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Senate Bill S5822

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to calculation of contingency budget percent increase in total spending over district's total spending under school district budget for the prior school year

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2009-S5822 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8852
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2023, Ed L

2009-S5822 - Summary

Relates to the calculation of contingency budget percentage increase in total spending over a district's total spending under the school district budget for the prior school year.

2009-S5822 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5822 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5822

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 8, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  the  calculation  of
  contingency  budget  percentage  increases  in  total  spending over a
  district's total spending under the school  district  budget  for  the
  prior  school  year;  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. Paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 2023 of the educa-
tion law, as added by section 24 of part A of chapter 436 of the laws of
1997, is amended to read as follows:
  a. The contingency budget shall not result in a percentage increase in
total spending over the  district's  total  spending  under  the  school
district  budget  for  the prior school year that exceeds the lesser of:
(i) THE AVERAGE OF THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS OF the result  obtained  when
one  hundred  twenty percent is multiplied by the percentage increase in
the consumer price index, with the result rounded to two decimal places;
or (ii) four percent.
  S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009 and shall apply to school
district budget votes for the 2010-11 school year and shall expire  June
30,  2010 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
repealed.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14199-01-9

2009-S5822A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8852
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2023, Ed L

2009-S5822A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the calculation of contingency budget percentage increase in total spending over a district's total spending under the school district budget for the prior school year.

2009-S5822A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5822A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 5822--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 8, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules --  recommitted
  to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  the  calculation  of
  contingency  budget  percentage  increases  in  total  spending over a
  district's total spending under the school  district  budget  for  the
  prior  school  year;  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. Paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 2023 of the educa-
tion law, as added by section 24 of part A of chapter 436 of the laws of
1997, is amended to read as follows:
  a. The contingency budget shall not result in a percentage increase in
total spending over the  district's  total  spending  under  the  school
district  budget  for  the prior school year that exceeds the lesser of:
(i) THE AVERAGE OF THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS OF the result  obtained  when
one  hundred  twenty percent is multiplied by the percentage increase in
the consumer price index, with the result rounded to two decimal places;
or (ii) four percent.
  S 2. This act shall take effect May 1, 2010 and shall apply to  school
district  budget  votes  for  the  2010-11  school year and shall expire
December 1, 2010 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be
deemed repealed.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14199-02-0

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