| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2012 |
recommit, enacting clause stricken |
| Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to education |
| Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S570
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
Actions
2011-S570 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S570 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S570
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the education law, in relation to limiting the contingency
budget of a school district
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This legislation would prevent school districts from proposing a
contingency budget that is greater than the lowest proposed budget
defeated by the voters of that district.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
This bill amends subdivision 4 of section 2023 of the Education
Law, adding a new criterion for school districts to follow when
proposing a contingency budget.
JUSTIFICATION:
Every year, school districts across the state (with the exception of
large city and special act school districts) put forth budgets for
voter approval for the following school year. Should a proposed
budget be rejected by voters, the school district may put forth a
second budget for voter approval or adopt a contingency budget not
subject to voter approval. A district whose second proposed budget is
rejected also revert to a contingency budget.
2011-S570 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
570
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 5, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sen. KLEIN -- 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 limiting the contin-
gency budget of a school district
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 2023 of the educa-
tion law, as added by section 24 of part A of chapter 436 of the laws of
1997, is amended to read as follows:
a. The contingency budget shall not result in 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) 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) four percent; OR (III) THE
DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE LOWEST, PROPOSED, DEFEATED BUDGET FOR THE APPLICA-
BLE SCHOOL YEAR. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE SAME TYPES OF
EXPENDITURES EXCLUDED FROM THE CALCULATION OF TOTAL SPENDING FOR THE
PROPOSED BUDGET SHALL BE EXCLUDED WHEN CALCULATING THE TOTAL SPENDING IN
THE CONTINGENCY BUDGET.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of May next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04849-01-1
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