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                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  the  Syracuse  city
  school district

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 12 of section 3602 of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  section  35 of part A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is
amended to read as follows:
  12. Academic enhancement aid. A school district that as of April first
of the base year has been continuously identified as a district in  need
of  improvement  for  at  least  five  years shall, for the two thousand
eight--two thousand nine school  year,  be  entitled  to  an  additional
apportionment equal to the positive remainder, if any, of (a) the lesser
of  fifteen  million  dollars or the product of the total foundation aid
base, as defined by paragraph j of  subdivision  one  of  this  section,
multiplied by ten percent (0.10), less (b) the positive remainder of (i)
the  sum of the total foundation aid apportioned pursuant to subdivision
four of this section and the supplemental educational improvement grants
apportioned pursuant to subdivision eight of section thirty-six  hundred
forty-one of this article, less (ii) the total foundation aid base.
  For  the  two  thousand  nine--two  thousand  ten through two thousand
twelve--two thousand thirteen school years, each school  district  shall
be  entitled  to an apportionment equal to the amount set forth for such
school district as "EDUCATION GRANTS, ACADEMIC  EN"  under  the  heading
"2008-09  BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced by
the commissioner in support of the budget for the two thousand nine--two
thousand ten school year and entitled "SA0910", and  such  apportionment
shall be deemed to satisfy the state obligation to provide an apportion-
ment  pursuant to subdivision eight of section thirty-six hundred forty-

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

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one of this article.  THE SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT  SHALL  ALSO  BE
ENTITLED  TO AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE, CARRIED TO
FOUR DECIMALS, IN THE SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL  DISTRICT  PUBLIC  ENROLLMENT
PURSUANT  TO  FOUNDATION AID UNDER SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION FROM
THE TWO THOUSAND TEN--TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN SCHOOL YEAR TO THE  TWO  THOU-
SAND   ELEVEN--TWO   THOUSAND  TWELVE  SCHOOL  YEAR  MULTIPLIED  BY  THE
DISTRICT'S FOUNDATION AID AMOUNT. SUCH INCREASE SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT  TO
SECTION TWO HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.