Bill Text: NY S07996 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to foundation aid for school districts with a combined wealth ratio less than one.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-02 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S07996 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S07996-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7996 IN SENATE June 2, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- 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 foundation aid The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 4 of section 3602 of 2 the education law, as amended by section 7 of part A of chapter 54 of 3 the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 4 In addition to any other apportionment pursuant to this chapter, a 5 school district, other than a special act school district as defined in 6 subdivision eight of section four thousand one of this chapter, shall be 7 eligible for total foundation aid equal to the product of total aidable 8 foundation pupil units multiplied by the district's selected foundation 9 aid, which shall be the greater of five hundred dollars ($500) or foun- 10 dation formula aid, provided, however that for the two thousand seven-- 11 two thousand eight through two thousand eight--two thousand nine school 12 years, no school district shall receive total foundation aid in excess 13 of the sum of the total foundation aid base for aid payable in the two 14 thousand seven--two thousand eight school year computed pursuant to 15 subparagraph (i) of paragraph j of subdivision one of this section, plus 16 the phase-in foundation increase computed pursuant to paragraph b of 17 this subdivision, and provided further that for the two thousand twelve- 18 -two thousand thirteen school year, no school district shall receive 19 total foundation aid in excess of the sum of the total foundation aid 20 base for aid payable in the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve 21 school year computed pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph j of 22 subdivision one of this section, plus the phase-in foundation increase 23 computed pursuant to paragraph b of this subdivision, and provided 24 further that for the two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen school 25 year and thereafter, no school district shall receive total foundation 26 aid in excess of the sum of the total foundation aid base computed 27 pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph j of subdivision one of this 28 section, plus the phase-in foundation increase computed pursuant to 29 paragraph b of this subdivision, and provided further that for the two EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15439-06-6S. 7996 2 1 thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school year, no eligible school 2 districts shall receive total foundation aid in excess of the sum of the 3 total foundation aid base computed pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of 4 paragraph j of subdivision one of this section plus the sum of (A) the 5 phase-in foundation increase, (B) the executive foundation increase with 6 a minimum increase pursuant to paragraph b-2 of this subdivision, [and] 7 (C) an amount equal to "COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AID" in the computer listing 8 produced by the commissioner in support of the executive budget request 9 for the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school year and 10 entitled "BT161-7", where (1) "eligible school district" shall be 11 defined as a district with (a) an unrestricted aid increase of less than 12 seven percent (0.07) and (b) a three year average free and reduced price 13 lunch percent greater than fifteen percent (0.15), and (2) "unrestricted 14 aid increase" shall mean the quotient arrived at when dividing (a) the 15 sum of the executive foundation aid increase plus the gap elimination 16 adjustment for the base year, by (b) the difference of foundation aid 17 for the base year less the gap elimination adjustment for the base year, 18 and (3) "executive foundation increase" shall mean the difference of (a) 19 the amounts set forth for each school district as "FOUNDATION AID" under 20 the heading "2016-17 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer listing 21 produced by the commissioner in support of the executive budget request 22 for the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school year and 23 entitled "BT161-7" less (b) the amounts set forth for each school 24 district as "FOUNDATION AID" under the heading "2015-16 BASE YEAR AIDS" 25 in such computer listing, or (c) any school district with a combined 26 wealth ratio less than one (1.000) and where the quotient of (a) the 27 amount set forth for each school district as "Foundation Aid" under the 28 heading "2015-16 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer listing 29 produced by the commissioner in support of the executive budget request 30 for the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school year and 31 entitled "BT161-7" divided by (b) Total Foundation Aid, is less than 32 forty-five one hundredths (.45), and provided further that total founda- 33 tion aid shall not be less than the product of the total foundation aid 34 base computed pursuant to paragraph j of subdivision one of this section 35 and the due-minimum percent which shall be, for