided, however, that notwithstanding any 6 inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, that payment of 7 eligible claims shall be payable in the order that such claims have 8 been approved for payment by the commissioner of education, and 9 provided further that no claim shall be set aside for insufficiency 10 of funds to make a complete payment, but shall be eligible for a 11 partial payment in one year and shall retain its priority date 12 status for subsequent appropriations designated for such purposes. 13 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, 14 funds appropriated herein for liabilities incurred by school 15 districts shall only be available for liabilities incurred prior to 16 July 1, 2010, and shall represent the maximum amount payable during 17 the 2010-11 state fiscal year. Notwithstanding any provision of law 18 to the contrary, funds appropriated herein shall be available for 19 payment of liabilities heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue 20 and, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, such 21 funds shall be available to the department net of disallowances, 22 refunds, reimbursements and credits. Notwithstanding any other 23 provision of law to the contrary, funds appropriated herein may be 24 suballocated, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, 25 to any state agency or department to accomplish the purpose of this 26 appropriation ... 188,200,000 ....................... (re. $205,000) 27 For services and expenses of the summer food program for the 2010-11 28 school year ... 3,049,000 ............................. (re. $5,000) 29 For aid payable for the 2010-11 school year for support of county 30 vocational education and extension boards pursuant to section 1104 31 of the education law. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of 32 law, rule, or regulation, the amount of state reimbursement payable 33 shall be based on annualized salaries and the amount appropriated 34 herein represents the maximum amount payable during the 2010-11 35 state fiscal year ... 932,000 ....................... (re. $128,000) 36 For services and expenses of the health education program for the 37 2010-11 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall be available 38 for health-related programs including, but not limited to, those 39 providing instruction and supportive services in comprehensive 40 health education and/or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) 41 education. Of the amounts appropriated herein, $86,000 shall be 42 available for the program previously operated as the school health 43 demonstration program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to 44 the contrary, funds appropriated herein may be suballocated, subject 45 to the approval of the director of the budget, to any state agency 46 or department to accomplish the purpose of this appropriation ...... 47 691,000 ............................................. (re. $292,000) 48 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2009: 49 For academic intervention for nonpublic schools based on a plan to be 50 developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the 51 director of the budget ... 922,000 .................. (re. $915,000) 52 For services and expenses of the health education program for the 53 2009-10 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall be available 54 for health-related programs including, but not limited to, those 55 providing instruction and supportive services in comprehensive S. 4612--A 110 A. 6720--A 1 health education and/or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) 2 education ... 691,000 ............................... (re. $268,000) 3 To the Buffalo City school district for the creation and implementa- 4 tion of the helping involve parents for better schools (HIP) program 5 ... 250,000 ......................................... (re. $186,000) 6 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2009, as amended by chapter 53, 7 section 1, of the laws of 2012: 8 For additional grants in aid to certain school districts, public 9 libraries and not-for-profit institutions. For grants in aid to 10 school districts, libraries, not for profits and educational insti- 11 tutions, notwithstanding any provision of law this appropriation 12 shall be allocated only pursuant to a plan setting forth an itemized 13 list of grantees with the amount to be received by each, or the 14 methodology for allocating such appropriation. Such plan shall be 15 subject to the approval of the speaker of the assembly and the 16 director of the budget and thereafter shall be included in a resol- 17 ution calling for the expenditure of such monies, which resolution 18 must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected to the 19 assembly upon a roll call vote ... 1,900,000 ...... (re. $1,900,000) 20 For services and expenses of the New York Historical Association ..... 21 180,000 ............................................... (re. $7,000) 22 For additional services and expenses of the Center for Autism and 23 related disabilities at the State University of New York at Albany 24 ... 500,000 .......................................... (re. $4,000) 25 For nonpublic school aid payable in the 2009-10 state fiscal year. 26 Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the 27 contrary, the amount appropriated herein represents the maximum 28 amount payable during the 2009-10 state fiscal year ................ 29 80,605,000 ............................................ (re. $6,000) 30 For aid payable for additional nonpublic school aid. Notwithstanding 31 any inconsistent provision of law, funds appropriated herein shall 32 be available for payment of aid heretofore accrued and hereafter to 33 accrue provided that, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or 34 regulation to the contrary, the amount appropriated herein repres- 35 ents the maximum amount payable during the 2009-10 state fiscal year 36 ... 30,000,000 ........................................ (re. $5,000) 37 For additional aid payable for the 2009-10 school year to schools 38 providing special services or programs as defined in paragraphs e, 39 g, i, and l of subdivision 2 of section 4401 of the education law 40 and approved preschool programs that provide full and half-day 41 educational programs in accordance with section 4410 of the educa- 42 tion law to help prevent excessive instructional staff turnover 43 through a targeted adjustment of compensation for teachers providing 44 direct instructional services to students at such schools. The 45 commissioner of education shall develop an allocation plan, subject 46 to the approval of the director of the budget, that distributes 47 funds appropriated herein among eligible schools ................... 48 2,000,000 ............................................ (re. $53,000) 49 For services and expenses of schools under registration review for the 50 2009-10 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall only be avail- 51 ble upon approval of an expenditure plan developed by the commis- 52 sioner of education and approved by the director of the budget ..... 53 1,751,000 ......................................... (re. $1,741,430) 54 For Special Act School Districts additional costs associated with 55 academic programs ... 1,300,000 ................... (re. $1,286,000) S. 4612--A 111 A. 6720--A 1 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2009, as amended by chapter 2 502, section 2, of the laws of 2009: 3 For July and August programs for school-aged children with handicap- 4 ping conditions pursuant to section 4408 of the education law. 5 Moneys appropriated herein shall be used as follows: (i) for remain- 6 ing base year and prior school years obligations, (ii) for the 7 purposes of subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education law for 8 schools operated under articles 87 and 88 of the education law, and 9 (iii) notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, for 10 payments made pursuant to this appropriation for current school year 11 obligations, provided, however, that such payments shall not exceed 12 70 percent of the state aid due for the sum of the approved tuition 13 and maintenance rates and transportation expense provided for here- 14 in; provided, however, that payment of eligible claims shall be 15 payable in the order that such claims have been approved for payment 16 by the commissioner of education, and provided further that no claim 17 shall be set aside for insufficiency of funds to make a complete 18 payment, but shall be eligible for a partial payment in one year and 19 shall retain its priority date status for subsequent appropriations 20 designated for such purposes. Notwithstanding any inconsistent 21 provision of law to the contrary, funds appropriated herein shall 22 only be available for liabilities incurred prior to July 1, 2010, 23 shall be used to pay 2008-09 school year claims in the first 24 instance, and represent the maximum amount payable during the 2009- 25 10 state fiscal year. