Assembly Bill A9869A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides a New York state residential property tax relief act for public education aid apportionment for certain school years; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

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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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2019-A9869 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1707
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3602, 3609-a, 1608 & 1716, add §3609-i, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8828
2021-2022: A939, S1388

2019-A9869 - Summary

Provides a New York state residential property tax relief act for public education aid apportionment for certain school years; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2019-A9869 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9869
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing a  New  York
   state  residential  property  tax  relief act for public education aid
   apportionment for certain school years; and providing for  the  repeal
   of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "New  York
 state residential real property tax relief act for public education".
   §  2.  Legislative  findings.  The  legislature finds that the current
 primary and secondary education funding system, which is  based  largely
 upon  real property taxation, is antiquated and creates serious dispari-
 ties in educational opportunity and inequities with regard  to  distrib-
 ution  of  the  system's financial burden. The quality of education that
 children receive varies widely by geographic region, as does the  oppor-
 tunity  for  children  to participate in extracurricular activities.  In
 addition, taxpayers throughout the state receive real property tax bills
 from their local school districts based on the  value  of  their  homes,
 which  is  subject to multiple factors beyond their control, rather than
 their financial ability to pay, creating serious regional distortions in
 the relative cost of living. The  legislature  further  finds  that  our
 children  should  not be penalized based upon the geographic location of
 their home, nor should financial support for the educational system fall
 more heavily on those who are less able to bear the burden. The legisla-
 ture therefore must take immediate action to  provide  relief  to  those
 areas most impacted by these disparities through the residential proper-
 ty  tax  relief aid determined through a residential property tax relief
 aid formula. The legislature further orders an education  funding  study
 to  examine  long-term  funding  alternatives  for the state primary and
 secondary educational system that allows  all  children  throughout  the
 state to receive the same educational opportunities.
   §  3.  Section  3602  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 42 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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2019-A9869A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1707
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3602, 3609-a, 1608 & 1716, add §3609-i, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8828
2021-2022: A939, S1388

2019-A9869A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a New York state residential property tax relief act for public education aid apportionment for certain school years; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2019-A9869A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9869--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to providing a New York
   state residential property tax relief act  for  public  education  aid
   apportionment  for  certain school years; and providing for the repeal
   of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New York
 state residential real property tax relief act for public education."
   § 2. Legislative findings. The  legislature  finds  that  the  current
 primary  and  secondary education funding system, which is based largely
 upon real property taxation, is antiquated and creates serious  dispari-
 ties  in  educational opportunity and inequities with regard to distrib-
 ution of the system's financial burden. The quality  of  education  that
 children  receive varies widely by geographic region, as does the oppor-
 tunity for children to participate in extracurricular  activities.    In
 addition, taxpayers throughout the state receive real property tax bills
 from  their  local  school  districts based on the value of their homes,
 which is subject to multiple factors beyond their control,  rather  than
 their financial ability to pay, creating serious regional distortions in
 the  relative  cost  of  living.  The legislature further finds that our
 children should not be penalized based upon the geographic  location  of
 their home, nor should financial support for the educational system fall
 more heavily on those who are less able to bear the burden. The legisla-
 ture  therefore  must  take  immediate action to provide relief to those
 areas most impacted by these disparities through the residential proper-
 ty tax relief aid determined through a residential property  tax  relief
 aid  formula.  The legislature further orders an education funding study
 to examine long-term funding alternatives  for  the  state  primary  and
 secondary  educational  system  that  allows all children throughout the
 state to receive the same educational opportunities.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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