the two thousand twelve- 36 -two thousand thirteen school year, one hundred and six-tenths percent 37 (1.006) and for the two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen school 38 year for city school districts of those cities having populations in 39 excess of one hundred twenty-five thousand and less than one million 40 inhabitants one hundred and one and one hundred and seventy-six thou- 41 sandths percent (1.01176), and for all other districts one hundred and 42 three-tenths percent (1.003), and for the two thousand fourteen--two 43 thousand fifteen school year one hundred and eighty-five hundredths 44 percent (1.0085), and for the two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen 45 school year, one hundred thirty-seven hundredths percent (1.0037), 46 subject to allocation pursuant to the provisions of subdivision eighteen 47 of this section and any provisions of a chapter of the laws of New York 48 as described therein, nor more than the product of such total foundation 49 aid base and one hundred fifteen percent, provided, however, that for 50 the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school year such maxi- 51 mum shall (1) be no more than the sum of (i) the product of such total 52 foundation aid base and one hundred fifteen percent plus (ii) the execu- 53 tive foundation increase and plus (iii) "COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AID" in the 54 computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of the execu- 55 tive budget request for the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen 56 school year and entitled "BT161-7" and (2) except that the maximum shallS. 7996 3 1 not apply to any district with a phase-in foundation increase factor 2 pursuant to subclause nine of clause (ii) of subparagraph two of para- 3 graph b of this subdivision and provided further that for the two thou- 4 sand nine--two thousand ten through two thousand eleven--two thousand 5 twelve school years, each school district shall receive total foundation 6 aid in an amount equal to the amount apportioned to such school district 7 for the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year pursuant to 8 this subdivision. Total aidable foundation pupil units shall be calcu- 9 lated pursuant to paragraph g of subdivision two of this section. For 10 the purposes of calculating aid pursuant to this subdivision, aid for 11 the city school district of the city of New York shall be calculated on 12 a citywide basis. 13 § 2. Clause (ii) of subparagraph 2 of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of 14 section 3602 of the education law, as amended by section 7 of part A of 15 chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 16 (ii) Phase-in foundation increase factor. For the two thousand 17 eleven--two thousand twelve school year, the phase-in foundation 18 increase factor shall equal thirty-seven and one-half percent (0.375) 19 and the phase-in due minimum percent shall equal nineteen and forty-one 20 hundredths percent (0.1941), for the two thousand twelve--two thousand 21 thirteen school year the phase-in foundation increase factor shall equal 22 one and seven-tenths percent (0.017), for the two thousand thirteen--two 23 thousand fourteen school year the phase-in foundation increase factor 24 shall equal (1) for a city school district in a city having a population 25 of one million or more, five and twenty-three hundredths percent 26 (0.0523) or (2) for all other school districts zero percent, for the two 27 thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year the phase-in founda- 28 tion increase factor shall equal (1) for a city school district of a 29 city having a population of one million or more, four and thirty-two 30 hundredths percent (0.0432) or (2) for a school district other than a 31 city school district having a population of one million or more for 32 which (A) the quotient of the positive difference of the foundation 33 formula aid minus the foundation aid base computed pursuant to paragraph 34 j of subdivision one of this section divided by the foundation formula 35 aid is greater than twenty-two percent (0.22) and (B) a combined wealth 36 ratio less than thirty-five hundredths (0.35), seven percent (0.07) or 37 (3) for all other school districts, four and thirty-one hundredths 38 percent (0.0431), and for the two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen 39 school year the phase-in foundation increase factor shall equal: (1) for 40 a city school district of a city having a population of one million or 41 more, thirteen and two hundred seventy-four thousandths percent 42 (0.13274); or (2) for districts where the quotient arrived at when 43 dividing (A) the product of the total aidable foundation pupil units 44 multiplied by the district's selected foundation aid less the total 45 foundation aid base computed pursuant to paragraph j of subdivision one 46 of this section divided by (B) the product of the total aidable founda- 47 tion pupil units multiplied by the district's selected foundation aid is 48 greater than nineteen percent (0.19), and where the district's combined 49 wealth ratio is less than thirty-three hundredths (0.33), seven and 50 seventy-five hundredths percent (0.0775); or (3) for any other district 51 designated as high need pursuant to clause (c) of subparagraph two of 52 paragraph c of subdivision six of this section for the school