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| Mar 28, 2015 | print number 3003c |
| Mar 28, 2015 | amend and recommit to ways and means print number 3003b |
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assembly Bill A3003C
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
AID TO LOCALITIES BUDGET
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S. 2003--A A. 3003--A
S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
January 21, 2015
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IN SENATE -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to arti-
cle seven of the Constitution -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
IN ASSEMBLY -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to
article seven of the Constitution -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT making appropriations for the support of government
AID TO LOCALITIES BUDGET
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. a) The several amounts specified in this chapter for aid to
localities, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to accomplish the
purposes designated by the appropriations, are hereby appropriated and
authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the respective public
officers and for the several purposes specified.
b) Where applicable, appropriations made by this chapter for expendi-
tures from federal grants for aid to localities may be allocated
for spending from federal grants for any grant period beginning, during,
or prior to, the state fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2015 except as
otherwise noted.
c) The several amounts named herein, or so much thereof as shall be
sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, being the undisbursed
and/or unexpended balances of the prior year's appropriations, are here-
by reappropriated from the same funds and made available for the same
purposes as the prior year's appropriations, unless herein amended, for
the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2015. Certain reappropriations in
this chapter are shown using abbreviated text, with three leader dots
(an ellipsis) followed by three spaces (... ) used to indicate where
existing law that is being continued is not shown. However, unless a
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD12553-02-5
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change is clearly indicated by the use of brackets [ ] for deletions and
underscores for additions, the purposes, amounts, funding source and all
other aspects pertinent to each item of appropriation shall be as last
appropriated.
For the purpose of complying with the state finance law, the year,
chapter and section of the last act reappropriating a former original
appropriation or any part thereof is, unless otherwise indicated, chap-
ter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014.
d) No moneys appropriated by this chapter shall be available for
payment until a certificate of approval has been issued by the director
of the budget, who shall file such certificate with the department of
audit and control, the chairperson of the senate finance committee and
the chairperson of the assembly ways and means committee.
e) The appropriations contained in this chapter shall be available for
the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2015 except as otherwise noted.
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For payment according to the following schedule:
APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS
General Fund - State and Local ..... 126,458,500 38,341,000
Special Revenue Funds - Federal .... 114,985,000 171,810,000
Special Revenue Funds - Other ...... 980,000 0
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All Funds ........................ 242,423,500 210,151,000
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SCHEDULE
COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM ................................. 242,423,500
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
For services and expenses, including the
payment of liabilities incurred prior to
April 1, 2015, related to the community
services elderly grant program. No expend-
itures shall be made from this appropri-
ation until the director of the budget has
approved a plan submitted by the office
outlining the amounts and purposes of such
expenditures and the allocation of funds
among the counties. Notwithstanding any
provision of law, rule or regulation to
the contrary, subject to the approval of
the director of the budget, funds appro-
priated herein for the community services
for the elderly program (CSE) and the
expanded in-home services for the elderly
program (EISEP) may be used in accordance
with a waiver or reduction in county main-
tenance of effort requirements established
pursuant to section 214 of the elder law,
except for base year expenditures. To the
extent that funds hereby appropriated are
sufficient to exceed the per capita limit
established in section 214 of the elder
law, the excess funds shall be available
to supplement the existing per capita
level in a uniform manner consistent with
statutory allocations.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, including section 1 of part C of
chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, as amended
by section 1 of part I of chapter 60 of
the laws of 2014, for the period commenc-
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ing on April 1, 2015 and ending March 31,
2016 the commissioner shall not apply any
cost of living adjustment for the purpose
of establishing rates of payments,
contracts or any other form of reimburse-
ment ........................................ 25,296,000
For planning and implementation, including
the payment of liabilities incurred prior
to April 1, 2015, of a program of expanded
in-home, case management and ancillary
community services for the elderly
(EISEP). No expenditures shall be made
from this appropriation until the director
of the budget has approved a plan submit-
ted by the office outlining the amounts
and purposes of such expenditures and the
allocation of funds among the counties,
including the city of New York.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, including section 1 of part C of
chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, as amended
by section 1 of part I of chapter 60 of
the laws of 2014, for the period commenc-
ing on April 1, 2015 and ending March 31,
2016 the commissioner shall not apply any
cost of living adjustment for the purpose
of establishing rates of payments,
contracts or any other form of reimburse-
ment ........................................ 50,012,000
For services and expenses of grants to area
agencies on aging for the establishment
and operation of caregiver resource
centers ........................................ 353,000
For services and expenses, including the
payment of liabilities incurred prior to
April 1, 2015, associated with the well-
ness in nutrition (WIN) program, formerly
known as the supplemental nutrition
assistance program (SNAP), including a
suballocation to the department of agri-
culture and markets to be transferred to
state operations for administrative costs
of the farmers market nutrition program.
Up to $200,000 of this appropriation may
be made available to the Council of Senior
Centers and Services of New York City to
provide outreach within the older adult
SNAP initiative. No expenditure shall be
made from this appropriation until the
director of the budget has approved a plan
submitted by the office outlining the
amounts and purpose of such expenditures
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and the allocation of funds among the
counties.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, including section 1 of part C of
chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, as amended
by section 1 of part I of chapter 60 of
the laws of 2014, for the period commenc-
ing on April 1, 2015 and ending March 31,
2016 the commissioner shall not apply any
cost of living adjustment for the purpose
of establishing rates of payments,
contracts or any other form of reimburse-
ment ........................................ 27,326,000
Local grants for services and expenses of
the long-term care ombudsman program ........... 690,000
For state aid grants to providers of respite
services to the elderly. Funding priority
shall be given to the renewal of existing
contracts with the state office for the
aging. No expenditures shall be made from
this appropriation until the director of
the budget has approved a plan submitted
by the office outlining the amounts to be
distributed by provider ........................ 656,000
For state aid grants to providers of social
model adult day services. Funding priority
shall be given to the renewal of existing
contracts with the state office for the
aging. No expenditures shall be made from
this appropriation until the director of
the budget has approved a plan submitted
by the office outlining the amounts to be
distributed by provider ...................... 1,072,000
For state aid grants to naturally occurring
retirement communities (NORC). Funding
priority shall be given to the renewal of
existing contracts with the state office
for the aging. No expenditures shall be
made from this appropriation until the
director of the budget has approved a plan
submitted by the office outlining the
amounts to be distributed by provider ........ 2,027,500
For state aid grants to neighborhood
naturally occurring retirement communities
(NNORC). Funding priority shall be given
to the renewal of existing contracts with
the state office for the aging. No expend-
itures shall be made from this appropri-
ation until the director of the budget has
approved a plan submitted by the office
outlining the amounts to be distributed by
provider ..................................... 2,027,500
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For grants in aid to the 59 designated area
agencies on aging for transportation oper-
ating expenses related to serving the
elderly. Funds shall be allocated from
this appropriation pursuant to a plan
prepared by the director of the state
office for the aging and approved by the
director of the budget ....................... 1,121,000
For grants to the area agencies on aging for
the health insurance information, coun-
seling and assistance program .................. 921,000
For state matching funds for services and
expenses to match federally funded model
projects and/or demonstration grant
programs, a portion of which may be trans-
ferred to state operations or to other
entities as necessary to meet federal
grant objectives ............................... 175,000
For the managed care consumer assistance
program for the purpose of providing
education, outreach, one-on-one coun-
seling, monitoring of the implementation
of medicare part D, and assistance with
drug appeals and fair hearings related to
medicare part D coverage for persons who
are eligible for medical assistance and
who are also beneficiaries under part D of
title XVIII of the federal social security
act and for participants of the elderly
pharmaceutical insurance coverage program
(EPIC) in accordance with the following:
Medicare Rights Center ........................... 793,000
New York StateWide Senior Action Council,
Inc. ........................................... 354,000
New York Legal Assistance Group .................. 222,000
Legal Aid Society of New York .................... 111,000
Empire Justice Center ............................ 155,000
Community Service Society ........................ 132,000
For services and expenses of the retired and
senior volunteer program (RSVP) ................ 216,500
For services and expenses of the EAC/Nassau
senior respite program ......................... 118,500
For services and expenses of the home aides
of central New York, Inc. senior respite
program ......................................... 71,000
For services and expenses of the New York
foundation for senior citizens home shar-
ing and respite care program .................... 86,000
For services and expenses of the foster
grandparents program ............................ 98,000
For services and expenses related to an
elderly abuse education and outreach
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program in accordance with section 219 of
the elder law funding priority shall be
given to the renewal of existing contracts
with the state office for the aging ............ 745,000
For services and expenses related to the
livable new york initiative to create
neighborhoods that consider the evolving
needs and preferences of all their resi-
dents .......................................... 122,500
For services and expenses of the new york
state adult day services association, inc.
related to providing training and techni-
cal assistance to social adult day
services programs in new york state
regarding the quality of services .............. 122,500
For services and expenses related to the
congregate services initiative. No expend-
itures shall be made from this appropri-
ation until the director of the budget has
approved a plan submitted by the office
outlining the amounts and purposes of such
expenditures and the allocation of funds
among the counties ............................. 403,000
For services and expenses of New York State-
wide Senior Action Council, Inc. for the
patients' rights hotline and advocacy
project ......................................... 31,500
For services and expenses related to making
improvements in the long term care system
for the point of entry initiatives, for
the purposes of expanding and promoting a
more coordinated level of care for the
delivery of quality services in the commu-
nity ......................................... 3,350,000
For services and expenses of the Association
on Aging in New York State to provide
training, education and technical assist-
ance to the area agencies on aging and
aging network service contractor staff for
professional development ....................... 250,000
For services and expenses of the office of
the aging to implement subdivision 3-d of
section 1 of part C of chapter 57 of the
laws of 2006 as amended by section 2 of
part I of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014
to provide funding for salary increases
for the period April 1, 2015 through March
31, 2016. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law to the contrary, and
subject to the approval of the director of
the budget, the amounts appropriated here-
in may be increased or decreased by inter-
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change or transfer without limit to any
local assistance appropriation, and may
include advances to local governments and
voluntary agencies, to accomplish this
purpose ...................................... 7,400,000
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Program account subtotal ................. 126,458,500
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Health and Human Services Fund
FHHS Aid to Localities Account - 25177
For programs provided under the titles of
the federal older Americans act and other
health and human services programs.
Title III-b social services ................... 26,000,000
Title III-c nutrition programs, including a
suballocation to the department of health
to be transferred to state operations for
nutrition program activities ................ 41,385,000
Title III-e caregivers ........................ 12,000,000
Health and human services programs ............. 9,000,000
Nutrition services incentive program .......... 17,000,000
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Program account subtotal ................. 105,385,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Office for the Aging Federal Grants Account - 25300
For services and expenses related to the
provision of aging services programs ........... 600,000
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Program account subtotal ..................... 600,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Senior Community Service Employment Account - 25444
For the senior community service employment
program provided under title V of the
federal older Americans act .................. 9,000,000
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Program account subtotal ................... 9,000,000
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Special Revenue Fund - Other
Combined Expendable Trust Fund
Aging Grants and Bequest Account - 20100
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For services and expenses of the state
office for the aging ........................... 980,000
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Program account subtotal ..................... 980,000
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COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses, including the payment of liabilities
incurred prior to April 1, 2014, associated with the wellness in
nutrition (WIN) program, formerly known as the supplemental nutri-
tion assistance program (SNAP), including a suballocation to the
department of agriculture and markets to be transferred to state
operations for administrative costs of the farmers market nutrition
program. Up to $200,000 of this appropriation may be made available
to the Council of Senior Centers and Services of New York City to
provide outreach within the older adult SNAP initiative. No expendi-
ture shall be made from this appropriation until the director of the
budget has approved a plan submitted by the office outlining the
amounts and purpose of such expenditures and the allocation of funds
among the counties.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, including section 1
of part C of chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, as amended by section 1
of part N of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, for the period commenc-
ing on April 1, 2014 and ending March 31, 2015 the commissioner
shall not apply any cost of living adjustment for the purpose of
establishing rates of payments, contracts or any other form of
reimbursement ... 27,326,000 ..................... (re. $18,645,000)
For state aid grants to providers of respite services to the elderly.
Funding priority shall be given to the renewal of existing contracts
with the state office for the aging. No expenditures shall be made
from this appropriation until the director of the budget has
approved a plan submitted by the office outlining the amounts to be
distributed by provider ... 656,000 ................. (re. $656,000)
For state aid grants to providers of social model adult day services.
Funding priority shall be given to the renewal of existing contracts
with the state office for the aging. No expenditures shall be made
from this appropriation until the director of the budget has
approved a plan submitted by the office outlining the amounts to be
distributed by provider ... 1,072,000 ............. (re. $1,072,000)
For state aid grants to naturally occurring retirement communities
(NORC). Funding priority shall be given to the renewal of existing
contracts with the state office for the aging. No expenditures shall
be made from this appropriation until the director of the budget has
approved a plan submitted by the office outlining the amounts to be
distributed by provider ... 2,027,500 ............. (re. $1,990,000)
For state aid grants to neighborhood naturally occurring retirement
communities (NNORC). Funding priority shall be given to the renewal
of existing contracts with the state office for the aging. No
expenditures shall be made from this appropriation until the direc-
tor of the budget has approved a plan submitted by the office
outlining the amounts to be distributed by provider ................