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 26 contrary, funds appropriated herein shall be available for payment 27 of liabilities heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue and, 28 subject to the approval of the director of the budget, such funds 29 shall be available to the department net of disallowances, refunds, 30 reimbursements and credits; provided, however, that the amount of 31 this appropriation available for expenditure and disbursement on and 32 after November 1, 2009 shall be reduced by 12.5 percent of the 33 amount that was undisbursed as of November 1, 2009 ................. 34 260,400,000 ......................................... (re. $750,000) 35 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2008: 36 For services and expenses of the health education program for the 37 2008-09 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall be available 38 for health-related programs including, but not limited to, those 39 providing instruction and supportive services in comprehensive 40 health education and/or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) 41 education, provided, however, that the amount of this appropriation 42 available for expenditure and disbursement on and after September 1, 43 2008 shall be reduced by six percent of the amount that was undis- 44 bursed as of August 15, 2008 ... 735,000 ............ (re. $184,000) 45 For academic intervention for nonpublic schools based on a plan to be 46 developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the 47 director of the budget, provided, however, that the amount of this 48 appropriation available for expenditure and disbursement on and 49 after September 1, 2008 shall be reduced by six percent of the 50 amount that was undisbursed as of August 15, 2008 .................. 51 980,000 ............................................. (re. $922,000) 52 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2008, as amended by chapter 53, 53 section 1, of the laws of 2012: S. 4612--A 112 A. 6720--A 1 For July and August programs for school-aged children with handicap- 2 ping conditions pursuant to section 4408 of the education law. 3 Moneys appropriated herein shall be used as follows: (i) for remain- 4 ing base year and prior school years obligations, (ii) for the 5 purposes of subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education law for 6 schools operated under articles 87 and 88 of the education law, and 7 (iii) notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, for 8 payments made pursuant to this appropriation for current school year 9 obligations, provided, however, that such payments shall not exceed 10 70 percent of the state aid due for the sum of the approved tuition 11 and maintenance rates and transportation expense provided for here- 12 in; provided, however, that payment of eligible claims shall be 13 payable in the order that such claims have been approved for payment 14 by the commissioner of education, and provided further that no claim 15 shall be set aside for insufficiency of funds to make a complete 16 payment, but shall be eligible for a partial payment in one year and 17 shall retain its priority date status for subsequent appropriations 18 designated for such purposes. Notwithstanding any inconsistent 19 provision of law to the contrary, funds appropriated herein shall 20 only be available for liabilities incurred prior to July 1, 2009, 21 shall be used to pay 2007-08 school year claims in the first 22 instance, and represent the maximum amount payable during the 2008- 23 09 state fiscal year. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 24 contrary, funds appropriated herein shall be available for payment 25 of liabilities heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue and, 26 subject to the approval of the director of the budget, such funds 27 shall be available to the department net of disallowances, refunds, 28 reimbursements and credits ... 243,400,000 .......... (re. $844,000) 29 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2008, as amended by chapter 30 496, section 3, of the laws of 2008: 31 For grants to schools for programs involving literacy and basic educa- 32 tion for public assistance recipients for the 2008-09 school year 33 for those programs administered by the state education department, 34 provided, however, that the amount of this appropriation available 35 for expenditure and disbursement on and after September 1, 2008 36 shall be reduced by six percent of the amount that was undisbursed 37 as of August 15, 2008 ... 1,960,000 ................. (re. $553,000) 38 For nonpublic school aid for the 2008-09 school year program. Notwith- 39 standing any inconsistent provision of law, funds appropriated here- 40 in shall be available for payment of aid heretofore accrued and 41 hereafter to accrue provided that, notwithstanding any provision of 42 law, rule or regulation to the contrary, reimbursement, and the 43 State's liability for such reimbursement, shall be limited to nine- 44 ty-eight percent of the actual cost incurred by the nonpublic school 45 as approved by the commissioner of education; provided further that 46 on and after September 1, 2008, notwithstanding any inconsistent 47 provision of law, rule or regulation, the amount of state reimburse- 48 ment and liability for costs and activities funded through this 49 appropriation shall be further reduced by six percent of such 50 reduced amount, and that the amount of this appropriation available 51 for expenditure and disbursement on and after such date shall be 52 reduced by six percent of the amount that was undisbursed as of 53 August 15, 2008 ... 85,750,000 .................... (re. $1,633,000) 54 For aid payable for additional nonpublic school aid. Notwithstanding 55 any inconsistent provision of law, funds appropriated herein shall S. 4612--A 113 A. 6720--A 1 be available for payment of aid heretofore accrued and hereafter to 2 accrue provided that, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or 3 regulation to the contrary, reimbursement, and the State's liability 4 for such reimbursement, shall be limited to ninety-eight percent of 5 the actual cost incurred by the nonpublic school as approved by the 6 commissioner of education; provided further that on and after 7 September 1, 2008, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of 8 law, rule or regulation, the amount of state reimbursement and 9 liability for costs and activities funded through this appropriation 10 shall be further reduced by six percent of such reduced amount, and 11 that the amount of this appropriation available for expenditure and 12 disbursement on and after such date shall be reduced by six percent 13 of the amount that was undisbursed as of August 15, 2008 ... 14 47,295,000 ........................................ (re. $3,306,000) 15 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2008, as amended by chapter 1, 16 section 2, of the laws of 2009: 17 For services and expenses associated with math and science high 18 schools for the 2008-09 school year, provided, however, that the 19 amount of this appropriation available for expenditure and disburse- 20 ment on and after September 1, 2008 shall be reduced by six percent 21 of the amount that was undisbursed as of August 15, 2008 ........... 22 1,470,000 ........................................... (re. $461,000) 23 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2007, as amended by chapter 53, 24 section 1, of the laws of 2012: 25 For services and expenses of the rural education advisory council .... 26 175,000 .............................................. (re. $40,000) 27 For services and expenses of a $30,200,000 2007-08 school year program 28 for extended day and school violence prevention programs ........... 29 30,200,000 ........................................ (re. $5,938,000) 30 For July and August programs for school-aged children with handicap- 31 ping conditions pursuant to section 4408 of the education law. 32 Moneys appropriated herein shall be used as follows: (i) for remain- 33 ing base year and prior school years obligations, (ii) for the 34 purposes of subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education law for 35 schools operated under articles 87 and 88 of the education law, and 36 (iii) notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, for 37 payments made pursuant to this section for current school year obli- 38 gations, provided, however, that such payments shall not exceed 70 39 percent of the state aid due for the sum of the approved tuition and 40 maintenance rates and transportation expense provided for herein; 41 provided, however, that payment of eligible claims shall be payable 42 in the order that such claims have been approved for payment by the 43 commissioner of education, and provided further that no claim shall 44 be set aside for insufficiency of funds to make a complete payment, 45 but shall be eligible for a partial payment in one year and shall 46 retain its priority date status for subsequent appropriations desig- 47 nated for such purposes. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 48 of law to the contrary, funds appropriated herein shall only be 49 available for liabilities incurred prior to July 1, 2008, shall be 50 used to pay 2006-07 school year claims in the first instance, and 51 represent the maximum amount payable during the 2007-08 state fiscal 52 year. Provided further that, notwithstanding subdivision 3 of 53 section 4408 of the education law, after all other payments received 54 by March 1, 2008 have been made, any remaining available funds may S. 4612--A 114 A. 6720--A 1 be used to make any additional approved payments. Notwithstanding 2 any provision of law to the contrary, funds appropriated herein 3 shall be available for payment of liabilities heretofore accrued or 4 hereafter to accrue and, subject to the approval of the director of 5 the budget, such funds shall be available to the department net of 6 disallowances, refunds, reimbursements and credits ................. 