Senate Bill S6824

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to providing a four percent across the board increase to funding allocated to school districts in New York state

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 26, 2012	referred to finance

2011-S6824 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9718
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Education
Laws Affected:: Amd Part A §1, Chap of 2012 (as proposed in S.6257-B & A.9057-B)
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: A4519
2015-2016: A3666
2017-2018: A6484
2019-2020: A4457

2011-S6824 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a four percent across the board increase to funding allocated to school districts in New York state.

2011-S6824 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S6824

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend
a chapter of the laws of 2012, relating to school district eligibility
for an increase in apportionment of school aid and implementation of new
standards for conducting annual professional performance reviews to
determine teacher and principal effectiveness, as proposed in
legislative bill numbers S.6257-B and A.9057-B, in relation to
providing a four percent across
the board increase to funding allocated to school districts in New York
state

PURPOSE:
Relates to providing a four percent across the board increase to
funding allocated to school districts in New York State.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends section 1 of part A of a chapter of the laws of 2012 as
proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6257B and A.9057B, which
reads as follows:

Section 1 prescribes that all school districts shall be eligible for
an apportionment of general support for public schools from the funds
appropriated for the 2012-13 school year and thereafter in excess of

the amount apportioned to such district for the same time period
during the base year.

Section 2 prescribes that allocated aid provided pursuant to a chapter
of the laws of 2012, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6257B
and A.9057B, shall be distributed equally amongst all school
districts without regard to any formula established for the
distribution of school aid under the education law.

Section 3 contains the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
In his State of the State address, Governor Cuomo appointed himself as
the lobbyist for New York's schoolchildren. I applaud his commitment
to finally putting children first. However, who will be the lobbyist
for the taxpayers and New York's poorest school children? Governor
Cuomo can support both groups by reforming the school-aid formula to
better meet the needs of low-wealth rural school districts.

The Governor's proposed four percent increase in school funding fails
to prioritize funding based on our local communities' abilities and
needs. Because of the failure to reform the education funding
formula, the proposed four percent increase for schools across the
state will in reality, result in many needier districts receiving
less than four percent. Comparatively, many school districts in

wealthier communities will receive an increase in school aid much
greater than four percent.

Increases in school aid should be equal on a percentage basis. This
legislation does exactly that:
it increases the apportionment of general support for all public
schools from the funds appropriated for the 2012-13 school year by
four percent. If the state is truly looking to help all school
districts, every district deserves its fair share.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately, with provisions.

2011-S6824 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                             March 26, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT to amend a chapter of  the  laws  of  2012,  relating  to  school
  district  eligibility  for  an increase in apportionment of school aid
  and implementation of new standards for conducting annual professional
  performance reviews to determine teacher and principal  effectiveness,
  as  proposed  in  legislative  bill  numbers S.6257-B and A.9057-B, in
  relation to providing a four percent  across  the  board  increase  to
  funding allocated to school districts in New York state

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

  Section 1.  Section 1 of part A of a chapter  of  the  laws  of  2012,
relating to school district eligibility for an increase in apportionment
of  school aid and implementation of new standards for conducting annual
professional performance reviews  to  determine  teacher  and  principal
effectiveness,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bill numbers S.6257-B and
A.9057-B, is amended to read as follows:
  Section 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, [no] ALL
school [district] DISTRICTS shall be eligible for  an  apportionment  of
general  support  for public schools from the funds appropriated for the
2012-13 school year and thereafter in excess of the  amount  apportioned
to  such  district for the same time period during the base year [unless
such school district has submitted documentation that has been  approved
by  the commissioner of education by January 17, 2013 demonstrating that
it has fully implemented new standards  and  procedures  for  conducting
annual professional performance reviews of classroom teachers and build-
ing  principals to determine teacher and principal effectiveness includ-
ing but not limited to providing for (i)  state  assessments  and  other
comparable  measures  which shall comprise twenty or twenty-five percent
of the  evaluation;  (ii)  locally  selected  measures  of  the  student
achievement  subcomponent which shall comprise twenty or fifteen percent
of the evaluation; (iii) subjective measures of effectiveness that  have
been approved by the commissioner with the majority of such points based
on  multiple observations by an administrator or principal with at least