2,027,500 ......................................... (re. $2,027,500)
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For state matching funds for services and expenses to match federally
funded model projects and/or demonstration grant programs, a portion
of which may be transferred to state operations or to other entities
as necessary to meet federal grant objectives ......................
236,000 ............................................. (re. $236,000)
For the managed care consumer assistance program for the purpose of
providing education, outreach, one-on-one counseling, monitoring of
the implementation of medicare part D, and assistance with drug
appeals and fair hearings related to medicare part D coverage for
persons who are eligible for medical assistance and who are also
beneficiaries under part D of title XVIII of the federal social
security act and for participants of the elderly pharmaceutical
insurance coverage program (EPIC) in accordance with the following:
Medicare Rights Center ... 793,000 .................... (re. $793,000)
New York StateWide Senior Action Council, Inc. .......................
354,000 ............................................. (re. $181,000)
New York Legal Assistance Group ... 222,000 ........... (re. $222,000)
Legal Aid Society of New York ... 111,000 ............. (re. $111,000)
Empire Justice Center ... 155,000 ..................... (re. $155,000)
Community Service Society ... 132,000 ................. (re. $132,000)
For services and expenses related to an elderly abuse education and
outreach program in accordance with section 219 of the elder law
funding priority shall be given to the renewal of existing contracts
with the state office for the aging ... 745,000 ..... (re. $745,000)
For services and expenses related to the livable new york initiative
to create neighborhoods that consider the evolving needs and prefer-
ences of all their residents ... 122,500 ............ (re. $122,500)
For services and expenses of the new york state adult day services
association, inc. related to providing training and technical
assistance to social adult day services programs in new york state
regarding the quality of services ... 122,500 ....... (re. $122,500)
For services and expenses of New York Statewide Senior Action Council,
Inc. for the patients' rights hotline and advocacy project .........
31,500 ............................................... (re. $31,500)
For services and expenses related to making improvements in the long
term care system for the point of entry initiatives, for the
purposes of expanding and promoting a more coordinated level of care
for the delivery of quality services in the community ..............
3,350,000 ......................................... (re. $3,350,000)
For services and expenses of the Association on Aging in New York
State to provide training, education and technical assistance to the
area agencies on aging and aging network service contractor staff
for professional development ... 250,000 ............ (re. $250,000)
For additional services and expenses of New York Statewide Senior
Action Council, Inc for the patients' rights hotline and advocacy
project ... 31,500 ................................... (re. $31,500)
For services and expenses of the Reach Out and Read resource center
... 30,000 ........................................... (re. $30,000)
For services and expenses of the Hebrew Home at riverdale for services
related to but not limited to elder abuse prevention, long term
care, and a comprehensive public awareness campaign ................
300,000 ............................................. (re. $300,000)
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For services and expenses of the Riverdale Senior Center .............
100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of the Emerald Isle Meals on Wheels ........
100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of the Greater Whitestone Taxpayers and
Civic Association Senior Center ... 100,000 ......... (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of the North Flushing Senior Center, serving
Mitchell Linden Community ... 100,000 ............... (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of the North Flushing Senior Center at
College Point ... 100,000 ........................... (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses related to the Lifespan Elder Abuse
Prevention Program for services related to elder abuse prevention
services, public education, and training ...........................
200,000 ............................................. (re. $200,000)
For services and expenses of the office of the aging to implement
subdivision 3-d of section 1 of part C of chapter 57 of the laws of
2006 as added by a chapter of the laws of 2014 to provide funding
for salary increases for the period April 1, 2014 through March 31,
2015. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
and subject to the approval of the director of the budget, the
amounts appropriated herein may be increased or decreased by inter-
change or transfer without limit to any local assistance appropri-
ation, and may include advances to local governments and voluntary
agencies, to accomplish this purpose ...............................
930,000 ............................................. (re. $930,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For state aid grants to providers of respite services to the elderly.
Funding priority shall be given to the renewal of existing contracts
with the state office for the aging. No expenditures shall be made
from this appropriation until the director of the budget has
approved a plan submitted by the office outlining the amounts to be
distributed by provider.
Notwithstanding any provision of articles 153, 154 and 163 of the
education law, there shall be an exemption from the professional
licensure requirements of such articles, and nothing contained in
such articles, or in any other provisions of law related to the
licensure requirements of persons licensed under those articles,
shall prohibit or limit the activities or services of any person in
the employ of a program or service operated, certified, regulated,
funded or approved by the state office for the aging, a local
governmental unit as such term is defined in article 41 of the
mental hygiene law, and/or a local social services district as
defined in section 61 of the social services law, and all such enti-
ties shall be considered to be approved settings for the receipt of
supervised experience for the professions governed by articles 153,
154 and 163 of the education law, and furthermore, no such entity
shall be required to apply for nor be required to receive a waiver
pursuant to section 6503-a of the education law in order to perform
any activities or provide any services .............................
656,000 ............................................. (re. $503,000)
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For state aid grants to providers of social model adult day services.
Funding priority shall be given to the renewal of existing contracts
with the state office for the aging. No expenditures shall be made
from this appropriation until the director of the budget has
approved a plan submitted by the office outlining the amounts to be
distributed by provider.
Notwithstanding any provision of articles 153, 154 and 163 of the
education law, there shall be an exemption from the professional
licensure requirements of such articles, and nothing contained in
such articles, or in any other provisions of law related to the
licensure requirements of persons licensed under those articles,
shall prohibit or limit the activities or services of any person in
the employ of a program or service operated, certified, regulated,
funded or approved by the state office for the aging, a local
governmental unit as such term is defined in article 41 of the
mental hygiene law, and/or a local social services district as
defined in section 61 of the social services law, and all such enti-
ties shall be considered to be approved settings for the receipt of
supervised experience for the professions governed by articles 153,
154 and 163 of the education law, and furthermore, no such entity
shall be required to apply for nor be required to receive a waiver
pursuant to section 6503-a of the education law in order to perform
any activities or provide any services .............................
872,000 ............................................. (re. $516,000)
For state aid grants to naturally occurring retirement communities
(NORC). Funding priority shall be given to the renewal of existing
contracts with the state office for the aging. No expenditures shall
be made from this appropriation until the director of the budget has
approved a plan submitted by the office outlining the amounts to be
distributed by provider.
Notwithstanding any provision of articles 153, 154 and 163 of the
education law, there shall be an exemption from the professional
licensure requirements of such articles, and nothing contained in
such articles, or in any other provisions of law related to the
licensure requirements of persons licensed under those articles,
shall prohibit or limit the activities or services of any person in
the employ of a program or service operated, certified, regulated,
funded or approved by the state office for the aging, a local
governmental unit as such term is defined in article 41 of the
mental hygiene law, and/or a local social services district as
defined in section 61 of the social services law, and all such enti-
ties shall be considered to be approved settings for the receipt of
supervised experience for the professions governed by articles 153,
154 and 163 of the education law, and furthermore, no such entity
shall be required to apply for nor be required to receive a waiver
pursuant to section 6503-a of the education law in order to perform
any activities or provide any services .............................
2,027,500 ........................................... (re. $456,000)
For state aid grants to neighborhood naturally occurring retirement
communities (NNORC). Funding priority shall be given to the renewal
of existing contracts with the state office for the aging. No
expenditures shall be made from this appropriation until the direc-
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tor of the budget has approved a plan submitted by the office
outlining the amounts to be distributed by provider.
Notwithstanding any provision of articles 153, 154 and 163 of the
education law, there shall be an exemption from the professional
licensure requirements of such articles, and nothing contained in
such articles, or in any other provisions of law related to the
licensure requirements of persons licensed under those articles,
shall prohibit or limit the activities or services of any person in
the employ of a program or service operated, certified, regulated,
funded or approved by the state office for the aging, a local
governmental unit as such term is defined in article 41 of the
mental hygiene law, and/or a local social services district as
defined in section 61 of the social services law, and all such enti-
ties shall be considered to be approved settings for the receipt of
supervised experience for the professions governed by articles 153,
154 and 163 of the education law, and furthermore, no such entity
shall be required to apply for nor be required to receive a waiver
pursuant to section 6503-a of the education law in order to perform
any activities or provide any services .............................
2,027,500 ......................................... (re. $1,372,000)
For state matching funds for services and expenses to match federally
funded model projects and/or demonstration grant programs, a portion
of which may be transferred to state operations or to other entities
as necessary to meet federal grant objectives ......................
236,000 ............................................. (re. $236,000)
For the managed care consumer assistance program for the purpose of
providing education, outreach, one-on-one counseling, monitoring of
the implementation of medicare part D, and assistance with drug
appeals and fair hearings related to medicare part D coverage for
persons who are eligible for medical assistance and who are also
beneficiaries under part D of title XVIII of the federal social
security act and for participants of the elderly pharmaceutical
insurance coverage program (EPIC) in accordance with the following:
Medicare Rights Center ... 793,000 .................... (re. $154,000)
New York StateWide Senior Action Council, Inc. .......................
354,000 ............................................... (re. $5,000)
Legal Aid Society of New York ... 111,000 .............. (re. $55,000)
Selfhelp Community Services, Inc. ... 111,000 .......... (re. $56,000)
For additional services and expenses related to an elderly abuse
education and outreach program in accordance with section 219 of the
elder law ... 500,000 ................................ (re. $46,000)
For services and expenses related to the livable New York initiative
to create neighborhoods that consider the evolving needs and prefer-
ences of all their residents ... 122,500 ............ (re. $122,500)
For services and expenses of the new york state adult day services
association, inc. related to providing training and technical
assistance to social adult day services programs in new york state
regarding the quality of services ... 122,500 ........ (re. $26,000)
For services and expenses related to making improvements in the long
term care system for the point of entry initiatives, for the
purposes of expanding and promoting a more coordinated level of care
for the delivery of quality services in the community.
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Notwithstanding any provision of articles 153, 154 and 163 of the
education law, there shall be an exemption from the professional
licensure requirements of such articles, and nothing contained in
such articles, or in any other provisions of law related to the
licensure requirements of persons licensed under those articles,
shall prohibit or limit the activities or services of any person in
the employ of a program or service operated, certified, regulated,
funded or approved by the state office for the aging, a local
governmental unit as such term is defined in article 41 of the
mental hygiene law, and/or a local social services district as
defined in section 61 of the social services law, and all such enti-
ties shall be considered to be approved settings for the receipt of
supervised experience for the professions governed by articles 153,
154 and 163 of the education law, and furthermore, no such entity
shall be required to apply for nor be required to receive a waiver
pursuant to section 6503-a of the education law in order to perform
any activities or provide any services .............................
3,350,000 ......................................... (re. $1,488,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For state matching funds for services and expenses to match federally
funded model projects and/or demonstration grant programs, a portion
of which may be transferred to state operations or to other entities
as necessary to meet federal grant objectives ......................
236,000 ............................................. (re. $236,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For state matching funds for services and expenses to match federally
funded model projects and/or demonstration grant programs, a portion
of which may be transferred to state operations or to other entities
as necessary to meet federal grant objectives ......................
236,000 ............................................. (re. $236,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Health and Human Services Fund
FHHS Aid to Localities Account - 25177
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For programs provided under the titles of the federal older Americans
act and other health and human services programs.
Title III-b social services ... 26,000,000 ......... (re. $26,000,000)
Title III-c nutrition programs, including a suballocation to the
department of health to be transferred to state operations for
nutrition program activities ... 41,385,000 ...... (re. $40,924,000)
Title III-e caregivers ... 12,000,000 .............. (re. $12,000,000)
Health and human services programs ... 9,000,000 .... (re. $9,000,000)
Nutrition services incentive program .................................
17,000,000 ....................................... (re. $17,000,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For programs provided under the titles of the federal older Americans
act and other health and human services programs.
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Notwithstanding any provision of articles 153, 154 and 163 of the
education law, there shall be an exemption from the professional
licensure requirements of such articles, and nothing contained in
such articles, or in any other provisions of law related to the
licensure requirements of persons licensed under those articles,
shall prohibit or limit the activities or services of any person in
the employ of a program or service operated, certified, regulated,
funded or approved by the state office for the aging, a local
governmental unit as such term is defined in article 41 of the
mental hygiene law, and/or a local social services district as
defined in section 61 of the social services law, and all such enti-
ties shall be considered to be approved settings for the receipt of
supervised experience for the professions governed by articles 153,
154 and 163 of the education law, and furthermore, no such entity
shall be required to apply for nor be required to receive a waiver
pursuant to section 6503-a of the education law in order to perform
any activities or provide any services.
