Assembly Actions -
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Jun 03, 2016 |
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Senate Bill S8010
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-S8010 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3604, Ed L
2015-S8010 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8010 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to state aid to school districts which is due for prior years PURPOSE : This bill provides that school aid for prior years may be paid from funds for the general support for schools after deduction of excess payments that have been made. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1: Amends paragraph c of subdivision 5 of section 3604, as added by Chapter 82 of the Laws of 1995, of the Education Law. Section 2: Sets forth the effective date. JUSTIFICATION : In an effort to ease burdens on school districts within the state, Section 31 of Chapter 57 of the Laws of 2012 made school districts that filed late final cost reports eligible for a restoration of aid, net a penalty reflecting the amount of aid that would have been paid during the years the final cost report was late. The restoration of this aid for each eligible claim is to be paid out in the order that
2015-S8010 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8010 I N S E N A T E June 3, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- 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 state aid to school districts which is due for prior years THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the educa- tion law, as added by chapter 82 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: c. Payment of moneys due for prior years. State aid payments due for prior years in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision shall be paid EITHER: (1) FROM FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL APPROPRIATION AS A RESULT OF THE DEDUCTION OF EXCESS PAYMENTS OF AID PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION, OR (2) within the limit of the appropriation designated therefor provided, however, that each eligible claim shall be payable in the order that it has been approved for payment by the commissioner, but in no case shall a single claim draw down more than forty percent of the appropriation so designated for a single year, and provided further that no claim shall be set aside for insufficiency of funds to make a complete payment, but shall be eligible for a partial payment in one year and shall retain its priority date status for appropriations designated for such purposes in future years. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15755-01-6
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