7 243,400,000 ....................................... (re. $1,189,000) 8 For the state's share of preschool handicapped education costs pursu- 9 ant to section 4410 of the education law. Notwithstanding any 10 inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, the amount appropri- 11 ated herein represents the maximum amount payable during the 2007-08 12 state fiscal year and shall support a state share of preschool hand- 13 icapped education costs for the 2006-07 school year limited to 59.5 14 percent of total expenditures, and furthermore, notwithstanding any 15 other provision of law, local claims for reimbursement of costs 16 incurred prior to the 2005-06 school year and during the 2005-06 and 17 2006-07 school years that have been approved for payment by the 18 education department as of March 31, 2007 shall be the first claims 19 paid from this appropriation. Any local claims for which there may 20 be insufficient appropriation authority for payment in the 2007-08 21 state fiscal year shall be considered as the first claim for payment 22 against all subsequent appropriations designated for such purposes. 23 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, funds appro- 24 priated herein shall be available for payment of liabilities hereto- 25 fore accrued or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the approval of 26 the director of the budget, such funds shall be available to the 27 department net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements and credits 28 ... 663,100,000 ...................................... (re. $48,000) 29 For allowances to private schools for the blind and the deaf, includ- 30 ing state aid for blind and deaf pupils in certain institutions to 31 be paid for the purposes provided under article 85 of the education 32 law for the education of deaf children under 3 years of age includ- 33 ing transfers to the miscellaneous special revenue fund Rome school 34 for the deaf account (339E6) pursuant to a plan to be developed by 35 the commissioner and approved by the director of the budget. 36 Notwithstanding any other inconsistent provisions of law, such funds 37 appropriated herein shall be for the New York state pupils approved 38 to attend such schools and whose admissions, attendance and termi- 39 nation therein is in accordance with rules and regulations of the 40 commissioner of education. 41 Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $6,651,000 shall be used for 42 debt service on capital construction projects financed through the 43 state dormitory authority and $111,449,000 shall be available for 44 allowances to schools for the blind and deaf. Notwithstanding any 45 provision of the law to the contrary, funds appropriated herein 46 shall be available for payment of liabilities heretofore accrued or 47 hereafter to accrue and, subject to the approval of the director of 48 the budget, such funds shall be available to the department net of 49 disallowances, refunds, reimbursements and credits ................. 50 118,100,000 ......................................... (re. $277,000) 51 For the school lunch and breakfast program. Funds for the school lunch 52 and breakfast program shall be expended subject to the limitation of 53 funds available and may be used to reimburse sponsors of non-profit 54 school lunch, breakfast, or other school child feeding programs 55 based upon the number of federally reimbursable breakfasts and 56 lunches served to students under such program agreements entered S. 4612--A 115 A. 6720--A 1 into by the state education department and such sponsors, in accord- 2 ance with an act of Congress entitled the "National School Lunch 3 Act," P.L. 79-396, as amended, or the provisions of the "Child 4 Nutrition Act of 1966," P.L. 89-642, as amended, in the case of 5 school breakfast programs to reimburse sponsors in excess of the 6 federal rates of reimbursement. Notwithstanding any provision of law 7 to the contrary, the moneys hereby appropriated, or so much thereof 8 as may be necessary, are to be available for the purposes herein 9 specified for obligations heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue 10 for the school years beginning July 1, 2005, July 1, 2006 and July 11 1, 2007 ... 31,700,000 .............................. (re. $130,000) 12 For academic intervention for nonpublic schools based on a plan to be 13 developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the 14 director of the budget ... 1,000,000 .............. (re. $1,000,000) 15 For nonpublic school aid for the 2007-08 school year program. Notwith- 16 standing any inconsistent provision of law, funds appropriated here- 17 in shall be available for payment of aid heretofore accrued and 18 hereafter to accrue ... 87,500,000 ................ (re. $4,918,000) 19 For grants in aid to school districts, libraries, not for profits and 20 educational institutions, notwithstanding any provision of law this 21 appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant to a plan setting 22 forth an itemized list of grantees with the amount to be received by 23 each, or the methodology for allocating such appropriation. Such 24 plan shall be subject to the approval of the temporary president of 25 the senate and the director of the budget and thereafter shall be 26 included in a resolution calling for the expenditure of such monies, 27 which resolution must be approved by a majority vote of all members 28 elected to the senate upon a roll call vote ........................ 29 250,000 ............................................. (re. $102,000) 30 For additional grants in aid to certain school districts, public 31 libraries and not-for-profit institutions. Such funds shall be 32 apportioned pursuant to subdivision 5 of section 24 of the state 33 finance law ... 12,995,000 .......................... (re. $530,000) 34 For services and expenses associated with the math and science high 35 schools including Tech Valley high school, Bard College, and Nazar- 36 eth College for the 2007-08 school year ............................ 37 1,500,000 ........................................... (re. $254,000) 38 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2006: 39 For academic intervention for nonpublic schools based on a plan to be 40 developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the 41 director of the budget ... 1,000,000 ................ (re. $642,000) 42 For nonpublic school aid for the 2006-07 school year program. Notwith- 43 standing any inconsistent provision of law, funds shall be available 44 for payment of aid heretofore accrued and hereafter to accrue ... 45 87,500,000 ........................................ (re. $7,514,000) 46 For services and expenses associated with three Math and Science High 47 Schools, provided that one such high school shall be located in a 48 City with more than one million inhabitants, one shall be located 49 outside of a city with one million inhabitants, and one shall be the 50 educational entity created by chapter 757 of the laws of 2005. Each 51 school shall be eligible for a grant up to $500,000 for the costs of 52 providing an enhanced high school curriculum and/or capital improve- 53 ment projects. Such grant may provide for up to twenty-five percent 54 of the operations of the Math and Science High School. School 55 districts shall jointly submit an application with a New York State S. 4612--A 116 A. 6720--A 1 college or university in order to be eligible for funding pursuant 2 to this appropriation. Such joint application shall detail the coop- 3 erative activities, that the school district and higher educational 4 institution will occur at the Math and Science High School. The 5 enhanced math and science curriculum to be provided by the school 6 located in a city with more than one million inhabitants shall be 7 provided by a school accredited to give its graduates both a New 8 York State Regents diploma and an Associates of Arts degree with 9 more than half of its faculty possessing terminal degrees in their 10 subject area, and all of the science and math classes provided to 11 all of that school's third and fourth year students shall be given 12 for college credit and taught by faculty members who possess an 13 advanced degree in their subject area. Provided however, that the 14 educational entity created by chapter 757 of the laws of 2005 shall 15 not be required to submit a joint application with a New York State 16 college or university ... 1,500,000 ................. (re. $313,000) 17 For additional grants in aid to certain school districts, public 18 libraries and not-for-profit institutions including seventy percent 19 of a $26,670,000 2006-07 school year teacher resource and computer 20 training center program, seventy percent of a $4,000,000 2006-07 21 school year teacher mentor intern program, and $500,000 for the 22 national board for professional teaching standards program ......... 