Title III-b social services ... 26,000,000 ......... (re. $21,675,000)
Title III-c nutrition programs, including a suballocation to the
department of health to be transferred to state operations for
nutrition program activities ... 41,385,000 ......... (re. $919,000)
Title III-e caregivers ... 12,000,000 .............. (re. $10,721,000)
Health and human services programs ... 9,000,000 .... (re. $6,369,000)
Nutrition services incentive program .................................
17,000,000 ........................................ (re. $7,230,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For programs provided under the titles of the federal older Americans
act and other health and human services programs.
Title III-b social services ... 26,000,000 .......... (re. $1,746,000)
Title III-c nutrition programs, including a suballocation to the
department of health to be transferred to state operations for
nutrition program activities ... 41,385,000 ......... (re. $888,000)
Title III-e caregivers ... 12,000,000 ............... (re. $3,582,000)
Health and human services programs ... 9,000,000 .... (re. $4,266,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For programs provided under the titles of the federal older Americans
act and other health and human services programs. Health and human
services programs ... 8,000,000 ..................... (re. $764,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Office for the Aging Federal Grants Account - 25300
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses related to the provision of aging services
programs ... 600,000 ................................ (re. $600,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Senior Community Service Employment Account - 25444
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By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For the senior community service employment program provided under
title V of the federal older Americans act .........................
9,000,000 ......................................... (re. $8,126,000)
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
For payment according to the following schedule:
APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS
General Fund ....................... 18,695,000 20,206,900
Special Revenue Funds - Federal .... 20,000,000 20,200,000
---------------- ----------------
All Funds ........................ 38,695,000 40,406,900
================ ================
SCHEDULE
AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS SERVICES PROGRAM ...................... 38,695,000
--------------
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
New York federation of growers and process-
ors agribusiness child development program.... 6,521,000
New York state veterinary diagnostic labora-
tory at Cornell university animal health
surveillance and control program ............. 4,425,000
New York state veterinary diagnostic labora-
tory at Cornell university quality milk
production services program .................. 1,174,000
New York state veterinary diagnostic labora-
tory at Cornell university New York state
cattle health assurance program ................ 360,000
New York state veterinary diagnostic labora-
tory at Cornell university Johnes disease
program ........................................ 480,000
New York state veterinary diagnostic labora-
tory at Cornell university rabies program........ 50,000
New York state veterinary diagnostic labora-
tory at Cornell university Avian disease
program ........................................ 252,000
Cornell university farmnet program for farm
family assistance .............................. 384,000
Cornell university integrated pest manage-
ment ........................................... 500,000
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
subject to the approval of the director of
the budget, up to the amount appropriated
herein shall be available for Cornell
university Geneva experiment station for
state seed inspection program .................. 128,000
Cornell university Geneva experiment station
hop and barley evaluation and field test-
ing program ..................................... 40,000
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Cornell university golden nematode program......... 62,000
Cornell university future farmers of America...... 192,000
Cornell university agriculture in the class-
room ............................................ 80,000
Cornell university association of agricul-
tural educators ................................. 66,000
New York state apple growers association ......... 206,000
New York wine and grape foundation ............... 713,000
New York farm viability institute ................ 400,000
For services and expenses of programs to
promote dairy excellence, including but
not limited to programs at Cornell univer-
sity. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the director of the budget is
hereby authorized to transfer up to
$150,000 of this appropriation to state
operations for programs including adminis-
tration of dairy profit teams .................. 150,000
For reimbursement for the promotion of agri-
culture and domestic arts in accordance
with article 24 of the agriculture and
markets law .................................... 340,000
Cornell university pro-dairy program ............. 822,000
For services, expenses and grants related to
the taste New York program, including but
not limited to marketing and advertising
to promote New York produced food and
beverage goods and products. All or a
portion of this appropriation may be
suballocated to any department, agency, or
public authority. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the director of
the budget is hereby authorized to trans-
fer up to $1,100,000 of this appropriation
to state operations .......................... 1,100,000
For services and expenses of a program to
develop farm to school initiatives that
will help schools purchase more food from
local farmers and expand access to healthy
local food for school children. The funds
shall be awarded through a competitive
process ........................................ 250,000
--------------
Program account subtotal .................. 18,695,000
--------------
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Fund
Federal Agriculture and Markets Account - 25021
For services and expenses of non-point
source pollution control, farmland preser-
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vation, and other agricultural programs
including suballocation to other state
departments and agencies including liabil-
ities incurred prior to April 1, 2015.
Notwithstanding section 51 of the state
finance law and any other provision of law
to the contrary, the funds appropriated
herein may be increased or decreased by
transfer from/to appropriations for any
prior or subsequent grant period within
the same federal fund/program and between
state operations and aid to localities to
accomplish the intent of this appropri-
ation, as long as such corresponding
prior/subsequent grant periods within such
appropriations have been reappropriated as
necessary ................................... 20,000,000
--------------
Program account subtotal .................. 20,000,000
--------------
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AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS SERVICES PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
New York federation of growers and processors agribusiness child
development program ... 6,521,000 ................. (re. $1,622,000)
For additional services and expenses of the New York federation of
growers and processors agribusiness child development program ......
1,000,000 ........................................... (re. $500,000)
New York state veterinary diagnostic laboratory at Cornell university
animal health surveillance and control program .....................
4,425,000 ......................................... (re. $1,100,000)
For additional services and expenses of the New York state veterinary
diagnostic laboratory at Cornell university animal health surveil-
lance and control program ... 1,000,000 ............. (re. $250,000)
New York state veterinary diagnostic laboratory at Cornell university
quality milk production services program ...........................
1,174,000 ........................................... (re. $174,000)
New York state veterinary diagnostic laboratory at Cornell university
New York state cattle health assurance program .....................
360,000 ............................................. (re. $360,000)
New York state veterinary diagnostic laboratory at Cornell university
Johnes disease program ... 480,000 .................. (re. $480,000)
For additional services and expenses of the New York state veterinary
diagnostic laboratory at Cornell university rabies program .........
460,000 ............................................. (re. $460,000)
New York state veterinary diagnostic laboratory at Cornell university
Avian disease program ... 252,000 .................... (re. $63,000)
Cornell university farmnet program for farm family assistance ........
384,000 .............................................. (re. $96,000)
For additional services and expenses of the Cornell university farmnet
program for farm family assistance ... 216,000 ....... (re. $54,000)
Cornell university integrated pest management ........................
500,000 ............................................. (re. $170,000)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to the approval of
the director of the budget, up to the amount appropriated herein
shall be available for Cornell university Geneva experiment station
for state seed inspection program ... 128,000 ........ (re. $64,000)
Cornell university Geneva experiment station hop and barley evaluation
and field testing program ... 40,000 ................. (re. $30,000)
For additional services and expenses of the Cornell university Geneva
experiment station hop and barley evaluation and field testing
program ... 160,000 ................................. (re. $160,000)
Cornell university golden nematode program ... 62,000 .. (re. $31,000)
Cornell university future farmers of America .........................
192,000 ............................................. (re. $180,000)
For additional services and expenses of Cornell university future
farmers of America ... 158,000 ...................... (re. $140,000)
Cornell university agriculture in the classroom ......................
80,000 ............................................... (re. $66,000)
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Cornell university association of agricultural educators .............
66,000 ............................................... (re. $13,000)
For additional services and expenses of the New York state apple grow-
ers association ... 544,000 ......................... (re. $430,000)
New York wine and grape foundation ... 713,000 ........ (re. $463,000)
New York farm viability institute ... 400,000 ......... (re. $400,000)
For additional services and expenses of the New York farm viability
institute ... 1,100,000 ........................... (re. $1,100,000)
For services and expenses of programs to promote dairy excellence,
including but not limited to programs at Cornell university.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director of the
budget is hereby authorized to transfer up to $150,000 of this
appropriation to state operations for programs including adminis-
tration of dairy profit teams ... 150,000 ............ (re. $37,000)
For services and expenses of dairy profit teams administered by the
New York farm viability institute ... 220,000 ....... (re. $110,000)
Cornell university pro-dairy program ... 822,000 ...... (re. $522,000)
Tractor rollover protection program administered by Mary Imogene
Basset hospital ... 150,000 .......................... (re. $55,000)
Northern New York agricultural development program administered by
Cornell cooperative extension of Jefferson County ..................
600,000 ............................................. (re. $500,000)
For services and expenses of the eastern equine encephalitis program
administered by Oswego county, including suballocation to other
state departments and agencies. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the director of the budget is hereby authorized to transfer
up to $175,000 of this appropriation to state operations ...........
175,000 ............................................. (re. $145,000)
For services and expenses of the turfgrass environmental stewardship
fund administered by the New York State greengrass association .....
150,000 ............................................. (re. $113,000)
For services and expenses of the north country low cost vaccine
program administered by the St. Lawrence and Jefferson county public
health department. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
director of the budget is hereby authorized to transfer up to
$25,000 of this appropriation to state operations ..................
25,000 ............................................... (re. $25,000)
Christmas tree farmers association of New York for programs to promote
Christmas trees ... 120,000 .......................... (re. $90,000)
The New York farm viability institute, for programs to benefit the New
York berry industry ... 320,000 ..................... (re. $270,000)
Genesee-Livingston-Steuben-Wyoming BOCES agricultural academy ........
100,000 .............................................. (re. $75,000)
NY corn and soybean growers association ... 75,000 ..... (re. $75,000)
Cornell university honeybee research ... 50,000 ........ (re. $12,000)
Cornell university maple research ... 105,000 .......... (re. $26,000)
For services and expenses of the New York State apple research and
development program, in consultation with the apple research and
development advisory board ... 500,000 .............. (re. $125,000)
Cornell university onion research ... 50,000 ........... (re. $12,000)
Cornell university vegetable research ... 100,000 ...... (re. $25,000)
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For services and expenses of the wood products development council,
including suballocation to other state departments and agencies.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director of the
budget is hereby authorized to transfer up to $100,000 of this
appropriation to state operations ... 100,000 ....... (re. $100,000)
Animal care & control of NYC, to support full service animal shelters
in New York City and mobile adoption unit improvements .............
250,000 .............................................. (re. $62,000)
Grown on Long Island ... 100,000 ...................... (re. $100,000)
For services, expenses and grants related to the taste New York
program, including but not limited to marketing and advertising to
promote New York produced food and beverage goods and products. All
or a portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to any
department, agency, or public authority. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the director of the budget is hereby authorized to
transfer up to $1,100,000 of this appropriation to state operations
1,100,000 ........................................... (re. $200,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
Cornell university integrated pest management ........................
500,000 ............................................. (re. $170,000)
Cornell university future farmers of America .........................
192,000 ............................................... (re. $1,000)
Cornell university association of agricultural educators .............
66,000 ............................................... (re. $23,000)
New York farm viability institute ... 400,000 ......... (re. $108,000)
For additional services and expenses of the New York farm viability
institute ... 1,100,000 ............................. (re. $933,000)
For services and expenses of programs to promote dairy excellence,
including but not limited to programs at Cornell University.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director of the
budget is hereby authorized to transfer up to $150,000 of this
appropriation to state operations for programs including adminis-
tration of dairy profit teams ... 150,000 ........... (re. $150,000)
For services and expenses of dairy profit teams administered by the
New York farm viability institute ... 220,000 ....... (re. $136,000)
For services and expenses of northern New York agricultural develop-
ment ... 500,000 .................................... (re. $500,000)
For services and expenses of the eastern equine encephalitis program,
including suballocation to other state departments and agencies.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director of the
budget is hereby authorized to transfer up to $150,000 of this
appropriation to state operations ... 150,000 ........ (re. $55,000)
New York state berry growers association ... 200,000 .. (re. $115,000)
Long Island farm bureau ... 200,000 ................... (re. $200,000)
Genesee county agricultural academy ... 100,000 ....... (re. $100,000)
Island harvest ... 25,000 .............................. (re. $25,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
New York farm viability institute ... 400,000 ......... (re. $295,000)
For additional services and expenses of the New York farm viability
institute ... 821,000 ............................... (re. $716,000)
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For services and expenses of programs to promote dairy excellence,
including but not limited to programs at Cornell University.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director of the
budget is hereby authorized to transfer up to $150,000 of this
appropriation to state operations for programs including adminis-
tration of dairy profit teams ... 150,000 ............ (re. $76,000)
For services and expenses of the eastern equine encephalitis program,
including suballocation to other state departments and agencies.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director of the
budget is hereby authorized to transfer up to $150,000 of this
appropriation to state operations ... 150,000 ....... (re. $12,000)
For services and expenses of programs to promote agricultural economic
development, including but not limited to farmland viability, in
accordance with a programmatic and financial plan to be approved by
the director of the budget. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the director of the budget is hereby authorized to transfer up
to $3,000,000 of this appropriation to state operations ............
