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Assembly Bill A5568

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires school districts to provide public access to school budgets upon request

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2013-A5568 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง1608 & 1716, Ed L

2013-A5568 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school districts to provide public access to school budgets upon request.

2013-A5568 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5568

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 28, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. RABBITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  school
  districts to provide public access to school budgets upon request

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1608  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  640  of  the  laws  of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. Such statement shall be completed at least seven  days  before  the
budget  hearing  at which it is to be presented and copies thereof shall
be prepared and made available, upon request and at the school  district
offices,  at  any  public library or free association library within the
district and on the school district's internet website, if  one  exists,
to  residents  within  the district [during the period of fourteen days]
immediately  preceding  the  annual  meeting  and  election  or  special
district meeting at which the budget vote will occur and at such meeting
or  hearing.  The  board  shall also as a part of the notice required by
section two thousand three of this chapter give notice of the date, time
and place of the budget hearing and that a copy of such statement may be
obtained by any resident in the district  at  each  schoolhouse  in  the
district  in  which school is maintained during certain designated hours
on each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday [during  the  four-
teen  days]  immediately preceding such meeting. The board shall include
notice of the availability of such statement at least  once  during  the
school year in any district-wide mailing distributed.
  S  2.   Subdivision 2 of section 1716 of the education law, as amended
by chapter 640 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  2. Such statement shall be completed at least seven  days  before  the
budget  hearing  at which it is to be presented and copies thereof shall
be prepared and made available, upon request and at the school  district

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09234-01-3

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