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Senate Bill S7759

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the calculation of tuition rates for institutions for the instruction of the deaf and the blind

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2015-S7759 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง4211, Ed L

2015-S7759 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the calculation of tuition rates for institutions for the instruction of the deaf and the blind.

2015-S7759 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7759 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7759

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 12, 2016
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  the  calculation  of
  tuition rates for institutions for the instruction of the deaf and the
  blind

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

  Section 1. Section 4211 of the education law, as added by chapter  740
of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
  S 4211. Tuition.  1. The term "tuition" as used in this article and in
the provisions of chapter ten hundred sixty  of  the  laws  of  nineteen
hundred  seventy-four shall mean the per pupil cost of all instructional
services, supplies, equipment and the operation of instructional facili-
ties as determined  by  the  commissioner.  Approved  tuition  shall  be
computed  from  expenditures for which no revenue has been received from
the following sources:
  a. receipts from the federal government;
  b. any cash receipts, except gifts,  bequests,  donations  and  earned
interest  dedicated  by  the  directors of the institution in accordance
with the regulations of the commissioner; and
  c. any refund made or any apportionment or payment received  from  the
state  for  experimental  or special programs as approved by the commis-
sioner.
  2. THE TUITION ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER  FOR  INSTITUTIONS  FOR
THE  INSTRUCTION  OF  THE  DEAF  AND  OF THE BLIND AS DEFINED IN SECTION
FORTY-TWO HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  SIXTEEN--TWO
THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN  TUITION  RATE  YEAR  AND ALL YEARS THEREAFTER SHALL
EQUAL THE PRODUCT OF THE TUITION RATE FOR THE BASE YEAR AND THE PERSONAL
INCOME GROWTH INDEX AS DEFINED BY PARAGRAPH BB  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15455-03-6

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