3,000,000 ......................................... (re. $1,175,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For services and expenses of programs to promote dairy excellence,
including but not limited to programs at Cornell University.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director of the
budget is hereby authorized to transfer up to $150,000 of this
appropriation to state operations for programs including adminis-
tration of dairy profit teams ... 150,000 ............ (re. $76,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2010:
For services and expenses of programs to promote dairy excellence,
including but not limited to programs at Cornell University.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director of the
budget is hereby authorized to transfer up to $150,000 of this
appropriation to state operations for programs including adminis-
tration of dairy profit teams ... 150,000 ........... (re. $143,000)
For services and expenses related to establishing, improving, and
promoting farmer's markets in Monroe, Ontario, Livingston, Orleans,
Genesee, Wyoming, Steuben, Yates and Wayne counties, in accordance
with a programmatic and financial plan submitted by the commissioner
of agriculture and markets and approved by the director of the budg-
et. No moneys of this appropriation shall be made available until
the Genesee valley regional market authority makes a transfer to the
general fund of the state, as provided for in a chapter of the laws
of 2010 ... 3,000,000 ............................. (re. $2,046,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2009:
For services and expenses of programs to promote agricultural economic
development, including but not limited to farmland viability, in
accordance with a programmatic and financial plan to be approved by
the director of the budget. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the director of the budget is hereby authorized to transfer up
to $600,000 of this appropriation to state operations ..............
600,000 ............................................. (re. $424,000)
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For services and expenses of apiary inspection. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the director of the budget is hereby author-
ized to transfer up to $200,000 of this appropriation to state oper-
ations ... 200,000 ................................... (re. $80,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2008, as amended by chapter
496, section 6, of the laws of 2008:
For services and expenses of programs to promote agricultural economic
development, including but not limited to farmland viability, in
accordance with a programmatic and financial plan to be approved by
the director of the budget. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the director of the budget is hereby authorized to transfer up
to $2,357,000 of this appropriation to state operations, provided,
however, that the amount of this appropriation available for expend-
iture and disbursement on and after September 1, 2008 shall be
reduced by six percent of the amount that was undisbursed as of
August 15, 2008 ... 1,809,000 ..................... (re. $1,125,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2008, as amended by chapter 1,
section 4, of the laws of 2009:
Columbia County Cornell Cooperative Extension for services and
expenses of extension and research programs managed by the Hudson
Valley Research Laboratory, Inc ... 63,900 ........... (re. $63,900)
For services and expenses of the plum pox virus eradication and indem-
nity program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the direc-
tor of the budget is hereby authorized to transfer up to $376,000 of
this appropriation to state operations .............................
376,000 ............................................. (re. $374,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Fund
Federal Agriculture and Markets Account - 25021
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses of non-point source pollution control, farm-
land preservation, and other agricultural programs including subal-
location to other state departments and agencies including liabil-
ities incurred prior to April 1, 2014. Notwithstanding section 51 of
the state finance law and any other provision of law to the contra-
ry, the funds appropriated herein may be increased or decreased by
transfer from/to appropriations for any prior or subsequent grant
period within the same federal fund/program and between state oper-
ations and aid to localities to accomplish the intent of this appro-
priation, as long as such corresponding prior/subsequent grant peri-
ods within such appropriations have been reappropriated as necessary
... 20,000,000 ................................... (re. $20,000,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For services and expenses of non-point source pollution control, farm-
land preservation, and other agricultural programs including subal-
location to other state departments and agencies including liabil-
ities incurred prior to April 1, 2013. Notwithstanding section 51 of
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the state finance law and any other provision of law to the contra-
ry, the funds appropriated herein may be increased or decreased by
transfer from/to appropriations for any prior or subsequent grant
period within the same federal fund/program and between state oper-
ations and aid to localities to accomplish the intent of this appro-
priation, as long as such corresponding prior/subsequent grant peri-
ods within such appropriations have been reappropriated as necessary
... 20,000,000 ...................................... (re. $100,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For services and expenses of non-point source pollution control, farm-
land preservation, and other agricultural programs including subal-
location to other state departments and agencies including liabil-
ities incurred prior to April 1, 2012. Notwithstanding section 51 of
the state finance law and any other provision of law to the contra-
ry, the funds appropriated herein may be increased or decreased by
transfer from/to appropriations for any prior or subsequent grant
period within the same federal fund/program and between state oper-
ations and aid to localities to accomplish the intent of this appro-
priation, as long as such corresponding prior/subsequent grant peri-
ods within such appropriations have been reappropriated as necessary
... 20,000,000 ...................................... (re. $100,000)
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
For payment according to the following schedule:
APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS
General Fund ....................... 40,855,000 39,604,000
Special Revenue Funds - Federal .... 1,413,000 6,532,000
Special Revenue Funds - Other ...... 196,000 0
---------------- ----------------
All Funds ........................ 42,464,000 46,136,000
================ ================
SCHEDULE
COUNCIL ON THE ARTS PROGRAM ................................. 42,244,000
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
For state financial assistance for the arts.
Notwithstanding any other section of law
to the contrary, this appropriation may be
used for state financial assistance to
nonprofit cultural organizations offering
services to the general public, including
but not limited to, orchestras, dance
companies, museums and theatre groups
including nonprofit cultural organiza-
tions, botanical gardens, zoos, aquariums
and public benefit corporations offering
programs of arts related education for
elementary and secondary school pupils
provided that, notwithstanding any incon-
sistent provision of law, $100,000 shall
be suballocated to the Nelson A. Rockefel-
ler empire state plaza performing arts
center corporation in support of programs
for performing arts and other cultural
events, and related uses for the benefit
of the citizens of New York state. Such
programs may include activities directly
undertaken by the grantee, or indirectly
by regranting of state funds by regional
or local arts councils, among other organ-
izations, to nonprofit cultural organiza-
tions.
Grants, including capital grants, awarded
may be used for programs and activities
relating to arts disciplines including,
but not limited to, architecture, dance,
design, music, theater, media, literature,
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museum activities, visual arts, folk arts,
and arts in education programs .............. 40,635,000
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Program account subtotal .................. 40,635,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Council on the Arts Account - 25376
For financial assistance to nonprofit
cultural organizations ....................... 1,413,000
--------------
Program account subtotal ................... 1,413,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Other
Arts Capital Revolving Fund
Arts Capital Revolving Account - 21850
For services and expenses of the arts capi-
tal revolving loan fund ........................ 196,000
--------------
Program account subtotal ..................... 196,000
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EMPIRE STATE PLAZA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CORPORATION
PROGRAM ...................................................... 220,000
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
For state financial assistance for the
empire state plaza performing arts center
corporation .................................... 220,000
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ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For state financial assistance for the arts. This appropriation may be
used for state financial assistance to nonprofit cultural organiza-
tions offering services to the general public, including but not
limited to, orchestras, dance companies, museums and theatre groups
including nonprofit cultural organizations, botanical gardens, zoos,
aquariums and public benefit corporations offering programs of arts
including but not limited to those related to education for elemen-
tary and secondary school pupils. Such programs may include activ-
ities directly undertaken by the grantee, or indirectly by regrant-
ing of state funds by regional or local arts councils, among other
organizations, to nonprofit cultural organizations.
Grants, including capital grants, awarded may be used for programs and
activities relating to arts disciplines including, but not limited
to, architecture, dance, design, music, theater, media, literature,
museum activities, visual arts, folk arts, and arts in education
programs ... 35,635,000 ............................. (re. $282,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For state financial assistance for the arts. This appropriation may be
used for state financial assistance to nonprofit cultural organiza-
tions offering services to the general public, including but not
limited to, orchestras, dance companies, museums and theatre groups
including nonprofit cultural organizations, botanical gardens, zoos,
aquariums and public benefit corporations offering programs of arts
related education for elementary and secondary school pupils. Such
programs may include activities directly undertaken by the grantee,
or indirectly by regranting of state funds by regional or local arts
councils, among other organizations, to nonprofit cultural organiza-
tions.
Grants, including capital grants, awarded may be used for programs and
activities relating to arts disciplines including, but not limited
to, architecture, dance, design, music, theater, media, literature,
museum activities, visual arts, folk arts, and arts in education
programs ... 31,635,000 .............................. (re. $35,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Council on the Arts Account
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For financial assistance to nonprofit cultural organizations .........
1,413,000 ......................................... (re. $1,011,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For financial assistance to nonprofit cultural organizations ...
2,413,000 ......................................... (re. $1,666,000)
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By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2010:
For financial assistance to nonprofit cultural organizations .........
2,413,000 ......................................... (re. $1,450,000)
COUNCIL ON THE ARTS PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For state financial assistance for the arts. Notwithstanding any other
section of law to the contrary, this appropriation may be used for
state financial assistance to nonprofit cultural organizations
offering services to the general public, including but not limited
to, orchestras, dance companies, museums and theatre groups includ-
ing nonprofit cultural organizations, botanical gardens, zoos,
aquariums and public benefit corporations offering programs of arts
related education for elementary and secondary school pupils
provided that, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law,
$100,000 shall be suballocated to the Nelson A. Rockefeller empire
state plaza performing arts center corporation in support of
programs for performing arts and other cultural events, and related
uses for the benefit of the citizens of New York state. Such
programs may include activities directly undertaken by the grantee,
or indirectly by regranting of state funds by regional or local arts
councils, among other organizations, to nonprofit cultural organiza-
tions.
Grants, including capital grants, awarded may be used for programs and
activities relating to arts disciplines including, but not limited
to, architecture, dance, design, music, theater, media, literature,
museum activities, visual arts, folk arts, and arts in education
programs ... 35,635,000 .......................... (re. $35,635,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For state financial assistance for the arts. Notwithstanding any other
section of law to the contrary, this appropriation may be used for
state financial assistance to nonprofit cultural organizations
offering services to the general public, including but not limited
to, orchestras, dance companies, museums and theatre groups includ-
ing nonprofit cultural organizations, botanical gardens, zoos,
aquariums and public benefit corporations offering programs of arts
related education for elementary and secondary school pupils
provided that, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law,
$100,000 shall be suballocated to the Nelson A. Rockefeller empire
state plaza performing arts center corporation in support of
programs for performing arts and other cultural events, and related
uses for the benefit of the citizens of New York state. Such
programs may include activities directly undertaken by the grantee,
or indirectly by regranting of state funds by regional or local arts
councils, among other organizations, to nonprofit cultural organiza-
tions.
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Grants, including capital grants, awarded may be used for programs and
activities relating to arts disciplines including, but not limited
to, architecture, dance, design, music, theater, media, literature,
museum activities, visual arts, folk arts, and arts in education
programs ... 35,635,000 ........................... (re. $3,652,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Council on the Arts Account - 25376
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For financial assistance to nonprofit cultural organizations .........
1,413,000 ......................................... (re. $1,413,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For financial assistance to nonprofit cultural organizations .........
1,413,000 ........................................... (re. $992,000)
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DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT AND CONTROL
AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
For payment according to the following schedule:
APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS
General Fund ....................... 32,025,000 0
---------------- ----------------
All Funds ........................ 32,025,000 0
================ ================
SCHEDULE
STATE OPERATIONS PROGRAM .................................... 32,025,000
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
For state reimbursements to cities, towns,
or villages for payments made for special
accidental death benefits made pursuant to
section 208-f of the general municipal
law, including the payment of liabilities
incurred prior to April 1, 2015 and for
state reimbursement to New York city for
payments made for special accidental death
benefits to beneficiaries of first respon-
ders to the world trade center attack made
pursuant to section 208-f of the general
municipal law, including the payment of
liabilities incurred prior to April 1,
2015. Notwithstanding the provisions of
any other law to the contrary, for state
fiscal year 2015-2016 the liability of the
state and the amount to be distributed or
otherwise expended by the state pursuant
to section 208-f of the general municipal
law shall be limited to the amount appro-
priated ..................................... 32,025,000
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CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
For payment according to the following schedule:
APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS
General Fund ....................... 1,436,080,490 0
---------------- ----------------
All Funds ........................ 1,436,080,490 0
================ ================
SCHEDULE
CITY UNIVERSITY--COMMUNITY COLLEGES ........................ 221,571,490
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
OPERATING ASSISTANCE
For state financial assistance, net of
disallowances, for operating expenses of
community colleges to be expended pursuant
to regulations developed jointly by the
state university trustees and the city
university trustees and approved by the
director of the budget, and shall include
funds available on a matching basis to
implement programs for the provision of
education and training services to indi-
viduals eligible under the federal
personal responsibility and work opportu-
nity reconciliation act of 1996.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
rule or regulation, aid payable from this
appropriation to community colleges shall
be distributed to the colleges according
to guidelines established by the city
university trustees.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or
regulation to the contrary, full funding
for aidable community college enrollment
for the college fiscal year 2015-16 and
heretofore as provided under this appro-
priation is determined by the operating
aid formulas defined in rules and regu-
lations developed jointly by the boards of
trustees of the state and city universi-
ties and approved by the director of the
budget provided that the local sponsor may
use funds contained in reserves for excess
student revenue for operating support of a
community college program even though said
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expenditures may cause expenses and
student revenues to exceed one-third of
the college's net operating budget for the
college fiscal year 2015-16 provided that
such funds do not cause the college's
revenue from the local sponsor's contrib-
ution in aggregate to be less than the
comparable amounts for the previous commu-
nity college fiscal year and further
provided that pursuant to standards and
regulations of the state university trus-
tees and the city university trustees for
the college fiscal year 2015-16, community
colleges may increase tuition and fees
above that allowable under current educa-
tion law if such standards and regulations
require that in order to exceed the
tuition limit otherwise set forth in the
education law, local sponsor contributions
either in the aggregate or for each full-
time equivalent student shall be no less
than the comparable amounts for the previ-
ous community college fiscal year.
