Senate Bill S5446

Vetoed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Defines tuition for the 2010-2011 school year

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S5446 - Details

Laws Affected:
Amd §4405, Ed L

2009-S5446 - Summary

Defines tuition for the 2010-2011 school year; restricts tuition rates to not more than four percent of a school year's costs.

2009-S5446 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5446 - Bill Text download pdf

2009-S5446A (ACTIVE) - Details

Laws Affected:
Amd §4405, Ed L

2009-S5446A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Defines tuition for the 2010-2011 school year; restricts tuition rates to not more than four percent of a school year's costs.

2009-S5446A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5446A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 5446--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education --  commit-
  tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
  mitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to defining "tuition" for
  the 2010-2011 school year

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section  4405 of the education law is
amended by adding a new paragraph j to read as follows:
  J. THE TUITION RATE METHODOLOGY ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS  SUBDIVI-
SION  FOR  SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOLS FOR
STUDENTS OF SCHOOL AGE FOR THE TWO  THOUSAND  TEN--TWO  THOUSAND  ELEVEN
TUITION  RATE  YEAR  AND THEREAFTER MAY INCLUDE A SURPLUS FACTOR, AT THE
DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONER AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDG-
ET, WHICH SHALL EQUAL THE LESSER OF: (I) THE SUM OF: (A) THE EXCESS,  IF
ANY,  OF  THE  TUITION  REVENUE  COMPUTED  FOR THE BASE YEAR AND USED IN
DETERMINING THE TUITION RATE FOR THE TUITION RATE YEAR OVER  THE  ALLOW-
ABLE  AND  REIMBURSABLE COSTS INCURRED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR PRIVATE
SCHOOL IN THE BASE YEAR, NET OF ANY DISALLOWANCES, PLUS  (B)  ANY  UNEX-
PENDED SURPLUS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR
PRIOR  TO THE BASE YEAR, AND (II) FOUR PERCENT OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND
EXPENDITURES UNDER THE BUDGET OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR APPROVED PRIVATE
SCHOOL FOR THE BASE YEAR. AS USED IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  "TUITION  RATE
YEAR"  SHALL  MEAN  THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR WHICH A TUITION RATE IS COMPUTED
AND "BASE YEAR" SHALL MEAN THE  SCHOOL  YEAR  TWO  YEARS  PRIOR  TO  THE
TUITION  RATE  YEAR. THE SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT OR APPROVED PRIVATE
SCHOOL MAY RETAIN ANY SURPLUS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO THIS  SUBDIVISION  AS
AN UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11648-02-9

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