Bill Text: NY S06284 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that school aid shall not be reduced if a school is closed due to extraordinary circumstances, emergency or disaster and such days cannot be made up prior to scheduled regents exams.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-19 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9442 [S06284 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06284-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6284
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 20, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  SEWARD,  BONACIC, FARLEY, GRIFFO, LIBOUS, LITTLE,
         O'MARA -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
         committed to the Committee on Education
       AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting apportion-
         ment of state aid where a school was not in session  due  to  extraor-
         dinary weather conditions, disasters or emergencies
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 3604 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
    2  new subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
    3    7-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  SEVEN OF THIS
    4  SECTION, FOR THE TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN--TWO THOUSAND TWELVE  SCHOOL  YEAR,
    5  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL DISREGARD SUCH REDUCTION, UP TO TEN DAYS, IN THE
    6  APPORTIONMENT OF PUBLIC MONEY, IF THE SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT  WERE  NOT
    7  IN  SESSION  FOR  ONE  HUNDRED  EIGHTY  DAYS  BECAUSE OF EXTRAORDINARILY
    8  ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, FEDERAL DECLARATIONS OF NATURAL DISASTERS, A
    9  STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY OF  THE  EXECUTIVE
   10  LAW,  THE  CLOSING OF TRANSPORTATION ROUTES PURSUANT TO A DECLARED LOCAL
   11  STATE OF EMERGENCY, IMPAIRMENT OF HEATING FACILITIES,  INSUFFICIENCY  OF
   12  WATER  SUPPLY, SHORTAGE OF FUEL, LACK OF ELECTRICITY, OR THE DESTRUCTION
   13  OF A SCHOOL BUILDING EITHER IN WHOLE OR IN PART, AND  IF,  FURTHER,  THE
   14  DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT CERTIFIES THAT SUCH DISTRICT CANNOT MAKE UP SUCH
   15  DAYS  OF  INSTRUCTION  BY  USING  FOR THE SECONDARY GRADES ALL SCHEDULED
   16  VACATION DAYS WHICH OCCUR PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED REGENTS  EXAMINA-
   17  TION  DAY  IN JUNE, AND FOR THE ELEMENTARY GRADES ALL SCHEDULED VACATION
   18  DAYS WHICH OCCUR PRIOR TO THE LAST SCHEDULED REGENTS EXAMINATION DAY  IN
   19  JUNE;  AND  IF,  FURTHER,  THE  DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT CERTIFIES TO THE
   20  COMMISSIONER THAT TO DO SO WOULD IMPERIL  STUDENTS,  FACULTY  AND  STAFF
   21  WHILE REPAIRS CONTINUE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "SCHEDULED
   22  VACATION  DAYS" SHALL MEAN DAYS ON WHICH THE SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT ARE
   23  NOT IN SESSION AND FOR WHICH NO PROHIBITION EXISTS IN SUBDIVISION  EIGHT
   24  OF THIS SECTION FOR THEM TO BE IN SESSION.
   25    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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