Assembly Bill A6149

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of education of the state of New York to conduct a study on the sufficiency of current education aid apportionment formulas and make recommendations for improvements to such formulas

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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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2021-A6149 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1807
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education, Commissioner of
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S4233
2023-2024: A3144, S5113

2021-A6149 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of education of the state of New York to conduct a study on the sufficiency of current education aid apportionment formulas, make recommendations for improvements to such formulas and deliver a report of such findings and recommendations and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

2021-A6149 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6149
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. TAGUE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT requiring the commissioner of education of the state of New  York
   to  conduct a study on the sufficiency of current education aid appor-
   tionment formulas,  make  recommendations  for  improvements  to  such
   formulas and deliver a report of such findings and recommendations and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The commissioner of education of  the  state  of  New  York
 shall conduct a comprehensive study analyzing the sufficiency of current
 education  aid apportionment formulas, make recommendations for improve-
 ments to such formulas and deliver a report of such findings and  recom-
 mendations.
   §  2.  Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the following
 information:
   (a) an assessment of the impact of the tax cap  on  increased  funding
 needs;
   (b) increased costs to each school district;
   (c) changes in wealth of each district;
   (d) increased requirements placed on districts through state mandates,
 including the implementation of higher learning standards and testing;
   (e) recommendations for new aid apportionment formulas; and
   (f)  any  additional  information  the commissioner of education deems
 pertinent for the purposes of this act.
   § 3. For the purposes of this act, the commissioner of  education  may
 conduct  such  study in conjunction with any other department, division,
 board, bureau, commission, agency, or  public  authority  of  the  state
 deemed  necessary.  To  the  maximum  extent feasible, such commissioner
 shall be authorized to request, receive, and utilize such resources  and
 data of any other department, division, board, bureau, commission, agen-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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