BILL NUMBER:A9507
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to school
district contingency budgets
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill amends the Education Law to
provide that expenditures or fiscal obligations imposed pursuant to a
legislative directive not be included when determining total spending
for purposes of a school district's contingency budget.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one amends subparagraphs (vi),
(vii) and (vii) of subdivision 4 of section 2023 of the education law
and a new subparagraph (ix) is added. The new subparagraph (ix) provides
that expenditures or fiscal obligations imposed pursuant to a legisla-
tive directive be disregarded when determining total spending for
purposes of a school district's contingency budget.
EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THE BILL WILL ALTER: This bill amends the
education law by taking out expenditures or fiscal obligations imposed
pursuant to a legislative directive when determining total spending for
purposes of a school district's contingency budget.
JUSTIFICATION: Because of the current budget deficit, looming cuts in
school aid and skyrocketing expenditures required by legislative direc-
tives school districts may be unable to meet their budgetary needs if
their proposed budgets are not approved and limitations on contingency
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9507
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 7, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK,
SKARTADOS, THIELE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to school district
contingency budgets
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 subdivision 4 of
section 2023 of the education law, subparagraph (vi) as separately
amended by section 1 of part D2 of chapter 57 and chapter 422 of the
laws of 2007, subparagraph (vii) as added by section 1 of part D2 of
chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, and subparagraph (vii) as added by chap-
ter 422 of the laws of 2007, are amended and a new subparagraph (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 OR FISCAL OBLIGATIONS IMPOSED PURSUANT TO A LEGISLA-
TIVE DIRECTIVE.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08961-01-9
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