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Assembly Bill A11669

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Makes certain technical corrections

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2009-A11669 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8406
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Education
Laws Affected:
Amd Part A ยง25-b, Chap of 2010 (as proposed in S.6607-B/A.9707-C)

2009-A11669 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts a chapter amendment making certain technical corrections to the education law relating to contracts for excellence, in relation to gap elimination adjustment offset.

2009-A11669 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  11669

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              July 7, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  read  once and referred to the
  Committee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2010 amending the education law
  and other laws relating to contracts for excellence,  as  proposed  in
  legislative  bill  numbers  S.6607-B  and A.9707-C, in relation to gap
  elimination adjustment offset

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

  Section  1.  Section  25-b  of part A of a chapter of the laws of 2010
amending the education law and other  laws  relating  to  contracts  for
excellence,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bill  numbers  S.6607-B  and
A.9707-C, is amended to read as follows:
  S 25-b. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in
the two  thousand  ten-two  thousand  eleven  school  year,  the  amount
received  by  each  [average-need]  school  district, [as defined by the
commissioner of education,] EXCLUSIVE OF  THOSE  IDENTIFIED  IN  SECTION
TWENTY-FIVE-A  OF THIS ACT, whose budget is subject to voter approval as
a gap elimination adjustment offset, pursuant to a chapter of  the  laws
of  2010  that added paragraph f of subdivision one of section 3609-a of
the education law[, shall be used as follows:
  (a) a minimum of 50 percent of such amount shall  be  used  to  reduce
property taxes in the 2011-2011 school year; and
  (b)  the  remaining such amount may be deemed a state grant in aid for
general use within the meaning of subdivision two of section 1718 of the
education law and may be used for the purpose of maintaining educational
programming during the 2010-2011 school year which otherwise would  have
been  reduced  as a result of such net gap elimination adjustment] SHALL
APPLY THE AMOUNT OF SAID OFFSET SOLELY TO THE REDUCTION OF THE  DISTRICT
PROPERTY TAX LEVY AND SHALL NOT BE AUTHORIZED TO ADD AN APPROPRIATION OF
SUCH  FUNDS  TO A PROPOSED, ENACTED OR ADOPTED BUDGET OR TO DEPOSIT SUCH
FUNDS IN A RESERVE FUND OR TO RETAIN SUCH FUNDS IN  AN  UNRESERVED  FUND
BALANCE AFTER LEVY OF TAXES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD17910-05-0

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