23 81,456,250 ....................................... (re. $12,200,000) 24 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2005: 25 For additional grants-in-aid to certain school districts, public 26 libraries and not for profit institutions including 50 percent of a 27 $500,000 school year program for the 2005-06 NYC peer intervention 28 program and 50 percent of a $500,000 school year program for the 29 national board for professional teaching standards certification ... 30 27,110,400 ........................................ (re. $7,161,000) 31 For nonpublic school aid for the 2005-06 school year program. Notwith- 32 standing any inconsistent provision of law, funds shall be available 33 for payment of aid heretofore accrued and hereafter to accrue ... 34 87,500,000 ........................................ (re. $5,303,000) 35 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2003, as amended by chapter 36 684, section 1, of the laws of 2003: 37 For additional grants in aid to certain school districts, public 38 libraries and not for profit educational institutions, in addition 39 to services and expenses of the teacher resources and computer 40 training centers programs ... 41,498,700 .......... (re. $5,485,000) 41 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2002: 42 For grants-in-aid to certain school districts, public libraries and 43 not-for-profit educational institutions ............................ 44 9,587,300 ......................................... (re. $1,500,000) 45 By chapter 382, part C, section 1, of the laws of 2001: 46 For fiscal stabilization grants in aid of up to $25,000,000 for the 47 2001-02 school year to certain school districts, public libraries 48 and not-for-profit educational institutions. Notwithstanding any 49 provision of law to the contrary, funds appropriated herein shall be 50 available for payment of aid hereafter to accrue ................... 51 25,000,000 ........................................... (re. $15,000) S. 4612--A 117 A. 6720--A 1 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 2 Federal Education Fund 3 Federal Department of Education Account - 25210 4 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014: 5 For grants to schools for specific programs including, but not limited 6 to, grants for purposes under title I of the elementary and second- 7 ary education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of 8 law, a portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other 9 state departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the 10 director of the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this 11 appropriation ... 1,771,819,000 ............... (re. $1,770,955,000) 12 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for state grants for 13 improving teacher quality and mathematics and science partnerships 14 pursuant to title II of the elementary and secondary education act. 15 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a portion of this 16 appropriation may be suballocated to other state departments and 17 agencies, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, as 18 needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation .............. 19 242,841,000 ..................................... (re. $242,841,000) 20 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for English language 21 acquisition program pursuant to title III of the elementary and 22 secondary education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 23 of law, a portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other 24 state departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the 25 director of the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this 26 appropriation ... 61,000,000 ..................... (re. $61,000,000) 27 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for the 21st century 28 community learning centers pursuant to title IV of the elementary 29 and secondary education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent 30 provision of law, a portion of this appropriation may be suballo- 31 cated to other state departments and agencies, subject to the 32 approval of the director of the budget, as needed to accomplish the 33 intent of this appropriation ... 96,526,000 ...... (re. $87,024,000) 34 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for the charter 35 schools program pursuant to title V of the elementary and secondary 36 education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a 37 portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other state 38 departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the director of 39 the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation 40 ... 28,000,000 ................................... (re. $28,000,000) 41 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for the rural educa- 42 tion initiative pursuant to title VI of the elementary and secondary 43 education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a 44 portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other state 45 departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the director of 46 the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation 47 ... 5,000,000 ..................................... (re. $5,000,000) 48 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for homeless educa- 49 tion program pursuant to title X of the elementary and secondary 50 education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a 51 portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other state 52 departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the director of 53 the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation 54 ... 8,000,000 ..................................... (re. $8,000,000) S. 4612--A 118 A. 6720--A 1 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for specific 2 programs including, but not limited to, the Carl D. Perkins voca- 3 tional and applied technology education act (VTEA). 4 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a portion of this 5 appropriation may be suballocated to other state departments and 6 agencies, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, as 7 needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation .............. 8 68,578,000 ....................................... (re. $65,937,000) 9 For various grants to schools and other eligible entities. Notwith- 10 standing any inconsistent provision of law, a portion of this appro- 11 priation may be suballocated to other state departments and agen- 12 cies, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, as 13 needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation .............. 14 29,425,000 ....................................... (re. $29,425,000) 15 For the education of individuals with disabilities including up to 16 $3,000,000 for services and expenses of early childhood direction 17 centers and $500,000 for services and expenses of the center for 18 autism and related disabilities at the state university of New York 19 at Albany. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a 20 portion of the funds appropriated herein shall be available, subject 21 to a plan developed by the commissioner of education and approved by 22 the director of the budget, for grants to ensure appropriately 23 certified teachers in schools providing special services or programs 24 as defined in paragraphs e, g, i and l of subdivision 2 of section 25 4401 of the education law to children placed by school districts and 26 in approved preschool programs that provide full and half-day educa- 27 tional programs in accordance with section 4410 of the education law 28 for children placed by school district. Provided further that, in 29 the allocation of funds, priority shall be given to those programs 30 with a demonstrated need to increase the number of certified teach- 31 ers to comply with state and federal requirements. Such funds shall 32 be made available for such activities as certification preparation, 33 training, assisting schools with personnel shortages and supporting 34 activities that improve the delivery of services to improve results 35 for children with disabilities. Provided further that notwithstand- 36 ing any inconsistent provision of law, of the funds appropriated 37 herein: (i) $2,000,000 shall be available for payments to schools 38 providing special services or programs as defined in paragraphs e, 39 g, i, and l of subdivision 2 of section 4401 of the education law to 40 help prevent excessive instructional staff turnover through a 41 targeted adjustment of compensation for teachers providing direct 42 instructional services to students at such schools. The commissioner 43 of education shall develop an allocation plan, subject to the 44 approval of the director of the budget, that distributes funds 45 appropriated herein among eligible schools, as defined herein, that 46 qualify based on the following criteria: eligible schools are those 47 that have complied with all applicable requirements for previous 48 grants for this purpose and whose average teacher salary are below 49 the salary provided for similarly qualified teachers in public 50 schools in the region in which such eligible school is located. The 51 allocation to each qualifying school shall be calculated based on 52 the number of weighted full time equivalent (FTE) staff, as defined 53 herein, in the per FTE award amount. The total number of weighted 54 FTE shall be determined by multiplying the actual number of FTE 55 teachers providing classroom instruction at each school, as deter- 56 mined by the commissioner, by: 1) a factor of 2.0 for those schools S. 4612--A 119 A. 6720--A 1 where average salaries that are 50 percent or less of those in 2 public school located in the same geographic region; 2) a factor of 3 1.5 for those schools where average salaries that are 50 percent and 4 75 percent of public schools located in the same geographic region; 5 or 3) a factor of 1.0 for those schools where the average salaries 6 that are 75-100 percent of public schools located in the same 7 geographic region. The per FTE teacher award amount shall be calcu- 8 lated by dividing the $2,000,000 by the total number of weighted FTE 9 staff; (ii) $2,000,000 shall be available for payments to schools 10 providing special services or programs as defined in paragraphs e, 11 g, i, and l of subdivision 2 of section 4401 of the education law 12 and approved preschool programs in accordance with section 4410 of 13 the education law to help prevent excessive instructional staff 14 turnover through a targeted adjustment of compensation for teachers 15 providing direct instructional services to students at such schools. 