BILL NUMBER:A10317
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to
exempting the New York state teachers' retirement system and the New
York state employees' retirement system contributions, health insurance
and capital equipment expenditures from items used to determine total
spending under a contingency school budget
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To amend the education law, in relation
to exempting expenditures for contributions to the New York State teach-
ers' retirement system, the New York State employees' retirement system,
and expenditures for health insurance and capital equipment from items
used to determine total spending under a contingency school budget
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. This legislation would amend
paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 2023 of the education law by
adding a new Subparagraph (ix) thereto which exempts expenditures for
contributions to the New York State teachers' retirement system, the New
York state employees' retirement system, and expenditures for health
insurance and capital equipment made by school districts from the list
of expenditures used in determining total spending under a contingency
school budget.
JUSTIFICATION: When a school district's budget proposal is not approved
by the voters, the sole trustee, board of trustees, or board of educa-
tion must adopt a contingency budget. These contingency budgets, by law,
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10317
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 18, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to exempting the New York
state teachers' retirement system and the New York state employees'
retirement system contributions, health insurance and capital equip-
ment expenditures from items used to determine total spending under a
contingency school budget
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraphs (vi), (vii) and (vii) of paragraph b of
subdivision 4 of section 2023 of the education law, subparagraph (vi) as
separately amended by section 1 of part D-2 of chapter 57 and chapter
422 of the laws of 2007, subparagraph (vii) as added by section 1 of
part D-2 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, and subparagraph (vii) as
added by chapter 422 of the laws of 2007, are amended and a new subpara-
graph (ix) is added to read as follows:
(vi) non-recurring expenditures in the prior year's school district
budget; [and]
(vii) expenditures for payments to charter schools pursuant to section
twenty-eight hundred fifty-six of this chapter[.];
[(vii)] (VIII) expenditures for self-supporting programs. For purposes
of this subparagraph, "self-supporting programs" shall mean any programs
that are entirely funded by private funds that cover all the costs of
the program[.]; AND
(IX) EXPENDITURES FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE NEW YORK STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM,
AND EXPENDITURES FOR HEALTH INSURANCE AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16456-01-0
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