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Assembly Bill A9058

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Enacts the "school budget vote fairness act"

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2009-A9058 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2023, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A1568

2009-A9058 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "school budget vote fairness act".

2009-A9058 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A9058 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9058

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 23, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO, AMEDORE -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "school
  budget vote fairness act"

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "school budget vote fairness act".
  S 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section  2023  of  the  education
law,  as  added  by  section  24 of part A of chapter 436 of the laws of
1997, is amended and a new paragraph b-2 is added to read as follows:
  a. The contingency budget  shall  not  result  in:  (I)  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)] (A) 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)] (B) four percent; OR
  (II) TOTAL SPENDING GREATER THAN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE  PERCENT  LESS
THAN  THE  TOTAL SPENDING SET FORTH IN THE SECOND BUDGET PREPARED BY THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND REJECTED BY THE VOTERS OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
  B-2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  IN
DETERMINING  THE  TOTAL SPENDING FROM EXPENDITURES THAT WILL BE INCLUDED
IN A CONTINGENCY BUDGET, ESTIMATES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  ESTI-
MATES  WITH REGARD TO INCREASES OR CHANGES IN SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT
OR DEMOGRAPHICS, USED TO DETERMINE ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR EXCLUSION PURSUANT
TO PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL NOT BE CHANGED,  INCREASED  OR
MODIFIED  IN  ANY  WAY  FROM  ESTIMATES USED FOR SUCH EXCLUSION ITEMS IN
DETERMINING THE SCHOOL  DISTRICT  BUDGET  ORIGINALLY  PREPARED  BY  SUCH
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND REJECTED BY THE VOTERS OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14432-03-9

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