Assembly Bill A1478

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Modifies the internal audit function of school districts

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2015-A1478 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2116-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8571
2013-2014: A1298
2017-2018: A1456
2019-2020: A3496

2015-A1478 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Modifies the internal audit function of school districts.

2015-A1478 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1478

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. ZEBROWSKI, STIRPE -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to modifying the internal
  audit function of school districts

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions  1  and 2 of section 2116-b of the education
law, subdivision 1 as added by chapter 263  of  the  laws  of  2005  and
subdivision  2  as  amended  by section 4 of part A of chapter 57 of the
laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows:
  1. No later than July first, two thousand six,  each  school  district
shall  establish  an internal audit function to be in operation no later
than the following December thirty-first. Such function  shall  include:
(a)  development  of a risk assessment of district operations, including
but not limited to, a review of financial policies  and  procedures  and
the  testing and evaluation of district internal controls; (b) [an annu-
al] A review and update of such risk assessment; and (c) preparation  of
reports[, at least annually] EVERY THREE YEARS or more frequently as the
trustees  or  board  of  education may direct, which analyze significant
risk assessment findings, recommend changes for  strengthening  controls
and reducing identified risks, and specify timeframes for implementation
of such recommendations.
  2.  School  districts  [of  less than eight teachers, school districts
with actual general fund expenditures totaling less  than  five  million
dollars  in  the  previous school year, or school districts] with actual
enrollment of less than one thousand  [five  hundred]  students  in  the
previous  school  year shall be exempt from this requirement. Any school
district claiming such exemption shall annually certify to  the  commis-
sioner  that  such  school  district meets the requirements set forth in
this subdivision.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
school years commencing on or after July 1, 2015.

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

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