Senate Bill S6777

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the expenditure of pre-kindergarten program grant funds

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S6777 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9900
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1580
2013-2014: S1570

2009-S6777 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the expenditure of prekindergarten program grant funds.

2009-S6777 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6777 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6777

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 4, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. OPPENHEIMER, ADAMS, C. JOHNSON, KRUEGER, MONSERRATE,
  MONTGOMERY, ONORATO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when print-
  ed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to the expenditure of
  pre-kindergarten program grant funds

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  10 of section 3602-e of the education law is
amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
  D. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY  IN  THE
EVENT  A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A GRANT UNDER THIS
SECTION IS UNABLE TO EXPAND PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS AS  DETERMINED  BY
THE  COMMISSIONER  THEN  SUCH DISTRICT SHALL BE PERMITTED TO UTILIZE THE
EQUIVALENT  OF  SUCH  UNUSED  PRE-KINDERGARTEN  GRANT  FUNDS  FOR  LOCAL
PRE-KINDERGARTEN  INITIATIVES, FULL-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS AND/OR
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR PRE-KINDERGARTEN PUPILS AS APPROVED  BY  THE
COMMISSIONER,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT SUCH EXCESS MAY NOT BE GENERATED
THROUGH A REDUCTION  IN  PRE-KINDERGARTEN  STUDENTS  SERVED  FROM  THOSE
SERVED IN THE BASE YEAR.
  S 2. Subdivision 11 of section 3602-e of the education law, as amended
by section 19 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, is amended to
read as follows:
  11. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision ten of this section,
where  the  district  serves fewer children during the current year than
PROVIDED FOR BY THE GRANT in the base year, the  school  district  shall
have  its  apportionment reduced in an amount proportional to such defi-
ciency in the current year or in the succeeding school year,  as  deter-
mined  by  the  commissioner,  except  such reduction shall not apply to
school districts which have fully implemented a universal pre-kindergar-
ten program by making such program available to all  eligible  children.
SUCH  REDUCTION  SHALL  NOT APPLY TO DISTRICTS THAT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
AVAILABLE PRE-KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS  SERVED  SO  LONG  AS  THE  DISTRICT
CONTINUES TO SERVE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN PROVIDED FOR IN THE BASE YEAR.
Expenses  incurred  by the school district in implementing a pre-kinder-
garten program plan pursuant to this subdivision shall be  deemed  ordi-
nary contingent expenses.
  S 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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