Provided further, that allocation of 10
percent of the total base operating aid
support for each community college shall
be contingent upon completion of a
performance improvement plan approved by
the board of trustees and the director of
the budget by December 31, 2015 to serve
as the basis for performance funding allo-
cations in future years; provided further,
each campus performance improvement plan
shall include, but not be limited to
criteria to improve access, completion,
academic and post-graduation success, job
placement of graduates, new programs and
certifications aligned with the needs of
local business, and alignment with the
regional economic development councils ..... 206,047,000
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the city university of New York
shall make awards to community colleges
from the next generation NY job linkage
program incentive fund based on measures
of student success for all students
enrolled in programs that confer a
credit-bearing certificate, an associate
of occupational studies degree, or an
associate of applied science degree,
including, but not limited to:
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(1) The number of students who are employed
following degree or certificate completion
and their wage gains, if any, as deter-
mined by the department of labor, which
shall be given the greatest weighting
among all measures of student success;
(2) The number of degree completions,
certificate completions and student trans-
fers to other institutions of higher
education;
(3) The number of degree and certificate
completions under the preceding item (2)
by students considered academically
at-risk due to economic disadvantage or
other factor of under-representation with-
in the field of study; veterans; and the
disabled;
(4) The number of students who make adequate
progress towards completion of a degree or
certificate, which may include accelerated
completion of a developmental education
program;
(5) The number of degree completions in
innovative programs designed to enable
students to balance school, work and other
personal responsibilities; and
(6) The number of students engaged in career
and employment opportunities including
apprenticeships, cooperative education
programs or other paid work experience
that is an integral part of their academic
program.
Provided further, however, awards shall be
made on a pro-rata basis in accordance
with a methodology and in a form and
manner developed by the director of the
budget, in consultation with the city
university.
Provided further, however, on or before
December 1, 2015, or an alternative date
as determined by the director of the budg-
et in consultation with the city universi-
ty, the city university trustees shall
submit a plan for approval by the director
of the budget to allocate amounts avail-
able for the next generation NY job link-
age program incentive fund pursuant to
this appropriation ........................... 2,000,000
CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS
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For the payment of aid for community college
categorical programs to be distributed to
the colleges according to guidelines
established by the city university trus-
tees:
For services and expenses related to the
establishment, renovation, alteration,
expansion, improvement or operation of
child care centers for the benefit of
students at the community college campuses
of the city university of New York,
provided that matching funds of at least
35 percent from nonstate sources be made
available ...................................... 813,100
For payment of rental aid ...................... 8,948,000
For state financial assistance for community
college contract courses and work force
development .................................. 1,880,000
For student financial assistance to expand
opportunities in the community colleges of
the city university for the educationally
and economically disadvantaged in accord-
ance with section 6452 of the education
law ............................................ 883,390
For community schools grants awarded, based
on a request for proposals issued by the
chancellor to community colleges to
improve student outcomes through the
implementation of community schools
programs that use community college facil-
ities as community hubs to deliver co-lo-
cated or college-linked child and elder
care services, transportation, health care
services, family counseling, employment
counseling, legal aid and/or other
services to students and their families.
Provided, further, that such grants shall be
awarded based on factors including, but
not limited to, the following: (i) meas-
ures of need of students to be served by
each of the community colleges, (ii) the
community college's proposal to target the
highest need students, (iii) the sustaina-
bility of the proposed community schools
program, and (iv) proposal quality.
Provided, further, that to assess proposal
quality in order to award such funding,
the chancellor shall take into account
factors including, but not limited to: (i)
the extent to which the community
college's proposal would provide such
community services through partnerships
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with local governments and non-profit
organizations, (ii) the extent to which
the proposal would provide for delivery of
such services directly in community
college facilities, (iii) the extent to
which the proposal articulates how such
services would facilitate measurable
improvement in student and family
outcomes, (iv) the extent to which the
proposal articulates and identifies how
existing funding streams and programs
would be used to provide such community
services, and (v) the extent to which the
proposal ensures the safety of all
students, staff and community members in
community college facilities used as
community hubs.
Provided, further, that up to two community
schools grants may be awarded and each
individual community school site shall be
limited to a maximum grant of $500,000 to
be paid over a three year period in
installments upon successful implementa-
tion of each phase of a community
college's approved proposal .................. 1,000,000
--------------
CITY UNIVERSITY--SENIOR COLLEGES ......................... 1,207,509,000
--------------
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
CITY UNIVERSITY--SENIOR COLLEGE PROGRAMS
For the costs of the state share, as
prescribed herein, as reimbursement to the
city of New York to be paid during the
state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2015
for the operating expenses of the senior
college approved programs and services of
the city university of New York as defined
in section 6230 of the education law.
Notwithstanding paragraphs 3 and 4 of subdi-
vision A of section 6221 of the education
law, the amount appropriated herein shall
constitute the maximum state payment for
the 2015-16 state fiscal year beginning
April 1, 2015 to the city of New York, of
which $428,000,000 is a state liability to
the city for the period beginning April 1,
2015 through June 30, 2016, for reimburse-
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ment of costs incurred by the city at any
time during the 2014-15 academic year.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the dormitory authority of the
state of New York may issue bonds for the
purpose of reimbursing equipment disburse-
ments subject to subdivision 14 of section
1680 of the public authorities law and
upon transfer of bond proceeds for equip-
ment disbursements, from the city univer-
sity special revenue fund, facilities and
planning income reimbursable account (NA)
to an account of the city of New York, the
general fund appropriations herein shall
be reduced by amounts equivalent to such
transfers but in no event less than
$20,000,000 for the 12-month period begin-
ning July 1, 2015; the transfer of such
bond proceeds shall immediately and equiv-
alently reduce the general fund amounts
appropriated herein; and the portions of
such general fund appropriations so
affected shall have no further force or
effect.
The state share of operating expenses, a
portion of which is appropriated herein as
reimbursement to New York city, shall be
an amount equal to the net operating
expenses of the senior college approved
programs and services which shall equal
the total operating expenses of approved
programs and services less:
(a) all excess tuition and instructional
and noninstructional fees attributable
to the senior colleges received from the
city university construction fund;
(b) miscellaneous revenue and fees,
including bad debt recoveries and income
fund reimbursable cost recoveries;
(c) pursuant to section 6221 of the educa-
tion law, a representative share of the
operating costs of those activities
within central administration and univ-
ersity-wide programs which, as deter-
mined by the state budget director,
relate jointly to the senior colleges
and community colleges, and New York
city support for associate degree
programs at the College of Staten Island
and Medgar Evers College and notwith-
standing any other provision of law,
rule or regulation, New York city
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support for associate degree programs at
New York city college of technology and
John Jay college, with such support
based on the 2012-13 full-time equiv-
alent (FTE) associate degree enrollments
at these campuses and calculated using
the New York city contribution per city
university community college FTE in the
2012-13 base year, totaling $32,275,000.
Items (a) and (b) of the foregoing shall be
hereafter referred to as the senior
college revenue offset, and item (c) as
the central administration and universi-
ty-wide programs offset.
In no event shall the state support for the
operating expenses of the senior college
approved programs and services for the
12-month period beginning July 1, 2015
exceed $1,209,977,900 .................... 1,207,009,000
For services and expenses of the Joseph
Murphy Institute ............................... 500,000
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CITY UNIVERSITY--SENIOR COLLEGE PENSION PAYMENTS ............. 2,000,000
--------------
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
For payment of financial assistance to the
city of New York for certain costs of
retirement incentive programs and other
liabilities attributable to employee
retirement systems and for special pension
payments attributable to employees of the
senior colleges of the city university of
New York pursuant to chapters 975, 976,
and 977 of the laws of 1977, in accordance
with section 6231 of the education law and
chapter 958 of the laws of 1981, as
amended ...................................... 2,000,000
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METROPOLITAN COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY TAX ............ 5,000,000
--------------
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
For payment of the metropolitan commuter
transportation mobility tax pursuant to
article 23 of the tax law as amended by
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chapter 25 of the laws of 2009 for the
period July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 on
behalf of those senior college employees
employed in the commuter transportation
district. Notwithstanding any other law to
the contrary, this appropriation may not
be decreased by interchange with any other
appropriation ................................ 5,000,000
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DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION
AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
For payment according to the following schedule:
APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS
General Fund ....................... 20,193,000 10,726,000
Internal Service Funds ............. 8,000,000 8,590,000
---------------- ----------------
All Funds ........................ 28,193,000 19,316,000
================ ================
SCHEDULE
COMMUNITY SUPERVISION PROGRAM ............................... 13,613,000
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
For payment of services and expenses relat-
ing to the operation of a program with the
center for employment opportunities to
assist with vocational or employment
skills training or the attainment of
employment ................................... 1,029,000
For costs associated with the provision of
treatment, residential stabilization and
other related services for offenders in
the community, including residential
stabilization for sex offenders, pursuant
to existing contracts or to be distributed
through a competitive process ................ 4,584,000
--------------
Program account subtotal ................... 5,613,000
--------------
Internal Service Funds
Agencies Internal Service Fund
Neighborhood Work Project Account - 55059
For services and expenses related to estab-
lishing and administering a vocational
training program for parolees, other
offenders, or former inmates from city of
New York jails participating in community
based programs with the center for employ-
ment opportunities. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law to the contrary,
the chairman of the board of parole, or a
designated officer of the department of
corrections and community supervision may
authorize participants to perform service
projects at sites made available by any
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state or local government or public bene-
fit corporation .............................. 8,000,000
--------------
Program account subtotal ................... 8,000,000
--------------
HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAM ..................................... 14,000,000
--------------
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the money hereby appropriated may
be used for the payment of prior year
liabilities and may be increased or
decreased by interchange or transfer with
any other general fund appropriation with-
in the department of corrections and
community supervision with the approval of
the director of the budget. A portion of
these funds may be transferred or sub-al-
located to the department of health or
other state agencies.
For the state share of medical assistance
services expenses incurred by the depart-
ment of corrections and community super-
vision related to the provision of medical
assistance services to inmates .............. 14,000,000
--------------
PROGRAM SERVICES PROGRAM ....................................... 380,000
--------------
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
For services and expenses of a program at
the Albion correctional facility related
to family tele-visiting (Osborne Associ-
ation) ......................................... 130,000
For services and expenses of a program at
the Queensboro correctional facility
related to re-entry with a focus on family
(Osborne Association) .......................... 250,000
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SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM ....................................... 200,000
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
For services and expenses of localities for
the housing and board of felony offenders
pursuant to section 601-c of the
correction law ................................. 200,000
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AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
COMMUNITY SUPERVISION PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For payment of services and expenses relating to the operation of a
program with the center for employment opportunities to assist with
vocational or employment skills training or the attainment of
employment ... 1,029,000 ............................ (re. $709,000)
For costs associated with the provision of treatment, residential
stabilization and other related services for offenders in the commu-
nity, including residential stabilization for sex offenders, pursu-
ant to existing contracts or to be distributed through a competitive
process ... 4,584,000 ............................. (re. $2,597,000)
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2010, as transferred by chapter
53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 259-i of the executive law,
payments made pursuant to this appropriation for liabilities
incurred on or after April 1, 2006, but prior to September 1, 2008,
shall be paid by the state at the actual per day per capita cost, as
certified to the commissioner of correctional services by the appro-
priate local official, for the care of such prisoners; provided
however, such per diem per capita reimbursement for such period
pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 259-i of the executive law
shall not exceed $40 and for such per diem per capita reimbursement
for the period on or after September 1, 2008 but prior to April 1,
2009 pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 259-i of the executive law
shall not exceed $37.60 ... 5,000,000 ............. (re. $1,629,000)
Internal Service Funds
Agencies Internal Service Fund
Neighborhood Work Project Account - 55059
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses related to establishing and administering a
vocational training program for parolees, other offenders, or former
inmates from city of New York jails participating in community based
programs with the center for employment opportunities. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law to the contrary, the chairman of
the board of parole, or a designated officer of the department of
corrections and community supervision may authorize participants to
perform service projects at sites made available by any state or
local government or public benefit corporation .....................
11,000,000 ........................................ (re. $8,590,000)
PROGRAM SERVICES PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
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AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses of a program at the Albion correctional
facility related to family tele-visiting (Osborne Association) .....
