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                                  1187

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 9, 2015
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Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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 the
  "pupil wealth ratio" for school aid purposes

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

  Section  1. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 3 of section 3602 of the
education law, as amended by section 13 of part B of chapter 57  of  the
laws of 2008, are amended to read as follows:
  a.  (1)  "Pupil  wealth ratio" shall mean the number computed to three
decimals without rounding obtained when actual  valuation  of  a  school
district  divided by, WHEN APPLICABLE, the SUM OF THE total wealth pupil
units AND, IF THE DISTRICT'S NUMBER OF  RESIDENT  STUDENTS  ENROLLED  IN
NON-PUBLIC  SCHOOL  IS  MORE  THAN TWICE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENT STUDENTS
ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND IF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL  ENROLLMENT  IS  OVER
ONE  THOUSAND,  TWENTY-FIVE PER CENTUM OF THE RESIDENT STUDENTS ENROLLED
IN NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL OF THE DISTRICT, is divided by the statewide  aver-
age  actual  valuation  per  total  wealth pupil unit as computed by the
commissioner in accordance with the provisions  of  this  section.  Such
statewide  average actual valuation per total wealth pupil unit shall be
established each year by the commissioner using the latest  single  year
actual  valuation  computed under paragraph c of subdivision one of this
section. Such statewide average  shall  be  transmitted  to  the  school
districts.  Such  statewide  average  shall  be  rounded  to the nearest
hundredth and shall include the actual valuation and total wealth  pupil
units  of all school districts eligible for aid pursuant to this section
except central high school districts. For the  purposes  of  calculating
such statewide average the data for the city school district of the city
of New York shall be citywide data.
  (2)  "Pupil  wealth  ratio  for  total  foundation aid" shall mean the
number computed to three decimals without  rounding  obtained  when  the
selected actual valuation of a school district divided by, WHEN APPLICA-
BLE,  the  SUM  OF  THE  total wealth pupil units AND, IF THE DISTRICT'S
NUMBER OF RESIDENT STUDENTS ENROLLED IN NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL IS  MORE  THAN

              

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00419-01-5

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TWICE  THE  NUMBER OF RESIDENT STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND IF
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT  IS  OVER  ONE  THOUSAND,  TWENTY-FIVE  PER
CENTUM  OF  THE  RESIDENT  STUDENTS ENROLLED IN NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL OF THE
DISTRICT,  is divided by the statewide average selected actual valuation
per total wealth pupil unit as computed by the commissioner  in  accord-
ance  with  the  provisions  of  this  section.  Such  statewide average
selected actual valuation per total wealth pupil unit  shall  be  estab-
lished each year by the commissioner using the selected actual valuation
computed  under  paragraph  c  of  subdivision one of this section. Such
statewide average shall be transmitted to  the  school  districts.  Such
statewide  average  shall  be rounded to the nearest hundredth and shall
include the selected actual valuation and total wealth  pupil  units  of
all  school  districts  eligible for aid pursuant to this section except
central high school districts. For  the  purposes  of  calculating  such
statewide  average  the data for the city school district of the city of
New York shall be citywide data.
  b. (1) "Alternate pupil wealth ratio" shall mean the  number  computed
to  three  decimals  without  rounding  obtained when the adjusted gross
income of a school district for the calendar year two years prior to the
calendar year in which the base year began divided by, WHEN  APPLICABLE,
THE  SUM  OF  the  total wealth pupil units of such district AND, IF THE
DISTRICT'S NUMBER OF RESIDENT STUDENTS ENROLLED IN NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL  IS
MORE  THAN  TWICE  THE  NUMBER  OF  RESIDENT STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC
SCHOOL AND IF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IS OVER ONE  THOUSAND,  TWEN-
TY-FIVE  PER  CENTUM  OF  THE  RESIDENT  STUDENTS ENROLLED IN NON-PUBLIC
SCHOOL OF THE DISTRICT is divided by the statewide adjusted gross income
per total wealth pupil unit. Such statewide  average  gross  income  per
pupil  shall  be  established each year by the commissioner and shall be
transmitted to school districts. Such statewide average shall be rounded
to the nearest hundredth and shall include the adjusted gross income and
total wealth pupil units of all school districts eligible for aid pursu-
ant to this section  except  central  high  school  districts.  For  the
purposes  of  calculating  such  statewide average the data for the city
school district of the city of New York shall be citywide data.
  (2) "Alternate pupil wealth ratio for total foundation aid" shall mean
the number computed to three decimals without rounding obtained when the
selected adjusted gross income of a school  district  for  the  calendar
year  two  years prior to the calendar year in which the base year began
divided by, WHEN APPLICABLE, THE SUM OF the total wealth pupil units  of
such  district  AND,  IF  THE  DISTRICT'S  NUMBER  OF  RESIDENT STUDENTS
ENROLLED IN NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL IS MORE THAN TWICE THE NUMBER OF  RESIDENT
STUDENTS  ENROLLED  IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND IF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
IS OVER ONE THOUSAND, TWENTY-FIVE PER CENTUM OF  THE  RESIDENT  STUDENTS
ENROLLED  IN  NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL OF THE DISTRICT is divided by the state-
wide selected adjusted gross income per total wealth  pupil  unit.  Such
statewide  average  selected  adjusted  gross  income per pupil shall be
established each year by the commissioner and shall  be  transmitted  to
school districts. Such statewide average shall be rounded to the nearest
hundredth and shall include the selected adjusted gross income and total
wealth  pupil units of all school districts eligible for aid pursuant to
this section except central high school districts. For the  purposes  of
calculating such statewide average the data for the city school district
of the city of New York shall be citywide data.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.