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Assembly Bill A8205

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes the department of education to conduct a study requiring the state to provide financial aid to school districts reguarding state mandated programs

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2009-A8205 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A3700, A10481

2009-A8205 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the department of education to conduct a study of the feasibility and impact of requiring the state to provide financial aid to school districts in order to assist the school districts in funding state mandated education programs during the current fiscal crisis or to waive certain mandated education spending for such programs, and to prepare a report of its findings and recommendations.

2009-A8205 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8205

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. MOLINARO, CROUCH, BALL, WALKER, FINCH, SAYWARD,
  TOBACCO, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  BARCLAY,  OAKS,
  SALADINO,  THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Educa-
  tion

AN ACT to authorize the department of education to conduct  a  study  of
  the feasibility and impact of requiring the state to provide financial
  aid to, and/or, waive certain mandated education spending for, munici-
  palities  in  order  to  assist  the school districts in funding state
  mandated education programs during the current fiscal  crisis  and  to
  prepare a report concerning its findings

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

  Section 1. The department of education shall conduct a study to deter-
mine the feasibility of requiring the state to provide financial aid  to
school districts during the current fiscal crisis in order to assist the
school  districts  in  funding various types of state mandated education
programs, or to waive  certain  mandated  education  spending  for  such
programs,  and  the impact of requiring such aid on the state budget and
cash flow. This audit shall be completed within three  months  following
the effective date of these provisions.
  S  2.  Upon  completion of the study, the commissioner of education or
his or her designee shall make a report to the governor, the speaker  of
the assembly, the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader
of  the  assembly and the minority leader of the senate of the findings,
conclusions and recommendations arising from the study, and shall submit
with such report such legislative proposals as he or she deems necessary
to implement the recommendations. This  report  shall  be  submitted  no
later than sixty days after completion of the study.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11073-03-9

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