16 The commissioner of education shall develop an allocation plan, 17 subject to the approval of the director of the budget, that distrib- 18 utes funds appropriated herein among eligible schools; (iii) up to 19 $10,000,000 shall be available for costs associated with schools 20 operated under article 85 of the education law which otherwise would 21 be payable through the department's general fund aid to localities 22 appropriation, provided further that notwithstanding any inconsist- 23 ent provision of law, any disbursements against this $10,000,000 24 shall immediately reduce the amounts appropriated in the education 25 department's general fund aid to localities for costs associated 26 with schools operated under article 85 of the education law by an 27 equivalent amount, and the portion of such general fund appropri- 28 ation so affected shall have no further force or effect. Notwith- 29 standing any provision of the law to the contrary, funds appropri- 30 ated herein shall be available for payment of liabilities heretofore 31 accrued or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the approval of the 32 director of the budget, such funds shall be available to the depart- 33 ment net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements and credits. 34 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a portion of this 35 appropriation may be suballocated to other state departments and 36 agencies, as needed, to accomplish the intent of this appropriation 37 ... 815,347,000 ................................. (re. $815,347,000) 38 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013: 39 For grants to schools for specific programs including, but not limited 40 to, grants for purposes under title I of the elementary and second- 41 ary education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of 42 law, a portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other 43 state departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the 44 director of the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this 45 appropriation ... 1,771,819,000 ................. (re. $965,663,000) 46 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for state grants for 47 improving teacher quality and mathematics and science partnerships 48 pursuant to title II of the elementary and secondary education act. 49 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a portion of this 50 appropriation may be suballocated to other state departments and 51 agencies, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, as 52 needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation .............. 53 242,841,000 ..................................... (re. $110,406,000) 54 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for English language 55 acquisition program pursuant to title III of the elementary and S. 4612--A 120 A. 6720--A 1 secondary education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 2 of law, a portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other 3 state departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the 4 director of the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this 5 appropriation ... 57,519,000 ..................... (re. $39,531,000) 6 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for the 21st century 7 community learning centers pursuant to title IV of the elementary 8 and secondary education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent 9 provision of law, a portion of this appropriation may be suballo- 10 cated to other state departments and agencies, subject to the 11 approval of the director of the budget, as needed to accomplish the 12 intent of this appropriation ... 96,526,000 ...... (re. $37,609,000) 13 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for the charter 14 schools program pursuant to title V of the elementary and secondary 15 education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a 16 portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other state 17 departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the director of 18 the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation 19 ... 28,000,000 ................................... (re. $26,553,000) 20 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for the rural educa- 21 tion initiative pursuant to title VI of the elementary and secondary 22 education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a 23 portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other state 24 departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the director of 25 the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation 26 ... 5,000,000 ..................................... (re. $4,085,000) 27 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for homeless educa- 28 tion program pursuant to title X of the elementary and secondary 29 education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a 30 portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other state 31 departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the director of 32 the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation 33 ... 8,000,000 ..................................... (re. $4,800,000) 34 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for specific 35 programs including, but not limited to, the Carl D. Perkins voca- 36 tional and applied technology education act (VTEA). 37 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a portion of this 38 appropriation may be suballocated to other state departments and 39 agencies, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, as 40 needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation .............. 41 68,578,000 ....................................... (re. $21,922,000) 42 For the education of individuals with disabilities including up to 43 $3,000,000 for services and expenses of early childhood direction 44 centers and $500,000 for services and expenses of the center for 45 autism and related disabilities at the state university of New York 46 at Albany. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a 47 portion of the funds appropriated herein shall be available, subject 48 to a plan developed by the commissioner of education and approved by 49 the director of the budget, for grants to ensure appropriately 50 certified teachers in schools providing special services or programs 51 as defined in paragraphs e, g, i and l of subdivision 2 of section 52 4401 of the education law to children placed by school districts and 53 in approved preschool programs that provide full and half-day educa- 54 tional programs in accordance with section 4410 of the education law 55 for children placed by school district. Provided further that, in 56 the allocation of funds, priority shall be given to those programs S. 4612--A 121 A. 6720--A 1 with a demonstrated need to increase the number of certified teach- 2 ers to comply with state and federal requirements. Such funds shall 3 be made available for such activities as certification preparation, 4 training, assisting schools with personnel shortages and supporting 5 activities that improve the delivery of services to improve results 6 for children with disabilities. Provided further that notwithstand- 7 ing any inconsistent provision of law, of the funds appropriated 8 herein: (i) $2,000,000 shall be available for payments to schools 9 providing special services or programs as defined in paragraphs e, 10 g, i, and l of subdivision 2 of section 4401 of the education law to 11 help prevent excessive instructional staff turnover through a 12 targeted adjustment of compensation for teachers providing direct 13 instructional services to students at such schools. The commissioner 14 of education shall develop an allocation plan, subject to the 15 approval of the director of the budget, that distributes funds 16 appropriated herein among eligible schools, as defined herein, that 17 qualify based on the following criteria: eligible schools are those 18 