Bill Text: NY S04791 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Appropriates one million dollars to the department of education for the purpose of initiating, maintaining or encouraging extracurricular activities in school districts in cities with a population of one million or more to lower dropout rates.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S04791 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S04791-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4791
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of education to be used
         for certain extracurricular activities in school districts  in  cities
         with a population of one million or more
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The sum of one million dollars  ($1,000,000),  or  so  much
    2  thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the department of
    3  education  from  any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to
    4  the credit of the local assistance account not  otherwise  appropriated,
    5  and made immediately available, for the purpose of initiating, maintain-
    6  ing and encouraging extracurricular activities, including but not limit-
    7  ed  to  athletics,  drama  clubs, stage crews, marching bands and debate
    8  clubs, in school districts in cities with a population of one million or
    9  more. Such moneys shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the comp-
   10  troller on vouchers certified or approved in the  manner  prescribed  by
   11  law.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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