130,000 .............................................. (re. $96,000)
For services and expenses of a program at the Queensboro correctional
facility related to re-entry with a focus on family (Osborne Associ-
ation) ... 250,000 .................................. (re. $170,000)
SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2008, as amended by chapter
496, section 1, of the laws of 2008:
For services and expenses of localities for the housing and board of
coram nobis prisoners in accordance with section 601-b of the
correction law, felony offenders in accordance with subdivision 2 of
section 601-c of the correction law, and prisoners pursuant to
section 95 of the correction law. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law to the contrary, payments certified to the commis-
sioner by the appropriate local official for the care of such pris-
oners and made pursuant to this appropriation for liabilities
incurred on or after September 1, 2008 shall be paid at the follow-
ing per day per capita rates: per diem per capita reimbursement
pursuant to section 601-b of the correction law shall not exceed
$18.80, and per diem per capita reimbursement pursuant to subdivi-
sion 2 of section 601-c of the correction law shall not exceed
$37.60 ... 5,880,000 .............................. (re. $5,525,000)
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For payment according to the following schedule:
APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS
General Fund........................ 121,345,000 124,975,248
Special Revenue Funds - Federal..... 29,900,000 67,924,136
Special Revenue Funds - Other....... 32,463,000 49,275,733
---------------- ----------------
All Funds......................... 183,708,000 242,175,117
================ ================
SCHEDULE
CRIME PREVENTION AND REDUCTION STRATEGIES PROGRAM .......... 183,708,000
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
For prosecutorial services of counties, to
be distributed in the same manner as the
prior year or through a competitive proc-
ess ......................................... 10,680,000
For payment to the New York state district
attorneys association and the New York
state prosecutors training institute for
services and expenses related to the pros-
ecution of crimes and the provision of
continuing legal education, training, and
support for medicaid fraud prosecution ....... 2,304,000
For services and expenses associated with a
witness protection program pursuant to a
plan developed by the commissioner of the
division of criminal justice services .......... 304,000
For grants to counties for district attorney
salaries. Notwithstanding the provisions
of subdivisions 10 and 11 of section 700
of the county law or any other law to the
contrary, for state fiscal year 2014-15
the state reimbursement to counties for
district attorney salaries shall be equal
to the amount received by a county for
such purpose in 2013-14 and 100 percent of
the difference between the minimum salary
for a full-time district attorney estab-
lished pursuant to section 183-a of the
judiciary law prior to April 1, 2014, the
minimum salary on or after April 1, 2014.
For those counties whose salaries are not
covered by section 183-a of the judiciary
law, the state reimbursement for these
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counties will be pursuant to a plan
prepared by the commissioner of criminal
justice services and approved by the
director of the budget ....................... 4,212,000
Payment of state aid for expenses of the
special narcotics prosecutor ................... 825,000
For payment of state aid for expenses of
crime laboratories for accreditation,
training, capacity enhancement and lab
related services to maintain the quality
and reliability of forensic services to
criminal justice agencies, distributed
through a competitive process, which
includes an evaluation of the effective-
ness of such process. Some of these funds
herein appropriated may be transferred to
state operations and may be suballocated
to other state agencies ...................... 6,635,000
For payment of state aid for Westchester
county policing program ...................... 1,984,000
For reimbursement of the services and
expenses of municipal corporations, public
authorities, the division of state police,
authorized police departments of state
public authorities or regional state park
commissions for the purchase of ballistic
soft body armor vests, such sum shall be
payable on the audit and warrant of the
state comptroller on vouchers certified by
the commissioner of the division of crimi-
nal justice services and the chief admin-
istrative officer of the municipal corpo-
ration, public authority, or state entity
making requisition and purchase of such
vests. A portion of these funds may be
transferred to state operations and may be
suballocated to other state agencies ........... 513,000
For services and expenses of programs aimed
at reducing the risk of re-offending, to
be distributed through a competitive proc-
ess, which will include an evaluation of
the effectiveness of such programs ........... 3,063,000
For services and expenses of project GIVE as
allocated pursuant to a plan prepared by
the commissioner of criminal justice
services and approved by the director of
the budget which will include an evalu-
ation of the effectiveness of such
program. A portion of these funds may be
transferred to state operations ............. 15,219,000
For defense services to be distributed in
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the same manner as the prior year or
through a competitive process ................ 5,507,000
For payment to New York state defenders
association for services and expenses
related to the provision of training and
other assistance ............................. 1,089,000
For payment of state aid to counties and the
city of New York for the operation of
local probation departments subject to the
approval of the director of the budget.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law,
the state aid for probationary services to
counties and the city of New York shall be
distributed to counties and the city of
New York pursuant to a plan prepared by
the commissioner of the division of crimi-
nal justice services and approved by the
director of the budget which shall be to
the greatest extent possible, distributed
in a manner consistent with the prior year
distribution amounts ........................ 44,876,000
For payment of state aid to counties and the
city of New York for local alternatives to
incarceration, including those that
provide alcohol and substance abuse treat-
ment programs, and other related inter-
ventions pursuant to article 13-A of the
executive law. Notwithstanding any other
provisions of law, the total amount for
state assistance shall be to the greatest
extent possible, distributed in a manner
consistent with the prior year distrib-
ution amounts, pursuant to a plan submit-
ted by the commissioner of the division of
criminal justice services and approved by
the director of the budget. A portion of
these funds may be transferred to state
operations and may be suballocated to
other state agencies ......................... 5,518,000
For payment to not-for-profit and government
operated programs providing alternatives
to incarceration, community supervision
and/or employment programs to be distrib-
uted pursuant to existing or prior year
contracts or pursuant to a plan submitted
by the commissioner of the division of
criminal justice services and approved by
the director of the budget. Eligible
services shall include, but not be limited
to offender employment, offender assess-
ments, treatment program placement and
participation, monitoring client compli-
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ance with a treatment plan, TASC program
services, and alternatives to prison. A
portion of these funds may be suballocated
to other state agencies ..................... 11,994,000
For services and expenses of programs that
provide alternatives to incarceration for
eligible individuals and families whose
income do not exceed 200 percent of the
federal poverty level ........................ 2,622,000
For residential centers providing services
to individuals on probation and for commu-
nity corrections programs to be distrib-
uted in the same manner as the prior year
or through a competitive process ............. 1,000,000
For services and expenses of the establish-
ment, or continued operation, of regional
Operation S.N.U.G programs within the
following counties: Bronx, Queens, Rock
land, and Onondaga. A portion of these
funds may be transferred to state oper-
ations ....................................... 1,000,000
For services and expenses of the establish-
ment, or continued operation, of regional
Operation S.N.U.G. programs, pursuant to a
plan submitted by the division of criminal
justice services and approved by the
director of the budget. A portion of these
funds may be transferred to state oper-
ations ....................................... 2,000,000
--------------
Program account subtotal ................. 121,345,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Crime Identification and Technology Account - 25475
For services and expenses related to iden-
tification technology grants including,
but not limited to, crime lab improvement
and DNA programs. A portion of these funds
may be transferred to state operations and
may be suballocated to other state agen-
cies ......................................... 2,250,000
--------------
Program account subtotal ................... 2,250,000
--------------
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
DCJS Miscellaneous Discretionary Account - 25470
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Funds herein appropriated may be used to
disburse unanticipated federal grants in
support of state and local programs to
prevent crime, support law enforcement,
improve the administration of justice, and
assist victims. A portion of these funds
may be transferred to state operations and
may be suballocated to other state agen-
cies ........................................ 13,000,000
--------------
Program account subtotal .................. 13,000,000
--------------
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Edward Byrne Memorial Grant Account
For services and expenses related to the
federal Edward Byrne memorial justice
assistance formula program, including
enhanced prosecution, enhanced defense,
local law enforcement programs, youth
violence and/or crime reduction programs,
crime laboratories, re-entry services, and
judicial diversion and alternative to
incarceration programs. Funds appropriated
herein shall be expended pursuant to a
plan developed by the commissioner of
criminal justice services and approved by
the director of the budget. A portion of
these funds may be transferred to state
operations and/or suballocated to other
state agencies ............................... 6,000,000
--------------
Program account subtotal ................... 6,000,000
--------------
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Formula
Account - 25436
For payment of federal aid to localities
pursuant to the provisions of the federal
juvenile justice and delinquency
prevention act in accordance with a
distribution plan determined by the juve-
nile justice advisory group and affirmed
by the commissioner of the division of
criminal justice services. A portion of
these funds may be transferred to state
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operations and may be suballocated to
other state agencies ......................... 2,050,000
For payment of federal aid to localities
pursuant to the provisions of title V of
the juvenile justice and delinquency
prevention act of 1974, as amended for
local delinquency prevention programs,
including sub-allocation to state oper-
ations for the administration of this
grant in accordance with a distribution
plan determined by the juvenile justice
advisory group and affirmed by the commis-
sioner of the division of criminal justice
services.
For services and expenses associated with
the juvenile justice and delinquency
prevention formula account. A portion of
these funds may be transferred to state
operations and may be suballocated to
other state agencies ........................... 100,000
--------------
Program account subtotal ................... 2,150,000
--------------
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Violence Against Women Account - 25477
For payment of federal aid to localities
pursuant to an expenditure plan developed
by the commissioner of the division of
criminal justice services, provided howev-
er that up to 10 percent of the amount
herein appropriated may be used for
program administration. A portion of these
funds may be transferred to state oper-
ations and may be suballocated to other
state agencies ............................... 6,500,000
--------------
Program account subtotal ................... 6,500,000
--------------
Special Revenue Funds - Other
Medical Marihuana Trust Fund
Medical Marihuana - DCJS - 23753
For a program of discretionary grants to
state and local law enforcement agencies
that demonstrate a need relating to title
5-A of the public health law. A portion of
these funds may be transferred to state
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operations and may be suballocated to
other state agencies ........................... 200,000
--------------
Program account subtotal ..................... 200,000
--------------
Special Revenue Funds - Other
Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund
Crimes Against Revenue Program Account - 22015
For payment to district attorneys who
participate in the crimes against revenue
program to be distributed according to a
plan developed by the commissioner of the
division of criminal justice services, in
consultation with the department of taxa-
tion and finance, and approved by the
director of the budget ...................... 14,300,000
--------------
Program account subtotal .................. 14,300,000
--------------
Special Revenue Funds - Other
Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund
Drug Enforcement Task Force Account - 22102
For distribution to the state's political
subdivisions and for services and expenses
of the drug enforcement task forces. Some
of these funds may be transferred to state
operations appropriations ...................... 100,000
--------------
Program account subtotal ..................... 100,000
--------------
Special Revenue Funds - Other
Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund
Legal Services Assistance Account - 22096
For prosecutorial services of counties, to
be distributed in the same manner as the
prior year or through a competitive proc-
ess .......................................... 2,592,000
For defense services to be distributed in
the same manner as the prior year or
through a competitive process ................ 2,592,000
For services and expenses of the district
attorney and indigent legal services
attorney loan forgiveness program pursuant
to section 679-e of the education law.
These funds may be suballocated to the
higher education services corporation ........ 2,430,000
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For payment to prisoner's legal services for
services and expenses related to legal
representation and assistance to indigent
inmates ...................................... 1,000,000
For services, expenses or reimbursement of
expenses incurred by local government
agencies and/or not-for-profit providers
or their employees providing civil or
criminal legal services, including legal
services for the victims of domestic
violence, pursuant to a plan submitted by
the division of criminal justice services
and approved by the director of the budget.... 5,500,000
--------------
Program account subtotal .................. 14,114,000
--------------
Special Revenue Funds - Other
State Police Motor Vehicle Law Enforcement and Motor
Vehicle Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Fund
Motor Vehicle Theft and Insurance Fraud Account - 22801
For services and expenses associated with
local anti-auto theft programs, in accord-
ance with section 89-d of the state
finance law, distributed through a compet-
itive process ................................ 3,749,000
--------------
Program account subtotal ................... 3,749,000
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CRIME PREVENTION AND REDUCTION STRATEGIES PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For prosecutorial services of counties, to be distributed in the same
manner as the prior year or through a competitive process ..........
10,680,000 ....................................... (re. $10,000,000)
For payment to the New York state district attorneys association and
the New York state prosecutors training institute for services and
expenses related to the prosecution of crimes and the provision of
continuing legal education, training, and support for medicaid fraud
prosecution ... 2,304,000 ......................... (re. $2,304,000)
For services and expenses associated with a witness protection program
pursuant to a plan developed by the commissioner of the division of
criminal justice services ... 304,000 ............... (re. $304,000)
For payment of state aid for expenses of crime laboratories for
accreditation, training, capacity enhancement and lab related
services to maintain the quality and reliability of forensic
services to criminal justice agencies, distributed through a compet-
itive process, which includes an evaluation of the effectiveness of
such process. Some of these funds herein appropriated may be trans-
ferred to state operations and may be suballocated to other state
agencies ... 6,635,000 ............................ (re. $6,635,000)
For payment of state aid for Westchester county policing program ...