that have complied with all applicable requirements for previous 19 grants for this purpose and whose average teacher salary are below 20 the salary provided for similarly qualified teachers in public 21 schools in the region in which such eligible school is located. The 22 allocation to each qualifying school shall be calculated based on 23 the number of weighted full time equivalent (FTE) staff, as defined 24 herein, in the per FTE award amount. The total number of weighted 25 FTE shall be determined by multiplying the actual number of FTE 26 teachers providing classroom instruction at each school, as deter- 27 mined by the commissioner, by: 1) a factor of 2.0 for those schools 28 where average salaries that are 50 percent or less of those in 29 public school located in the same geographic region; 2) a factor of 30 1.5 for those schools where average salaries that are 50 percent and 31 75 percent of public schools located in the same geographic region; 32 or 3) a factor of 1.0 for those schools where the average salaries 33 that are 75-100 percent of public schools located in the same 34 geographic region. The per FTE teacher award amount shall be calcu- 35 lated by dividing the $2,000,000 by the total number of weighted FTE 36 staff; (ii) $2,000,000 shall be available for payments to schools 37 providing special services or programs as defined in paragraphs e, 38 g, i, and l of subdivision 2 of section 4401 of the education law 39 and approved preschool programs in accordance with section 4410 of 40 the education law to help prevent excessive instructional staff 41 turnover through a targeted adjustment of compensation for teachers 42 providing direct instructional services to students at such schools. 43 The commissioner of education shall develop an allocation plan, 44 subject to the approval of the director of the budget, that distrib- 45 utes funds appropriated herein among eligible schools; (iii) up to 46 $10,000,000 shall be available for costs associated with schools 47 operated under article 85 of the education law which otherwise would 48 be payable through the department's general fund aid to localities 49 appropriation, provided further that notwithstanding any inconsist- 50 ent provision of law, any disbursements against this $10,000,000 51 shall immediately reduce the amounts appropriated in the education 52 department's general fund aid to localities for costs associated 53 with schools operated under article 85 of the education law by an 54 equivalent amount, and the portion of such general fund appropri- 55 ation so affected shall have no further force or effect. Provided 56 that, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, of the S. 4612--A 122 A. 6720--A 1 funds appropriated herein, up to $2,000,000 shall be available to 2 support program and/or fiscal audits and/or reviews of individual 3 preschool special education providers to be conducted by an external 4 audit firm selected through a competitive request for proposals 5 process or otherwise and, provided further that up to $2,000,000 6 shall be available for development of data collection and analysis 7 systems to improve the capacity of the State, school districts and 8 municipalities oversight of the provision of preschool special 9 education services. Provided further that, to the extent permitted 10 by federal law, $1,000,000 shall also be made available for grants 11 to be awarded to municipalities to enhance program oversight. 12 Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, funds 13 appropriated herein shall be available for payment of liabilities 14 heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the 15 approval of the director of the budget, such funds shall be avail- 16 able to the department net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements 17 and credits. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a 18 portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other state 19 departments and agencies, as needed, to accomplish the intent of 20 this appropriation ... 815,347,000 .............. (re. $218,061,000) 21 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 22 Federal Education Fund 23 Federal Department of Education Account 24 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012: 25 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for specific 26 programs in the, but not limited to, amounts indicated for such 27 programs, including $1,776,819,000 for purposes under title I of the 28 elementary and secondary education act, $247,841,000 for improving 29 teacher quality and mathematics and science partnerships pursuant to 30 title II of the elementary and secondary education act, $57,519,000 31 for English language acquisition pursuant to title III of the 32 elementary and secondary education act, $96,526,000 for 21st century 33 community learning centers pursuant to title IV of the elementary 34 and secondary education act, $23,000,000 for charter schools 35 programs pursuant to title V of the elementary and secondary educa- 36 tion act, $42,425,000 for other purposes pursuant to the elementary 37 and secondary education act and $68,578,000 for grants to schools 38 and other eligible entities for vocational and technical preparation 39 programs pursuant to the perkins career and technical improvement 40 act. 41 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, funds 42 appropriated herein may be suballocated, subject to the approval of 43 the director of the budget, to any state agency or department to 44 accomplish the purpose of this appropriation ....................... 45 2,312,708,000 ................................... (re. $100,000,000) 46 For the education of individuals with disabilities including up to 47 $3,000,000 for services and expenses of early childhood direction 48 centers and $500,000 for services and expenses of the center for 49 autism and related disabilities at the state university of New York 50 at Albany. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a 51 portion of the funds appropriated herein shall be available, subject 52 to a plan developed by the commissioner of education and approved by 53 the director of the budget, for grants to ensure appropriately 54 certified teachers in schools providing special services or programs S. 4612--A 123 A. 6720--A 1 as defined in paragraphs e, g, i and l of subdivision 2 of section 2 4401 of the education law to children placed by school districts and 3 in approved preschool programs that provide full and half-day educa- 4 tional programs in accordance with section 4410 of the education law 5 for children placed by school district. Provided further that, in 6 the allocation of funds, priority shall be given to those programs 7 with a demonstrated need to increase the number of certified teach- 8 ers to comply with state and federal requirements. Such funds shall 9 be made available for such activities as certification preparation, 10 training, assisting schools with personnel shortages and supporting 11 activities that improve the delivery of services to improve results 12 for children with disabilities. Provided further that notwithstand- 13 ing any inconsistent provision of law, of the funds appropriated 14 herein: (i) $2,000,000 shall be available for payments to schools 15 providing special services or programs as defined in paragraphs e, 16 g, i, and l of subdivision 2 of section 4401 of the education law to 17 help prevent excessive instructional staff turnover through a 18 targeted adjustment of compensation for teachers providing direct 19 instructional services to students at such schools. The commissioner 20 of education shall develop an allocation plan, subject to the 21 approval of the director of the budget, that distributes funds 22 appropriated herein among eligible schools, as defined herein, that 23 qualify based on the following criteria: eligible schools are those 24 that have complied with all applicable requirements for previous 25 grants for this purpose and whose average teacher salary are below 26 the salary provided for similarly qualified teachers in public 27 schools in the region in which such eligible school is located. The 28 allocation to each qualifying school shall be calculated based on 29 the number of weighted full time equivalent (FTE) staff, as defined 30 herein, in the per FTE award amount. The total number of weighted 31 FTE shall be determined by multiplying the actual number of FTE 32 teachers providing classroom instruction at each school, as deter- 33 mined by the commissioner, by: 1) a factor of 2.0 for those schools 34 where average salaries that are 50 percent or less of those in 35 public school located in the same geographic region; 2) a factor of 36 1.5 for those schools where average salaries that are 50 percent and 37 75 percent of public schools located in the same geographic region; 38 or 3) a factor of 1.0 for those schools where the average salaries 39 that are 75-100 percent of public schools located in the same 40 geographic region. The per FTE teacher award amount shall be calcu- 41 lated by dividing the $2,000,000 by the total number of weighted FTE 42 staff; (ii) $2,000,000 shall be available for payments to schools 43 providing special services or programs as defined in paragraphs e, 44 g, i, and l of subdivision 2 of section 4401 of the education law 45 and approved preschool programs in accordance with section 4410 of 46 the education law to help prevent excessive instructional staff 47 turnover through a targeted adjustment of compensation for teachers 48 providing direct instructional services to students at such schools. 