NY State Senate Bill 2015-S7376

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 10, 2016	reported and committed to finance
Apr 22, 2016	referred to education

Votes

- May 10, 2016 - Education Committee Vote
  S7376
  
  16
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Education Committee Vote: May 10, 2016
      
      aye (16)
      
      Breslin
      
      Croci
      
      Farley
      
      Hamilton
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Peralta
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Robach
      
      Serino
      
      Stavisky
      
      Valesky
      
      nay (1)
      
      Avella
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      excused (1)
      
      Seward

2015-S7376 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7966
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S2404, A7079
2019-2020: S6211, A5455
2021-2022: S2235

2015-S7376 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to school district shared transportation services.

2015-S7376 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S7376

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
school district shared transportation services; and to provide for the
repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 PURPOSE :

To provide an incentive for school districts to share pupil
transportation and reduce costs.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends Section 3602 of the education law is amended by
adding a new paragraph f to subdivision seven.

Section 2 gives effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Currently, school districts receive state transportation aid for
students they transport to educational programs based on their
approved eligible expenses. There is little incentive for school
districts to reduce costs through sharing transportation among school
districts because the more they spend the more aid they get. This is
especially true for low wealth districts that are aided up to 90

percent of aidable costs.

This bill would provide, beginning with the 2016-17 school year, an
incentive for all school districts that share pupil transportation
with other districts, calculated as 10 percent of the revenue received
from the other district for the shared transportation. It is expected
that savings will accrue to the State of more than ten times the
amount of the incentive.

Consider an example in which two low-wealth school districts share
pupil transportation to a nonpublic school. Their costs are
essentially cut in half because they use one bus, one driver, etc.
instead of two. District A provides the transportation and District B
pays District A $11,410 for its per-pupil share of the expense. Under
this proposal the State would pay district A $1,141 for providing the
shared transportation; District B would benefit from the reduced cost.
Both districts would also save from the sharing ($6,844) and the state
would save the most ($61,596$1.141 incentive or $60,455).  That is, a
modest investment in a savings incentive would produce reduced
expenses and large savings.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New Bill

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

The bill will save money for both the state and school districts.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the
date upon which it shall have become a law and shall expire and be
deemed repealed three years thereafter.

2015-S7376 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7376

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 22, 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 school district shared
  transportation services;  and  to  provide  for  the  repeal  of  such
  provisions upon expiration thereof

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section  3602  of  the  education  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph f to read as follows:
  F.  IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER APPORTIONMENT UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, FOR
THE TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND  THERE-
AFTER,  A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OTHER THAN A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY
HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE INHABITANTS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE
FOR AN  INCENTIVE  APPORTIONMENT  FOR  PROVIDING  SHARED  TRANSPORTATION
SERVICES  TO  ONE  OR  MORE OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THE AMOUNT OF
SUCH APPORTIONMENT UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF
(I) THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE RECEIVED FROM ANOTHER PUBLIC  SCHOOL  DISTRICT
FOR PROVIDING SHARED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO ONE OR MORE OTHER PUBLIC
SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  AND  (II)  TEN PERCENT. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARA-
GRAPH, THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO APPROVE  ANY
CONTRACT  FOR  SHARED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES BETWEEN ONE OR MORE PUBLIC
SCHOOL DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE  OF
THIS ARTICLE AND PROVIDED A SCHOOL DISTRICT CLAIMING AN INCENTIVE APPOR-
TIONMENT  UNDER  SUCH CONTRACT SHALL DEMONSTRATE COST SAVINGS IN ACCORD-
ANCE WITH GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER.  IF  THE  TOTAL
STATEWIDE  APPORTIONMENT  UNDER  THIS  PARAGRAPH  EXCEEDS  THREE MILLION
DOLLARS ($3,000,000), INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT  ALLOCATIONS  SHALL  BE
PRORATED TO ENSURE THAT THE APPORTIONMENT FOR SUCH SHARED TRANSPORTATION
INCENTIVE  AID  DOES  NOT  EXCEED  THREE  MILLION  DOLLARS ($3,000,000),
PROVIDED THAT SUCH PRORATED APPORTIONMENT COMPUTED  AND  PAYABLE  AS  OF
SEPTEMBER  ONE  OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SCHOOL YEAR
FOR WHICH SUCH AID IS CLAIMED SHALL BE DEEMED FINAL AND NOT  SUBJECT  TO
CHANGE.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
the date upon which it shall have become a law and shall expire  and  be
deemed repealed three years thereafter.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14757-01-6

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Senate Bill S7376

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

May 10, 2016 - Education Committee Vote

Education Committee Vote: May 10, 2016

2015-S7376 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S7376 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S7376 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7376 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Carl L. Marcellino

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

2015-S7376 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S7376 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S7376 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7376 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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