Bill Text: NY S05938 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides that the commissioner of education shall allocate state aid to the Saranac central school district even though such school district, through no fault of its own, shall not have been in session for the required 180 days.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-14 - SIGNED CHAP.233 [S05938 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05938-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 5938                                                  A. 8221
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 12, 2015
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       IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. DUPREY -- read once  and  referred
         to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT in relation to state aid for the Saranac central school district
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Notwithstanding the fact that the  Saranac  central  school
    2  district  was  in session for less than 180 days in the 2014-2015 school
    3  year, due to no fault of its  own,  the  commissioner  of  education  is
    4  authorized  to disregard the reduction of state aid required pursuant to
    5  section 3604 of the education law and shall pay such school district its
    6  apportionment as if the school district had  been  in  session  for  the
    7  required 180 days.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11633-01-5
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