49 The commissioner of education shall develop an allocation plan, 50 subject to the approval of the director of the budget, that distrib- 51 utes funds appropriated herein among eligible schools; (iii) up to 52 $10,000,000 shall be available for allowances to schools for the 53 blind and deaf to support services to students attending these 54 schools for costs which otherwise would be payable through the 55 department's general fund aid to localities appropriation, provided 56 further that notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, any S. 4612--A 124 A. 6720--A 1 disbursements against this $10,000,000 shall immediately reduce the 2 amounts appropriated in the education department's general fund aid 3 to localities for allowances to private schools for the blind and 4 deaf by an equivalent amount, and the portion of such general fund 5 appropriation so affected shall have no further force or effect. 6 Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, funds 7 appropriated herein shall be available for payment of liabilities 8 heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the 9 approval of the director of the budget, such funds shall be avail- 10 able to the department net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements 11 and credits ... 815,347,000 ...................... (re. $67,548,000) 12 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011: 13 For grants to schools for specific programs. Notwithstanding any other 14 provision of law to the contrary, funds appropriated herein may be 15 suballocated, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, 16 to any state agency or department to accomplish the purpose of this 17 appropriation ... 3,747,000 ....................... (re. $3,747,000) 18 For grants to schools for specific programs including, but not limited 19 to, grants for purposes under title I of the elementary and second- 20 ary education act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 21 contrary, funds appropriated herein may be suballocated, subject to 22 the approval of the director of the budget, to any state agency or 23 department to accomplish the purpose of this appropriation ......... 24 1,867,017,000 .................................... (re. $50,000,000) 25 For education of individuals with disabilities including up to 26 $3,000,000 for services and expenses of early childhood direction 27 centers and $500,000 for services and expenses of the center for 28 autism and related disabilities at the state university of New York 29 at Albany. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a 30 portion of the funds appropriated herein shall be available, subject 31 to a plan developed by the commissioner of education and approved by 32 the director of the budget, for grants to ensure appropriately 33 certified teachers in schools providing special services or programs 34 as defined in paragraphs e, g, i and l of subdivision 2 of section 35 4401 of the education law to children placed by school districts and 36 in approved preschool programs that provide full and half-day educa- 37 tional programs in accordance with section 4410 of the education law 38 for children placed by school district. Provided further that, in 39 the allocation of funds, priority shall be given to those programs 40 with a demonstrated need to increase the number of certified teach- 41 ers to comply with state and federal requirements. Such funds shall 42 be made available for such activities as certification preparation, 43 training, assisting schools with personnel shortages and supporting 44 activities that improve the delivery of services to improve results 45 for children with disabilities. Provided further that notwithstand- 46 ing any inconsistent provision of law, of the funds appropriated 47 herein: (i) $2,000,000 shall be available for payments to schools 48 providing special services or programs as defined in paragraphs e, 49 g, i, and l of subdivision 2 of section 4401 of the education law to 50 help prevent excessive instructional staff turnover through a 51 targeted adjustment of compensation for teachers providing direct 52 instructional services to students at such schools. The commissioner 53 of education shall develop an allocation plan, subject to the 54 approval of the director of the budget, that distributes funds 55 appropriated herein among eligible schools, as defined herein, that S. 4612--A 125 A. 6720--A 1 qualify based on the following criteria: eligible schools are those 2 that have complied with all applicable requirements for previous 3 grants for this purpose and whose average teacher salary are below 4 the salary provided for similarly qualified teachers in public 5 schools in the region in which such eligible school is located. The 6 allocation to each qualifying school shall be calculated based on 7 the number of weighted full time equivalent (FTE) staff, as defined 8 herein, in the per FTE award amount. The total number of weighted 9 FTE shall be determined by multiplying the actual number of FTE 10 teachers providing classroom instruction at each school, as deter- 11 mined by the commissioner, by: 1) a factor of 2.0 for those schools 12 where average salaries that are 50 percent or less of those in 13 public school located in the same geographic region; 2) a factor of 14 1.5 for those schools where average salaries that are 50 percent and 15 75 percent of public schools located in the same geographic region; 16 or 3) a factor of 1.0 for those schools where the average salaries 17 that are 75-100 percent of public schools located in the same 18 geographic region. The per FTE teacher award amount shall be calcu- 19 lated by dividing the $2,000,000 by the total number of weighted FTE 20 staff; (ii) $2,000,000 shall be available for payments to schools 21 providing special services or programs as defined in paragraphs e, 22 g, i, and l of subdivision 2 of section 4401 of the education law 23 and approved preschool programs in accordance with section 4410 of 24 the education law to help prevent excessive instructional staff 25 turnover through a targeted adjustment of compensation for teachers 26 providing direct instructional services to students at such schools. 27 The commissioner of education shall develop an allocation plan, 28 subject to the approval of the director of the budget, that distrib- 29 utes funds appropriated herein among eligible schools; (iii) up to 30 $10,000,000 shall be available for allowances to schools for the 31 blind and deaf to support services to students attending these 32 schools for costs which otherwise would be payable through the 33 department's general fund aid to localities appropriation, provided 34 further that notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, any 35 disbursements against this $10,000,000 shall immediately reduce the 36 amounts appropriated in the education department's general fund aid 37 to localities for allowances to private schools for the blind and 38 deaf by an equivalent amount, and the portion of such general fund 39 appropriation so affected shall have no further force or effect. 40 Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, funds 41 appropriated herein shall be available for payment of liabilities 42 heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the 43 approval of the director of the budget, such funds shall be avail- 44 able to the department net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements 45 and credits ... 801,867,000 .......................... (re. $50,000) 46 For the purposes of the teacher incentive fund program as funded by 47 the American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009. Funds appropri- 48 ated herein shall be subject to all applicable reporting and 49 accountability requirements contained in such act .................. 50 20,500,000 ....................................... (re. $20,500,000) 51 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2010, as amended by chapter 53, 52 section 1, of the laws of 2011: 53 For grants to schools for specific programs. Notwithstanding any other 54 provision of law to the contrary, funds appropriated herein may be 55 suballocated, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, S. 4612--A 126 A. 6720--A 1 to any state agency or department to accomplish the purpose of this 2 appropriation ... 3,747,000 ....................... (re. $3,747,000) 3 For grants to schools for specific programs including, but not limited 4 to, grants for purposes under title I of the elementary and second- 5 ary education act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 6 contrary, funds appropriated herein may be suballocated, subject to 7 the approval of the director of the budget, to any state agency or 8 department to accomplish the purpose of this appropriation ......... 