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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Jan 15, 2015 |
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Assembly Bill A2216
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ENGLEBRIGHT
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-A2216 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A2216 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2216 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 15, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred 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 amended by section 3 of part A of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: a. The contingency budget shall not result in THE LESSER OF (I) a tax levy greater than the tax levied for the prior school year; OR (II) 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. Paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 2023 of the education law, as amended 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. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06823-02-5
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