Assembly Bill A3911

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  3911

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2013
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Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW, GALEF, PAULIN -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to Tier 1  high  tax  aid
  apportionment and foundation aid

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

  Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 4  of  section
3602 of the education law, as amended by section 26 of part A of chapter
58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  (2)  The regional cost index shall reflect an analysis of labor market
costs based on median salaries in professional occupations that  require
similar  credentials  to  those of positions in the education field, but
not including those occupations in the education  field,  provided  that
the  regional  cost  indices  for  the [two thousand seven--two thousand
eight] TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  FOURTEEN  school  year  and
thereafter shall be as follows:
          Labor Force Region  Index
          Capital District    1.124
          Southern Tier       1.045
          Western New York    1.091
          Hudson Valley       1.314
          (EXCLUDING
          WESTCHESTER)
          WESTCHESTER         1.425
          Long Island/NYC     1.425
          Finger Lakes        1.141
          Central New York    1.103
          Mohawk Valley       1.000
          North Country       1.000

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07594-01-3

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  S  2.  Paragraph  b of subdivision 16 of section 3602 of the education
law, as amended by section 18 of part B of chapter 57  of  the  laws  of
2008, is amended to read as follows:
  b.  Tier  1 high tax aid apportionment. For any tier 1 eligible school
district, the tier 1 high tax aid apportionment shall be the greater  of
(1) the product of the public school district enrollment of the district
in  the base year, as computed pursuant to subparagraph two of paragraph
n of subdivision one of this section, multiplied by the product of  four
hundred  fifty dollars multiplied by the state sharing ratio, or (2) one
hundred thousand dollars. IN NO EVENT SHALL A DISTRICT RECEIVE LESS THAN
THE AMOUNT TO WHICH IT WAS ENTITLED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.