Assembly Bill A10816

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Permits apportionment of state aid where a school was not in session due to extraordinary weather conditions, disasters or emergencies during the two thousand twelve-two thousand thirteen school year

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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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2011-A10816 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3604, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A150

2011-A10816 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits apportionment of state aid where a school was not in session due to extraordinary weather conditions, disasters or emergencies during the two thousand twelve-two thousand thirteen school year.

2011-A10816 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  10816

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            November 2, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Nolan) --
  read once and referred 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  during  the  two
  thousand twelve-two thousand thirteen school year

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

  Section 1. Section 3604 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
new subdivision 7-b to read as follows:
  7-B.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  SEVEN OF THIS
SECTION, FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWELVE--TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN SCHOOL YEAR,
THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DISREGARD SUCH REDUCTION, UP TO TEN DAYS, IN  THE
APPORTIONMENT  OF  PUBLIC MONEY, IF THE SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT WERE NOT
IN SESSION FOR  ONE  HUNDRED  EIGHTY  DAYS  BECAUSE  OF  EXTRAORDINARILY
ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, FEDERAL DECLARATIONS OF NATURAL DISASTERS, A
STATE  DISASTER EMERGENCY AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY OF THE  EXECUTIVE
LAW, THE CLOSING OF TRANSPORTATION ROUTES PURSUANT TO A  DECLARED  LOCAL
STATE  OF EMERGENCY, IMPAIRMENT OF HEATING FACILITIES,  INSUFFICIENCY OF
WATER SUPPLY, SHORTAGE OF FUEL, LACK OF ELECTRICITY, OR THE  DESTRUCTION
OF  A  SCHOOL  BUILDING EITHER IN WHOLE OR IN PART, AND IF, FURTHER, THE
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT CERTIFIES THAT SUCH DISTRICT CANNOT MAKE UP SUCH
DAYS OF INSTRUCTION BY USING FOR  THE  SECONDARY  GRADES  ALL  SCHEDULED
VACATION DAYS WHICH OCCUR PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED  REGENTS EXAMINA-
TION  DAY  IN JUNE, AND FOR THE ELEMENTARY GRADES ALL SCHEDULED VACATION
DAYS WHICH OCCUR PRIOR TO THE LAST SCHEDULED REGENTS EXAMINATION DAY  IN
JUNE;  AND  IF,  FURTHER,  THE  DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT CERTIFIES TO THE
COMMISSIONER THAT TO DO SO WOULD IMPERIL  STUDENTS,  FACULTY  AND  STAFF
WHILE REPAIRS CONTINUE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "SCHEDULED
VACATION DAYS" SHALL MEAN DAYS  ON WHICH THE SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT ARE
NOT  IN SESSION AND FOR WHICH NO PROHIBITION EXISTS IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT
OF THIS SECTION FOR THEM TO BE IN SESSION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD16615-01-2
              

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