1,984,000 ......................................... (re. $1,500,000)
For reimbursement of the services and expenses of municipal corpo-
rations, public authorities, the division of state police, author-
ized police departments of state public authorities or regional
state park commissions for the purchase of ballistic soft body armor
vests, such sum shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the
state comptroller on vouchers certified by the commissioner of the
division of criminal justice services and the chief administrative
officer of the municipal corporation, public authority, or state
entity making requisition and purchase of such vests. A portion of
these funds may be transferred to state operations and may be subal-
located to other state agencies ....................................
513,000 ............................................. (re. $330,000)
For services and expenses of the drug diversion program in the same
manner as the prior year or through a competitive process ..........
618,000 ............................................. (re. $618,000)
For services and expenses of programs aimed at reducing the risk of
re-offending, to be distributed through a competitive process, which
will include an evaluation of the effectiveness of such programs ...
3,063,000 ......................................... (re. $3,063,000)
For services and expenses of project GIVE as allocated pursuant to a
plan prepared by the commissioner of criminal justice services and
approved by the director of the budget which will include an evalu-
ation of the effectiveness of such program .........................
15,219,000 ....................................... (re. $15,010,000)
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For defense services to be distributed in the same manner as the prior
year or through a competitive process ..............................
5,507,000 ......................................... (re. $2,720,000)
For payment to New York state defenders association for services and
expenses related to the provision of training and other assistance
1,089,000 ......................................... (re. $1,089,000)
For payment of state aid to counties and the city of New York for the
operation of local probation departments subject to the approval of
the director of the budget.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the state aid for proba-
tionary services to counties and the city of New York shall be
distributed to counties and the city of New York pursuant to a plan
prepared by the commissioner of the division of criminal justice
services and approved by the director of the budget which shall be
to the greatest extent possible, distributed in a manner consistent
with the prior year distribution amounts ...........................
44,876,000 ....................................... (re. $23,000,000)
For payment of state aid to counties and the city of New York for
local alternatives to incarceration, including those that provide
alcohol and substance abuse treatment programs, and other related
interventions pursuant to article 13-A of the executive law.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the total amount for
state assistance shall be to the greatest extent possible, distrib-
uted in a manner consistent with the prior year distribution
amounts, pursuant to a plan submitted by the commissioner of the
division of criminal justice services and approved by the director
of the budget ... 5,518,000 ....................... (re. $5,500,000)
For payment to not-for-profit and government operated programs provid-
ing alternatives to incarceration, community supervision and/or
employment programs to be distributed pursuant to existing or prior
year contracts or pursuant to a plan submitted by the commissioner
of the division of criminal justice services and approved by the
director of the budget. Eligible services shall include, but not be
limited to offender employment, offender assessments, treatment
program placement and participation, monitoring client compliance
with a treatment plan, TASC program services, and alternatives to
prison. A portion of these funds may be suballocated to other state
agencies ... 11,994,000 .......................... (re. $11,000,000)
For services and expenses of programs that provide alternatives to
incarceration for eligible individuals and families whose income do
not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty level ................
2,622,000 ......................................... (re. $2,622,000)
For residential centers providing services to individuals on probation
and for community corrections programs to be distributed in the same
manner as the prior year or through a competitive process ..........
1,000,000 ........................................... (re. $880,000)
For services and expenses of the establishment, or continued opera-
tion, of regional Operation S.N.U.G programs within the following
counties: Bronx, Queens, Rock land, and Onondaga ...................
1,000,000 ......................................... (re. $1,000,000)
For services and expenses of the establishment, or continued opera-
tion, of regional Operation S.N.U.G. programs, pursuant to a plan
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submitted by the division of criminal justice services and approved
by the director of the budget ......................................
2,000,000 ......................................... (re. $2,000,000)
For additional payments to not-for-profits and government operated
programs providing alternatives to incarceration to be distributed
pursuant to existing contracts ... 266,307 .......... (re. $266,307)
For services and expenses of New York State Immigrant Action Fund ...
150,000 ............................................. (re. $150,000)
For services and expenses and expenses of the Institute for the Puerto
Rican/Hispanic Elderly ... 120,000 .................. (re. $120,000)
For services and expenses of Groundswell ... 50,000 .... (re. $50,000)
For services and expenses of Make the Road NY ........................
150,000 ............................................. (re. $150,000)
For services and expenses of Friends of the Island Academy ...........
150,000 .............................................. (re. $90,000)
For services and expenses of Brooklyn Defender .......................
150,000 ............................................. (re. $150,000)
For services and expenses of Bailey House - Project FIRST ............
100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of Legal Aid Society - Immigration Law Unit
... 150,000 ......................................... (re. $150,000)
For services and expenses of the John Jay College ....................
100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of Asian Americans for Equality ............
100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of the Legal Action Center .................
180,000 ............................................. (re. $180,000)
For services and expenses of Community Service Society - Record Repair
Counseling Corps ... 250,000 ........................ (re. $250,000)
For services and expenses of Vera Institute of Justice: Immigrant
Family Unity Project ... 100,000 .................... (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of the Osbourne Association ................
31,000 ............................................... (re. $25,000)
For services and expenses of the Chinese-American Planning Council
Youth Training Program ... 170,000 .................. (re. $170,000)
For services and expenses of Bergen Basin Community Development Corpo-
ration ... 26,000 .................................... (re. $26,000)
For services and expenses of Vera Institute of Justice: Common Justice
... 200,000 ......................................... (re. $200,000)
For services and expenses of the Consortium of the Niagara Frontier
... 150,000 ......................................... (re. $150,000)
For services and expenses of Ohel Children's Home & Family Services
Drug Prevention Program ... 90,163 ................... (re. $90,163)
For services and expenses of Greenpoint Outreach Domestic and Family
Intervention Program ... 150,000 .................... (re. $150,000)
For services and expenses of Education Alliance ......................
100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of Brooklyn Legal Services Corp A ..........
250,000 ............................................. (re. $250,000)
For services and expenses of the Correctional Association ............
127,000 ............................................. (re. $127,000)
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For services and expenses of Jacob Riis Settlement House .............
20,000 ............................................... (re. $20,000)
For services and expenses of the Fortune Society .....................
100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of the Henry Street Settlement .............
100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of Legal Services NYC - DREAM Clinics ......
150,000 ............................................. (re. $150,000)
For services and expenses of Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities Program
... 19,530 ........................................... (re. $15,000)
For additional payment to the New York state defenders association for
services and expenses related to the provision of training and other
assistance ... 1,000,000 .......................... (re. $1,000,000)
For services and expenses of programs that prevent domestic violence
or aid victims of domestic violence:
Domestic Violence Law Project of Rockland County .....................
45,722 ............................................... (re. $45,722)
Empire Justice Center ... 52,251 ....................... (re. $52,251)
Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York ... 45,729 ........... (re. $45,729)
Legal Aid Society of New York - Domestic Violence Services ...........
71,831 ............................................... (re. $71,831)
Legal Services for New York City - Brooklyn ..........................
45,722 ............................................... (re. $45,722)
Legal Services for New York City - Queens ... 45,722 ... (re. $45,722)
My Sisters' Place ... 45,722 ........................... (re. $25,000)
Nassau Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc. .....................
45,722 ............................................... (re. $45,722)
Neighborhood Legal Services Inc. of Erie County ......................
45,722 ............................................... (re. $45,722)
Sanctuary for Families ... 59,976 ...................... (re. $59,976)
Rochester Legal Aid Society ... 59,159 ................. (re. $59,159)
Volunteer Legal Services Project of Monroe County ....................
45,722 ............................................... (re. $45,722)
For services and expenses of programs that prevent domestic violence
or aid the victims of domestic violence. Notwithstanding any
provision of law this appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant
to a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees with the amount
to be received by each, or the methodology for allocating such
appropriation. Such plan shall be subject to the approval of the
temporary president of the senate and the director of the budget and
thereafter shall be included in a resolution calling for the expend-
iture of such monies, which resolution must be approved by a majori-
ty vote of all members elected to the senate upon a roll call vote
... 1,609,000 ..................................... (re. $1,590,000)
For services and expenses of law enforcement, anti-drug, anti-vio-
lence, crime control and prevention programs. Notwithstanding any
provision of law this appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant
to a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees with the amount
to be received by each, or the methodology for allocating such
appropriation. Such plan shall be subject to the approval of the
temporary president of the senate and the director of the budget and
thereafter shall be included in a resolution calling for the expend-
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iture of such monies, which resolution must be approved by a majori-
ty vote of all members elected to the senate upon a roll call vote
... 2,891,000 ..................................... (re. $2,891,000)
Finger Lakes Law Enforcement ... 500,000 .............. (re. $500,000)
For services and expenses of School Resource Officers and Anti-Crime
Initiatives ... 1,920,000 ......................... (re. $1,920,000)
For services and expenses of the New York State Civil Air Patrol .....
200,000 ............................................. (re. $105,000)
For services and expenses or continued operation of Operation S.N.U.G
- Bronx, Jacobi Medical Center Auxillary, Incorporated .............
315,000 ............................................. (re. $315,000)
For services and expenses or continued operation of Operation S.N.U.G
- Brooklyn, Man Up, Incorporated ... 350,000 ........ (re. $350,000)
Northeast Bronx Crime Prevention Project ... 65,000 .... (re. $65,000)
Northeast Bronx Crime Prevention - Peep Hole Project .................
15,000 ............................................... (re. $15,000)
District Attorney Office - Bronx County ... 100,000 ... (re. $100,000)
District Attorney Office - Richmond County ...........................
100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000)
District Attorney Office - Queens County ... 250,000 .. (re. $250,000)
District Attorney Office - Rockland County ...........................
100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000)
For the City of Syracuse of law enforcement activities ...............
100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of specialized training for the New York
City correction officers ... 250,000 ................ (re. $250,000)
For the purchase of equipment and safety needs of the Bureau of Crimi-
nal Investigation within the Division of State Police. Funds may be
transferred to state operations and may be suballocated to the divi-
sion of state police ... 435,000 .................... (re. $285,000)
For services and expenses of the correctional officers' memorial fund
established pursuant to a chapter of the laws of 2014. Funds herein
shall be suballocated to the office of general services for the
construction of such correctional officers' memorial on the New York
state empire state plaza ... 300,000 ................ (re. $300,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For prosecutorial services of counties, to be distributed in the same
manner as the prior year or through a competitive process ..........
10,680,000 .......................................... (re. $270,000)
For payment to the New York state district attorneys association and
the New York state prosecutors training institute for services and
expenses related to the prosecution of crimes and the provision of
continuing legal education, training, and support for medicaid fraud
prosecution ... 2,304,000 ........................... (re. $950,000)
For services and expenses associated with a witness protection program
pursuant to a plan developed by the commissioner of the division of
criminal justice services ... 304,000 ............... (re. $125,000)
For grants to counties for district attorney salaries. Notwithstanding
the provisions of subdivisions 10 and 11 of section 700 of the coun-
ty law or any other law to the contrary, for state fiscal year
2012-13 the state reimbursement to counties for district attorney
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salaries shall be equal to the amount received by a county for such
purpose in 2011-12 and 100 percent of the difference between the
minimum salary for a full-time district attorney established pursu-
ant to section 183-a of the judiciary law prior to April 1, 2012,
and the minimum salary on or after April 1, 2013 ...................
3,862,000 ............................................ (re. $56,000)
For payment of state aid for expenses of crime laboratories for
accreditation, training, capacity enhancement and lab related
services to maintain the quality and reliability of forensic
services to criminal justice agencies, distributed through a compet-
itive process, which includes an evaluation of the effectiveness of
such process. Some of these funds herein appropriated may be trans-
ferred to state operations and may be suballocated to other state
agencies ... 6,635,000 .............................. (re. $260,000)
For services and expenses of programs aimed at reducing the risk of
re-offending, to be distributed through a competitive process, which
will include an evaluation of the effectiveness of such programs ...
3,063,000 ........................................... (re. $255,000)
For services and expenses of operation IMPACT including anti-gun traf-
ficking initiative as allocated and distributed by competitive proc-
ess which includes an evaluation of the effectiveness of such proc-
ess ... 15,219,000 ................................ (re. $3,900,000)
For payment of state aid to counties and the city of New York for
local alternatives to incarceration, pursuant to article 13-A of the
executive law. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total
amount for state assistance may be provided to participating coun-
ties and the city of New York in the same proportion of the appro-
priation as received during the preceding fiscal year, pursuant to a
plan submitted by the commissioner of the division of criminal
justice services and approved by the director of the budget ........
3,245,000 ........................................... (re. $890,000)
For payment of state aid to counties and the city of New York for
local alternatives to incarceration that provide alcohol and
substance abuse treatment programs and services and other related
interventions, pursuant to section 266 of article 13-A of the execu-
tive law ... 1,914,000 ............................ (re. $1,760,000)
For payment to not-for-profit and government operated programs provid-
ing alternatives to incarceration, community supervision and/or
employment programs to be distributed pursuant to existing or prior
year contracts or pursuant to a plan submitted by the commissioner
of the division of criminal justice services and approved by the
director of the budget. Eligible services shall include, but not be
limited to offender employment, offender assessments, treatment
program placement and participation, monitoring client compliance
with a treatment plan, TASC program services, and alternatives to
prison. A portion of these funds may be suballocated to other state
agencies ... 11,442,000 ........................... (re. $2,130,000)
For services and expenses of programs that provide alternatives to
incarceration for eligible individuals and families whose income do
not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty level ................
