S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7341
I N S E N A T E
March 31, 2010
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Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the Syracuse city
school district
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 12 of section 3602 of the education law, as
added by section 19 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, the
closing paragraph as added by section 18 of part A of chapter 57 of the
laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
12. Academic enhancement aid. A school district that as of April first
of the base year has been continuously identified as a district in need
of improvement for at least five years shall, for the two thousand
eight--two thousand nine school year, be entitled to an additional
apportionment equal to the positive remainder, if any, of (a) the lesser
of fifteen million dollars or the product of the total foundation aid
base, as defined by paragraph j of subdivision one of this section,
multiplied by ten percent (0.10), less (b) the positive remainder of (i)
the sum of the total foundation aid apportioned pursuant to subdivision
four of this section and the supplemental educational improvement grants
apportioned pursuant to subdivision eight of section thirty-six hundred
forty-one of this [act] ARTICLE, less (ii) the total foundation aid
base.
For the two thousand nine--two thousand ten [and] THROUGH two thousand
[ten] ELEVEN--two thousand [eleven] TWELVE school years, each school
district shall be entitled to an apportionment equal to the amount set
forth for such school district as "EDUCATION GRANTS, ACADEMIC EN" under
the heading "2008-09 BASE YEAR AIDS" in the school aid computer listing
produced by the commissioner in support of the budget for the two thou-
sand nine--two thousand ten school year and entitled "SA0910", and such
apportionment shall be deemed to satisfy the state obligation to provide
an apportionment pursuant to subdivision eight of section thirty-six
hundred forty-one of this article. THE SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
SHALL ALSO BE ENTITLED TO AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO THE PERCENTAGE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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INCREASE, CARRIED TO FOUR DECIMALS, IN THE SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
PUBLIC ENROLLMENT PURSUANT TO FOUNDATION AID UNDER SUBDIVISION FOUR OF
THIS SECTION FROM THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHT--TWO THOUSAND NINE SCHOOL YEAR
TO THE TWO THOUSAND NINE--TWO THOUSAND TEN SCHOOL YEAR MULTIPLIED BY THE
DISTRICT'S FOUNDATION AID AMOUNT. SUCH INCREASE SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO
SECTION TWO HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER.
S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.