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Assembly Bill A4175

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to funding for administrative costs in connection with preschool special education

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2009-A4175 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง4410, Ed L

2009-A4175 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to funding for administrative costs in connection with preschool special education; allows the board to submit any allowable administrative costs for which federal funds are not allocated to that school district to the commissioner, instead of the appropriate municipality, for one hundred percent reimbursement of allowable administrative costs.

2009-A4175 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4175

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF, SWEENEY, GUNTHER, PEOPLES, LAVINE, ORTIZ,
  ESPAILLAT, ROBINSON, MAGEE, GIGLIO, WALKER, TOBACCO -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A. ALFANO, BACALLES,  BARRA,  BENJAMIN,  CALHOUN,  COLTON,
  DUPREY,  EDDINGTON, ERRIGO, JOHN, McKEVITT, MOLINARO, PHEFFER, SALADI-
  NO, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to funding  for  adminis-
  trative costs in connection with preschool special education

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

  Section 1. Subparagraph (i)  of  paragraph  d  of  subdivision  10  of
section 4410 of the education law, as amended by chapter 705 of the laws
of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
  (i)  At the beginning of the school year, the commissioner shall allo-
cate funds for  reimbursement  of  allowable  administrative  costs,  as
defined in regulations of the commissioner, incurred by a board pursuant
to this section. Such allocation shall be in an amount equal to a school
district's  pro rata share of the statewide base year count of preschool
children as a percent of federal funds available for such reimbursement,
as determined by the commissioner. In January  of  any  school  year  in
which  additional federal funds are determined by the commissioner to be
available for such reimbursement, the commissioner shall equitably allo-
cate such funds for reimbursement of allowable administrative costs,  in
a manner determined by the commissioner which is consistent with federal
statutes  and  regulations governing the use of federal funds, to school
districts which have demonstrated a need for such additional  funds.  At
the  close  of the school year for which such funds were allocated, each
board shall submit, in a form prescribed by the commissioner,  a  state-
ment  of  the  allowable  administrative costs incurred pursuant to this
section. A board may[, subject to approval of the commissioner,]  submit
any allowable administrative costs for which federal funds are not allo-
cated  to  that  school  district  pursuant  to  this subdivision to the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01656-01-9

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