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

                                                           LBD14939-02-2

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one unannounced observation which shall comprise 60 percent of the eval-
uation; and (iv) a scoring rubric which ensures that it is  possible  to
receive  any one of four ratings limited to highly effective, effective,
developing  and  ineffective; provided however that if any such payments
in excess of the amount apportioned to such district for the  same  time
period  during  the base year were made, and the school district has not
submitted documentation that it has fully implemented new standards  and
procedures as set forth above that has been approved by the commissioner
of  education  by  January  17,  2013, the total amount of such payments
shall be deducted by the commissioner from future payments to the school
district; provided further that, for the 2012-13  school  year  if  such
deduction  is  greater  than  the  sum of the amounts available for such
deductions, the remainder  of  the  deduction  shall  be  withheld  from
payments scheduled to be made to the school district pursuant to section
3609-a  of  the  education  law  for  the  2013-14 school year; provided
further that notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of  law  to  the
contrary  such documentation shall include a plan adopted by the govern-
ing board of the school  district  for  conducting  annual  professional
performance  reviews  of classroom teachers and building principals that
has been approved by the commissioner, and in  order  to  be  approvable
such  plan  shall  conform  with  the requirements for conducting annual
professional performance reviews  of  classroom  teachers  and  building
principals, including but not limited to (i) state assessments and other
comparable  measures  which shall comprise twenty or twenty-five percent
of the  evaluation;  (ii)  locally  selected  measures  of  the  student
achievement  subcomponent which shall comprise twenty or fifteen percent
of the evaluation; (iii) subjective measures of effectiveness that  have
been approved by the commissioner with the majority of such points based
on  multiple observations by an administrator or principal with at least
one unannounced observation which shall comprise 60 percent of the eval-
uation; and (iv) a scoring rubric which ensures that it is  possible  to
receive  any one of four ratings limited to highly effective, effective,
developing and ineffective; consistent with and conforms to a chapter of
the laws of 2012 enacted as legislation submitted by the governor pursu-
ant to Article VII of the New York constitution;  and  provided  further
that for a school district in a city with a population of one million or
more,  notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, no such school
district shall be eligible for an apportionment of general  support  for
public  schools  from the funds appropriated for the 2012-13 school year
and thereafter in excess of the amount appropriated to such district for
the same time period during the base year unless  such  school  district
has  submitted  documentation that has been approved by the commissioner
by January 17, 2013 demonstrating that it  has  adopted  an  expeditious
appeals process pertaining to the annual professional performance review
of  classroom  teachers  and building principals that is consistent with
and conforms to a chapter of the laws of  2012  enacted  as  legislation
submitted  by  the  governor  pursuant  to  Article  VII of the New York
constitution and if any such payments in excess  of  the  amount  appor-
tioned  to  such  district for the same time period during the base year
were made, and the school district has not submitted documentation  that
has  been  approved  by the commissioner by January 17, 2013 that it has
adopted an expeditious appeals process pertaining to the annual  profes-
sional  performance review of classroom teachers and building principals
that is consistent with and conforms to a chapter of the  laws  of  2012
enacted as legislation submitted by the governor pursuant to Article VII
of the New York constitution, the total amount of such payments shall be

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deducted  by  the  commissioner  from  future  payments  to  the  school
district; and provided further that, for the 2012-13 school year if such
deduction is greater than the sum of  the  amounts  available  for  such
deductions,  the  remainder  of  the  deduction  shall  be withheld from
payments scheduled to be made to the school district pursuant to section
3609-a of the education law for the 2013-14 school year].
  S 2. Allocated aid provided pursuant to a chapter of the laws of  2012
relating to school district eligibility for an increase in apportionment
of  school aid and implementation of new standards for conducting annual
professional performance reviews  to  determine  teacher  and  principal
effectiveness,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bill numbers S.6257-B and
A.9057-B, shall be distributed  equally  amongst  all  school  districts
without regard to any formula established for the distribution of school
aid under the education law.
  S  3.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
the amendments made by section one of this act shall take effect on  the
same  date  and in the same manner as section one of part A of a chapter
of the laws of 2012 relating  to  school  district  eligibility  for  an
increase in apportionment of school aid and implementation of new stand-
ards for conducting annual professional performance reviews to determine
teacher  and  principal  effectiveness,  as proposed in legislative bill
numbers S.6257-B and A.9057-B, takes effect.

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