aid 53 computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted 54 budget for the two thousand seven--two thousand eight school year and 55 entitled "SA0708", four percent (0.04); or (4) for a city school 56 district in a city having a population of one hundred twenty-five thou-S. 7996 4 1 sand or more but less than one million, fourteen percent (0.14); or (5) 2 for school districts that were designated as small city school districts 3 or central school districts whose boundaries include a portion of a 4 small city for the school aid computer listing produced by the commis- 5 sioner in support of the enacted budget for the two thousand fourteen-- 6 two thousand fifteen school year and entitled "SA1415", four and seven 7 hundred fifty-one thousandths percent (0.04751); or (6) for all other 8 districts one percent (0.01), and for the two thousand sixteen--two 9 thousand seventeen school year shall equal for an eligible school 10 district the greater of: (1) for a city school district in a city with a 11 population of one million or more, seven and seven hundred eighty four 12 thousandths percent (0.07784); or (2) for a city school district in a 13 city with a population of more than two hundred fifty thousand but less 14 than one million as of the most recent federal decennial census, seven 15 and three hundredths percent (0.0703); or (3) for a city school district 16 in a city with a population of more than two hundred thousand but less 17 than two hundred fifty thousand as of the most recent federal decennial 18 census, six and seventy-two hundredths percent (0.0672); or (4) for a 19 city school district in a city with a population of more than one 20 hundred fifty thousand but less than two hundred thousand as of the most 21 recent federal decennial census, six and seventy-four hundredths percent 22 (0.0674); or (5) for a city school district in a city with a population 23 of more than one hundred twenty-five thousand but less than one hundred 24 fifty thousand as of the most recent federal decennial census, nine and 25 fifty-five hundredths percent (0.0955); or (6) for school districts that 26 were designated as small city school districts or central school 27 districts whose boundaries include a portion of a small city for the 28 school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of 29 the enacted budget for the two thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen 30 school year and entitled "SA141-5" with a combined wealth ratio less 31 than one and four tenths (1.4), nine percent (0.09), provided, however, 32 that for such districts that are also districts designated as high need 33 urban-suburban pursuant to clause (c) of subparagraph two of paragraph c 34 of subdivision six of this section for the school aid computer listing 35 produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted budget for the 36 two thousand seven--two thousand eight school year and entitled 37 "SA0708", nine and seven hundred and nineteen thousandths percent 38 (0.09719); or (7) for school districts designated as high need rural 39 pursuant to clause (c) of subparagraph two of paragraph c of subdivision 40 six of this section for the school aid computer listing produced by the 41 commissioner in support of the enacted budget for the two thousand 42 seven--two thousand eight school year and entitled "SA0708", thirteen 43 and six tenths percent (0.136); or (8) for school districts designated 44 as high need urban-suburban pursuant to clause (c) of subparagraph two 45 of paragraph c of subdivision six of this section for the school aid 46 computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted 47 budget for the two thousand seven--two thousand eight school year and 48 entitled "SA0708", seven hundred nineteen thousandths percent (0.00719); 49 or (9) for any school district whose Foundation Aid increase for the two 50 thousand seven--two thousand eight school year was reduced by the maxi- 51 mum amount allowed and with a combined wealth ratio less than one 52 (1.000) and where the quotient of (A) the amount set forth for each 53 school district as "Foundation Aid" under the heading "2015-16 BASE YEAR 54 AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in 55 support of the executive budget request for the two thousand sixteen-- 56 two thousand seventeen school year and entitled "BT161-7" divided by (B)S. 7996 5 1 Total Foundation Aid, is less than forty-five one hundredths (.45), 2 twelve and twenty-one hundredths percent (0.1221); or (10) for all other 3 eligible school districts, forty-seven hundredths percent (0.0047) and 4 for the two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen school year and 5 thereafter the commissioner shall annually determine the phase-in foun- 6 dation increase factor subject to allocation pursuant to the provisions 7 of subdivision eighteen of this section and any provisions of a chapter 8 of the laws of New York as described therein. 9 § 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017, notwithstanding the 10 provisions of paragraph c of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the educa- 11 tion law; provided, however, that if section 7 of part A of chapter 54 12 of the laws of 2016 shall not have taken effect on or before such date 13 then sections one and two of this act shall take effect on the same date 14 and in the same manner as such chapter of the laws of 2016 takes effect.
