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Assembly Bill A2159

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires school districts to make their budgets and an itemized summary of expenditures and revenue available in printed form and on the internet

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2015-A2159 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง1501-d, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2149
2011-2012: A3874
2013-2014: A3581
2017-2018: A5579
2019-2020: A4369

2015-A2159 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school districts, outside of any city having a population of 1,000,000 or more, to make their budgets and an itemized summary of expenditures and revenue available in printed form and on the internet if such a website is operated by the school district.

2015-A2159 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2159

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, RIVERA, GALEF, ROBINSON -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to amend the education law, to require school districts to make
  an itemized summary of their budgets, expenditures and revenue  avail-
  able to the public

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

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 1501-d
to read as follows:
  S 1501-D. AVAILABILITY OF BUDGET, EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE  INFORMATION
TO THE PUBLIC. EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT, EXCEPT A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A
CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL COMPILE, PUBLISH,
UPDATE  IN  A TIMELY MANNER AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT BUDGET, AND AN ITEMIZED SUMMARY  OF  ALL  EXPENDITURES  OF  AND
REVENUE RECEIVED BY SUCH DISTRICT. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE MADE AVAIL-
ABLE  IN  PRINTED  FORM  AND ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT INTERNET WEBSITE, IF
SUCH A WEBSITE IS OPERATED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.  THE COMMISSIONER  IS
AUTHORIZED  TO  PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS SHALL BE NECES-
SARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
succeeding  the  date on which it shall have become a law, provided that
effective immediately any rules and regulations necessary  to  implement
the  provisions  of  this  act  on its effective date are authorized and
directed to be completed on or before such date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06831-01-5

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