Bill Text: NY S07689 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to foundation aid and the minimum local contribution thereto.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-13 - REFERRED TO RULES [S07689 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S07689-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7689
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 13, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sens. RITCHIE, LIBOUS, MAZIARZ, SEWARD -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Rules
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to foundation aid and the
         minimum local contribution thereto
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph h of subdivision 2  of  section
    2  3602  of  the education law, as added by section 13 of part B of chapter
    3  57 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (1) Total wealth foundation pupil units shall  mean  the  sum  of  (i)
    5  average daily membership for the year UP TO FIVE YEARS prior to the base
    6  year,  WHICHEVER  IS HIGHEST, as computed in this section, plus (ii) the
    7  full-time equivalent enrollment  of  resident  pupils  attending  public
    8  school  elsewhere,  less the full-time equivalent enrollment of nonresi-
    9  dent pupils, plus (iii) the full-time equivalent enrollment of  resident
   10  pupils  attending full-time in board of cooperative educational services
   11  (not otherwise specifically included).   Native  American  pupils  of  a
   12  reservation  attending  public  school,  or  pupils living on the United
   13  States military reservation at West Point attending public school, shall
   14  be deemed to be resident pupils of the district providing  such  school,
   15  for purposes of this paragraph. Where a school district has entered into
   16  a  contract with state university pursuant to subdivision two of section
   17  three hundred fifty-five of this chapter under which the school district
   18  makes payment in the nature of tuition  for  the  education  of  certain
   19  children  residing  in the district, such children for whom such tuition
   20  payments are made shall be deemed to be resident pupils of such district
   21  for the purposes of this paragraph.
   22    S 2. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 3602 of
   23  the education law, as amended by section 26 of part A of chapter  58  of
   24  the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   25    (4)  The expected minimum local contribution shall equal the lesser of
   26  (i) the product of (A) the quotient arrived at when the selected  actual
   27  valuation  is divided by total wealth foundation pupil units, multiplied
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  by (B) the product of the local tax factor,  multiplied  by  the  income
    2  wealth  index,  or (ii) the product of (A) the product of the foundation
    3  amount, the regional cost index, and the pupil need index, multiplied by
    4  (B)  the  positive  difference,  if  any, of one minus the state sharing
    5  ratio for total foundation aid. The local tax  factor  shall  be  estab-
    6  lished by May first of each year by determining the product, computed to
    7  four  decimal  places  without rounding, of ninety percent multiplied by
    8  the quotient of the sum of the statewide average tax rate as computed by
    9  the commissioner for the current year in accordance with the  provisions
   10  of  paragraph  e of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred nine-e
   11  of this part plus the statewide average tax rate computed by the commis-
   12  sioner for the base year in accordance with  such  provisions  plus  the
   13  statewide  average  tax  rate  computed by the commissioner for the year
   14  prior to the base year in accordance with such  provisions,  divided  by
   15  three,  provided  however  that for the two thousand seven--two thousand
   16  eight school year, such local tax factor shall  be  sixteen  thousandths
   17  (0.016), and provided further that for the two thousand eight--two thou-
   18  sand  nine  school  year,  such  local  tax  factor shall be one hundred
   19  fifty-four ten thousandths (0.0154). The income wealth  index  shall  be
   20  calculated pursuant to paragraph d of subdivision three of this section,
   21  provided, however, that for the purposes of computing the expected mini-
   22  mum  local  contribution  the income wealth index shall not be less than
   23  [sixty-five] FORTY percent [(0.65)] (0.4) and shall not be more than two
   24  hundred percent (2.0) and provided however that such income wealth index
   25  shall not be more than [ninety-five percent (0.95)] ONE HUNDRED  TWENTY-
   26  FIVE PERCENT (1.25) for the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school
   27  year.  The  selected  actual  valuation  shall be calculated pursuant to
   28  paragraph c of subdivision one of this section. Total wealth  foundation
   29  pupil  units  shall be calculated pursuant to paragraph h of subdivision
   30  two of this section.
   31    S 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.