9 1,867,017,000 .................................... (re. $45,000,000) 10 For the purposes of the teacher incentive fund program as funded by 11 the American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009. Funds appropri- 12 ated herein shall be subject to all applicable reporting and 13 accountability requirements contained in such act. Notwithstanding 14 any other provision of the law to the contrary and subject to the 15 approval of the director of the budget, a portion of the funds 16 appropriated herein may be transferred to the credit of the state 17 purposes account of the state education department to carry out the 18 purposes of this program ... 20,000,000 ........... (re. $4,998,000) 19 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2009: 20 For grants to schools for specific programs .......................... 21 3,747,000 ......................................... (re. $1,000,000) 22 For grants to schools for specific programs including, but not limited 23 to, grants for purposes under title I of the elementary and second- 24 ary education act ... 1,807,000,000 .............. (re. $25,000,000) 25 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 26 Federal Health and Human Services Fund 27 Federal Health and Human Services Account - 25122 28 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014: 29 For grants to schools for specific programs .......................... 30 5,000,000 ......................................... (re. $5,000,000) 31 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013: 32 For grants to schools for specific programs .......................... 33 5,000,000 ............................................ (re. $10,000) 34 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 35 Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund 36 Federal Operating Grants Account - 25456 37 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014: 38 For grants to schools for specific programs .......................... 39 5,000,000 ......................................... (re. $5,000,000) 40 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 41 Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Fund 42 Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Account - 25026 43 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014: 44 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for programs funded 45 through the national school lunch act .............................. 46 1,077,000,000 ................................. (re. $1,007,073,000) 47 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013: S. 4612--A 127 A. 6720--A 1 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for programs funded 2 through the national school lunch act .............................. 3 1,052,000,000 ................................... (re. $176,663,000) 4 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012: 5 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for programs funded 6 through the national school lunch act .............................. 7 966,000,000 ...................................... (re. $82,559,000) 8 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011: 9 For grants to schools and other eligible entities for programs funded 10 through the national school lunch act .............................. 11 821,987,000 ......................................... (re. $235,000) 12 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 13 State Fiscal Stabilization Fund 14 State Fiscal Stabilization Account - 25200 15 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2010, as amended by chapter 53, 16 section 1, of the laws of 2011: 17 For the purposes of the Race to the Top state fiscal stabilization 18 fund-state incentive grant as funded by the American recovery and 19 reinvestment act of 2009. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 20 to contrary, funds appropriated herein may be suballocated, subject 21 to the approval of the director of the budget, to any state agency 22 or department for the purposes of the state fiscal stabilization 23 fund-state incentive grants as funded by the American recovery and 24 reinvestment act of 2009, provided further that, subject to the 25 approval of the director of the budget, a portion of the funds 26 appropriated herein, may be transferred to the credit of the state 27 purposes account of the state education department to carry out the 28 purposes of this section. Funds appropriated herein shall be subject 29 to all applicable reporting and accountability requirements 30 contained in such act ... 750,000,000 ........... (re. $450,000,000) 31 Special Revenue Funds - Other 32 Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund 33 Commercial Gaming Revenue Account 34 The appropriation made by chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014, is 35 hereby amended and reappropriated to read: 36 For payment, pursuant to section 97-nnnn of the state finance law, of 37 additional aid to school districts otherwise eligible for an appor- 38 tionment pursuant to subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education 39 law, in order to support elementary and secondary education, which, 40 notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, shall for 41 purposes of this appropriation mean support through after-school 42 programs, [sap] GAP elimination adjustment restoration apportion- 43 ments and/or foundation aid; provided that, [,]for the 2014-15 44 school year, $81,000,000 shall be available from the funds appropri- 45 ated herein and shall be payable, on[/] or after April 1, 2015, as a 46 portion of the gap elimination adjustment restoration in such year. 47 Provided further that, $81,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein 48 shall be available for the 2015-16 school year AND NO MORE THAN 70 49 PERCENT OF SUCH $81,000,000 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE 2015-16 STATE 50 FISCAL YEAR; and provided further that, notwithstanding any S. 4612--A 128 A. 6720--A 1 provision of law to the contrary, the funds appropriated herein 2 shall only be available to support such purposes and shall not be 3 interchanged with any other item of appropriation; and provided that 4 notwithstanding section 40 of the state finance law or any provision 5 of law to the contrary, this appropriation shall remain in full 6 force and effect to the maximum extent allowed by [l] LAW ... 7 720,000,000 ..................................... (re. $720,000,000) 8 Special Revenue Funds - Other 9 State Lottery Fund 10 State Lottery Account - 20901 11 The appropriation made by chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014, is 12 hereby amended and reappropriated to read: 13 For general support for public schools for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 14 school years, provided that, notwithstanding any other provision of 15 law to the contrary, in computing the additional lottery grant 16 pursuant to subparagraph (4) of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of 17 section 92-c of the state finance law for the 2014-15 school year, 18 the base grant shall not exceed $2,024,980,000. Notwithstanding any 19 provision of law to the contrary, the portion of this appropriation 20 covering fiscal year 2014-15 shall supersede and replace any appro- 21 priation for this item covering fiscal year 2014-15 set forth in 22 chapter 53 of the laws of 2013. Notwithstanding section 40 of the 23 state finance law or any provision of law to the contrary, this 24 appropriation shall lapse on March 31, 2016 ........................ 25 [4,036,960,000] 4,003,960,000 ................. (re. $1,978,980,000) 26 Special Revenue Funds - Other 27 State Lottery Fund 28 VLT Education Account - 20904 29 The appropriation made by chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014, is 30 hereby amended and reappropriated to read: 31 For general support for public schools for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 32 school years, for grants awarded pursuant to subparagraph (2-a) of 33 paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the state finance 34 law, provided that no more than $950,604,000 shall be available for 35 the 2014-15 state fiscal year payments for general support for 36 public schools for the 2014-15 school year. Notwithstanding any 37 provision of law to the contrary, the portion of this appropriation 38 covering fiscal year 2014-15 shall supersede and replace any appro- 39 priation for this item covering fiscal year 2014-15 set forth in 40 chapter 53 of the laws of 2013. Notwithstanding section 40 of the 41 state finance law or any provision of law to the contrary, this 42 appropriation shall lapse on March 31, 2016 ........................ 43 [1,927,604,000] 1,902,604,000 ................... (re. $952,000,000) 44 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2009, as amended by chapter 53, 45 section 1, of the laws of 2011: 46 Maintenance Undistributed S. 4612--A 129 A. 6720--A 1 For services and expenses or for contracts with municipalities and/or 2 private not-for-profit agencies for the amounts herein provided: 3 General Fund 4 Community Projects Fund - 007 5 Account CC 6 ROCKLAND BOCES ... 5,000 .................................. (re. $845) 7 By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2008, as amended by chapter 53, 8 section 1, of the laws of 2011: 9 Maintenance Undistributed 10 For services and expenses or for contracts with municipalities and/or 11 private not-for-profit agencies for the amounts herein provided: 12 General Fund 13 Community Projects Fund - 007 14 Account CC 15 LINDENHURST ROBOTICS CLUB ... 9,630 ..................... (re. $9,630)