Assembly Bill A7815

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Reforms aspects of local government and school accountability

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A7815 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Ed L, generally; amd ยงยง6-e, 6-h, 6-p & 6-r, Gen Muni L

2011-A7815 - Summary

Reforms aspects of local government and school accountability; requires notice of reserve funds; amends the powers and duties of boards of cooperative educational services; requires resolution for reserve funds

2011-A7815 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7815

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 17, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN -- (at request of the State Comptroller) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to authorizing school
  districts to establish the position of deputy claims auditor,  requir-
  ing  notice  of  reserve  funds,  allowing certain school districts to
  audit sample of claims, the powers and duties of boards of cooperative
  educational services, and reserves funded by resolution; and to  amend
  the  general municipal law, in relation to tax stabilization reserves,
  reserves for bonded indebtedness, employee benefit  accrued  liability
  reserves,  and  authorizing school districts and boards of cooperative
  educational services  to  establish  retirement  contribution  reserve
  funds  for  the  purposes  of  the New York state teachers' retirement
  system

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  35  of section 1604 of the education law, as
added by chapter 263 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  35. a. In their discretion, to adopt  a  resolution  establishing  the
[office]  OFFICES  of  claims  auditor  AND  DEPUTY  CLAIMS AUDITOR, and
appoint a claims auditor AND DEPUTY CLAIMS AUDITOR, who shall hold  [his
or  her  position] THEIR POSITIONS subject to the pleasure of such trus-
tees. Such claims auditor AND DEPUTY CLAIMS AUDITOR shall report direct-
ly to the trustees.   THE DEPUTY  CLAIMS  AUDITOR  SHALL  SERVE  IN  THE
ABSENCE  OR INABILITY OF THE CLAIMS AUDITOR OR DURING SUCH TIME AS THERE
IS A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF CLAIMS AUDITOR. No person shall be  eligi-
ble  for  appointment  to  the office of claims auditor OR DEPUTY CLAIMS
AUDITOR who shall also be:
  (1) a trustee of the school district;
  (2) the clerk or treasurer of the school district;
  (3) the superintendent of schools or other official  of  the  district
responsible for business management;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11129-01-1
              

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2011-A7815A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Ed L, generally; amd ยงยง6-e, 6-h, 6-p & 6-r, Gen Muni L

2011-A7815A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Reforms aspects of local government and school accountability; requires notice of reserve funds; amends the powers and duties of boards of cooperative educational services; requires resolution for reserve funds

2011-A7815A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 7815--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 17, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN -- (at request of the State Comptroller) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to
  the  Committee on Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2
  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to requiring notice of
  reserve funds, the powers and duties of boards of  cooperative  educa-
  tional  services,  and reserves funded by resolution; and to amend the
  general municipal law, in  relation  to  tax  stabilization  reserves,
  reserves  for  bonded indebtedness, employee benefit accrued liability
  reserves, and authorizing school districts and boards  of  cooperative
  educational  services  to  establish  retirement  contribution reserve
  funds for the purposes of the  New  York  state  teachers'  retirement
  system

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

  Section 1.  Subdivision 5 of section 1608 of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  section  5 of part A of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is
amended to read as follows:
  5. The trustee or board of trustees shall append to the  statement  of
estimated expenditures a detailed statement of the total compensation to
be paid to the superintendent of schools, and any assistant or associate
superintendents  of  schools  in  the  ensuing  school year, including a
delineation of the salary, annualized cost of benefits and  any  in-kind
or  other form of remuneration, AND A SCHEDULE OF RESERVE FUNDS, SETTING
FORTH THE NAME OF EACH RESERVE FUND, A DESCRIPTION OF ITS  PURPOSE,  THE
BALANCE  AS OF THE CLOSE OF THIRD QUARTER OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
FISCAL YEAR AND A BRIEF STATEMENT EXPLAINING ANY PLANS FOR  THE  USE  OF
EACH  SUCH RESERVE FUND FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR.  The trustees shall
also append a list of all other school administrators  and  supervisors,
if any, whose annual salary will be eighty-five thousand dollars or more

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11129-02-1
              

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