2,622,000 ......................................... (re. $1,190,000)
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For residential centers providing services to individuals on probation
and for community corrections programs to be distributed in the same
manner as the prior year or through a competitive process ..........
1,000,000 ........................................... (re. $110,000)
For additional payments to not-for-profits and government operated
programs providing alternatives to incarceration to be distributed
pursuant to existing contracts ... 1,291,000 ......... (re. $95,000)
For services and expenses of New York State Immigrant Action .........
Fund 150,000 ........................................ (re. $150,000)
For services and expenses of Make the Road NY ........................
150,000 .............................................. (re. $25,000)
For services and expenses of Vera Institute of Justice: Common Justice
... 200,000 .......................................... (re. $35,000)
For services and expenses of the Fortune Society .....................
100,000 .............................................. (re. $10,000)
For services and expenses of the establishment, or continued opera-
tion, of regional Operation S.N.U.G programs within the following
counties: Bronx, Queens, Rockland, and Onondaga ....................
1,000,000 ........................................... (re. $825,000)
For services and expenses of the establishment, or continued opera-
tion, of regional Operation S.N.U.G. programs, pursuant to a plan
submitted by the division of criminal justice services and approved
by the director of the budget ... 2,000,000 ....... (re. $1,240,000)
For services and expenses of law enforcement initiatives including but
not limited to, enhanced prosecution, enhanced defense, local law
enforcement programs, youth violence and/or crime reduction
programs, crime laboratories, re-entry services, and judicial diver-
sion and alternative to incarceration programs, pursuant to a plan
submitted by the division of criminal justice services and approved
by the director of the budget ... 1,000,000 ......... (re. $420,000)
For services and expenses of programs that prevent domestic violence
or aid the victims of domestic violence. Notwithstanding any
provision of law this appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant
to a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees with the amount
to be received by each, or the methodology for allocating such
appropriation. Such plan shall be subject to the approval of the
temporary president of the senate and the director of the budget and
thereafter shall be included in a resolution calling for the expend-
iture of such monies, which resolution must be approved by a majori-
ty vote of all members elected to the senate upon a roll call vote
... 609,000 ......................................... (re. $210,000)
For services and expenses of law enforcement, anti-drug, antiviolence,
crime control and prevention programs. Notwithstanding any provision
of law this appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant to a plan
setting forth an itemized list of grantees with the amount to be
received by each, or the methodology for allocating such appropri-
ation. Such plan shall be subject to the approval of the temporary
president of the senate and the director of the budget and thereaft-
er shall be included in the resolution calling for the expenditure
of such monies, which resolution must be approved by a majority vote
of all members elected to the senate upon a roll call vote ...
1,891,000 ......................................... (re. $1,000,000)
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By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses of drug, violence, and crime control and
prevention programs in accordance with the following schedule:
Chinese-American Planning Council Youth Training Program ...........
165,387 ............................................. (re. $155,000)
Ohel Children's Home & Family Services Drug Prevention Program .......
76,000 ............................................... (re. $50,000)
United Jewish Council - East Side Community Crime Prevention .........
142,613 ............................................. (re. $100,000)
Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly ......................
100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000)
Education Alliance ... 80,000 .......................... (re. $45,000)
Asian Americans for Equality ... 80,000 ................ (re. $50,000)
For services and expenses of programs that prevent domestic violence
or aid victims of domestic violence:
For services and expenses of: Domestic Violence Law Project of Rock-
land County ... 41,109 ............................... (re. $27,500)
Empire Justice Center ... 47,638 ....................... (re. $15,000)
Nassau Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc. .....................
41,109 ............................................... (re. $10,000)
Finger Lakes Law Enforcement ... 500,000 .............. (re. $250,000)
For the purchase of safety equipment for New York City correction
officers ... 250,000 ................................ (re. $250,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For services and expenses of operation IMPACT including anti-gun traf-
ficking initiative as allocated and distributed by competitive proc-
ess which includes an evaluation of the effectiveness of such proc-
ess ... 15,219,000 ................................ (re. $2,400,000)
For payments to not-for-profit and government operated programs
providing alternatives to incarceration, to be distributed pursuant
to existing contracts or through a competitive process which
includes an evaluation of the effectiveness of such process ...
3,973,000 ........................................... (re. $340,000)
For payment of state aid to counties and the city of New York for
local alternatives to incarceration that provide alcohol and
substance abuse treatment programs and services and other related
interventions, pursuant to section 266 of article 13-A of the execu-
tive law ... 1,914,000 .............................. (re. $210,000)
For services and expenses of programs that provide alternatives to
incarceration for eligible individuals and families whose income do
not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty level ................
2,622,000 ........................................... (re. $250,000)
For residential centers providing services to individuals on probation
and for community corrections programs to be distributed in the same
manner as the prior year or through a competitive process ..........
1,000,000 ............................................ (re. $35,000)
For services and expenses of family court domestic violence services.
Notwithstanding any provision of law this appropriation shall be
allocated only pursuant to a plan setting forth an itemized list of
grantees with the amount to be received by each, or the methodology
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for allocating such appropriation. Such plan shall be subject to the
approval of the temporary president of the senate and the director
of the budget and thereafter shall be included in a resolution call-
ing for the expenditure of such monies, which resolution must be
approved by a majority vote of all members elected to the senate
upon a roll call vote ... 600,000 ................... (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of local law enforcement and judges for
domestic violence training. Notwithstanding any provision of law
this appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant to a plan
setting forth an itemized list of grantees with the amount to be
received by each, or the methodology for allocating such appropri-
ation. Such plan shall be subject to the approval of the temporary
president of the senate and the director of the budget and thereaft-
er shall be included in a resolution calling for the expenditure of
such monies, which resolution must be approved by a majority vote of
all members elected to the senate upon a roll call vote ............
500,000 .............................................. (re. $75,000)
For services and expenses of law enforcement, anti-drug, anti-vio-
lence, crime control and prevention programs. Notwithstanding any
provision of law this appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant
to a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees with the amount
to be received by each, or the methodology for allocating such
appropriation. Such plan shall be subject to the approval of the
temporary president of the senate and the director of the budget and
thereafter shall be included in a resolution calling for the expend-
iture of such monies, which resolution must be approved by a majori-
ty vote of all members elected to the senate upon a roll call vote
... 450,000 .......................................... (re. $50,000)
For services and expenses of the John Jay College: Prison to College
Pipeline ... 100,000 .................................. (re. $3,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For payment of state aid to counties and the city of New York for
local alternatives to incarceration, pursuant to article 13-A of the
executive law. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total
amount for state assistance may be provided to participating coun-
ties and the city of New York in the same proportion of the appro-
priation as received during the preceding fiscal year, pursuant to
regulations issued by the division of criminal justice services ....
3,245,000 ............................................ (re. $25,000)
For payments to not-for-profit and government operated programs
providing alternatives to incarceration, to be distributed pursuant
to existing contracts or through a competitive process which
includes an evaluation of the effectiveness of such process ........
3,973,000 ........................................... (re. $370,000)
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2010:
For payment of state aid to counties and the city of New York for
local alternatives to incarceration that provide alcohol and
substance abuse treatment programs and services and other related
interventions, pursuant to section 266 of article 13-A of the execu-
tive law ... 2,079,000 ............................... (re. $30,000)
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By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2008, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2012:
St. Francis College for public protection courses ....................
200,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Crime Identification and Technology Account - 25475
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses related to identification technology grants
including, but not limited to, crime lab improvement and DNA
programs. A portion of these funds may be transferred to state oper-
ations and may be suballocated to other state agencies .............
2,250,000 ......................................... (re. $2,250,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For services and expenses related to identification technology grants
including, but not limited to, crime lab improvement and DNA
programs. A portion of these funds may be transferred to state oper-
ations and may be suballocated to other state agencies .............
2,250,000 ......................................... (re. $2,150,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For services and expenses related to identification technology grants
including, but not limited to, crime lab improvement and DNA
programs. A portion of these funds may be transferred to state oper-
ations and may be suballocated to other state agencies .............
2,250,000 ........................................... (re. $350,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For services and expenses related to identification technology grants
including, but not limited to, crime lab improvement and DNA
programs. A portion of these funds may be transferred to state oper-
ations and may be suballocated to other state agencies .............
1,500,000 ........................................... (re. $200,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
DCJS Miscellaneous Discretionary Account - 25470
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
Funds herein appropriated may be used to disburse unanticipated feder-
al grants in support of state and local programs to prevent crime,
support law enforcement, improve the administration of justice, and
assist victims. A portion of these funds may be transferred to state
operations and may be suballocated to other state agencies ...
7,250,000 ......................................... (re. $7,200,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
Funds herein appropriated may be used to disburse unanticipated feder-
al grants in support of state and local programs to prevent crime,
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support law enforcement, improve the administration of justice, and
assist victims. A portion of these funds may be transferred to state
operations and may be suballocated to other state agencies .........
7,250,000 ......................................... (re. $6,900,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
Funds herein appropriated may be used to disburse unanticipated feder-
al grants in support of state and local programs to prevent crime,
support law enforcement, improve the administration of justice, and
assist victims. A portion of these funds may be transferred to state
operations and may be suballocated to other state agencies .........
7,250,000 ......................................... (re. $6,000,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
Funds herein appropriated may be used to disburse unanticipated feder-
al grants in support of state and local programs to prevent crime,
support law enforcement, improve the administration of justice, and
assist victims. A portion of these funds may be transferred to state
operations and may be suballocated to other state agencies .........
8,000,000 ......................................... (re. $1,000,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Edward Byrne Memorial Grant Account
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses related to the federal Edward Byrne memorial
justice assistance formula program, including enhanced prosecution,
enhanced defense, local law enforcement programs, youth violence
and/or crime reduction programs, crime laboratories, re-entry
services, and judicial diversion and alternative to incarceration
programs. Funds appropriated herein shall be expended pursuant to a
plan developed by the commissioner of criminal justice services and
approved by the director of the budget. A portion of these funds may
be transferred to state operations and/or suballocated to other
state agencies ... 5,400,000 ...................... (re. $5,400,000)
For services and expenses of drug, violence, and crime control and
prevention programs. Notwithstanding any provision of law this
appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant to a plan setting
forth an itemized list of grantees with the amount to be received by
each, or the methodology for allocating such appropriation. Such
plan shall be subject to the approval of the temporary president of
the senate and the director of the budget and thereafter shall be
included in a resolution calling for the expenditure of such monies,
which resolution must be approved by a majority vote of all members
elected to the senate upon a roll call vote ........................
300,000 ............................................. (re. $300,000)
For services and expenses of drug, violence, and crime control and
prevention programs in accordance with the following schedule:
City of Amsterdam Police Department ... 23,000 ......... (re. $23,000)
City of Beacon Police Department ... 10,000 ............ (re. $10,000)
Safer Monroe Area Reentry Team (SMART) ... 7,500 ........ (re. $7,500)
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Town of New Windsor Police Department ... 10,800 ....... (re. $10,800)
Charles Settlement House ... 5,000 ...................... (re. $5,000)
Town of Manlius ... 17,714 ............................. (re. $17,714)
Village of Alexandria Bay ... 30,000 ................... (re. $30,000)
Town of Brookhaven ... 50,000 .......................... (re. $50,000)
The City of Poughkeepsie ... 17,500 .................... (re. $17,500)
Judicial Process Commission ... 7,500 ................... (re. $7,500)
Town of Chester Police Department ... 12,200 ........... (re. $12,200)
City of Newburgh ... 17,500 ............................ (re. $17,500)
Schenectady County Sheriff ... 32,000 .................. (re. $32,000)
Village of North Syracuse Police Department ..........................
21,816 ............................................... (re. $21,816)
Town of Woodbury Police Department ... 12,000 .......... (re. $12,000)
Elmcor Youth and Young Adult Activities ... 25,470 ..... (re. $20,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For services and expenses related to the federal Edward Byrne memorial
justice assistance formula program, including enhanced prosecution,
enhanced defense, local law enforcement programs, youth violence
and/or crime reduction programs, crime laboratories, re-entry
services, and judicial diversion and alternative to incarceration
programs. Funds appropriated herein shall be expended pursuant to a
plan developed by the commissioner of criminal justice services and
approved by the director of the budget. A portion of these funds may
be transferred to state operations and/or suballocated to other
state agencies ... 5,000,000 ...................... (re. $4,000,000)
For services and expenses of drug, violence, and crime control and
prevention programs in accordance with the following schedule:
The Safer Monroe Area Reentry Team ... 10,000 ........... (re. $3,000)
Medford Fire Department ... 10,000 ..................... (re. $10,000)
Patchogue-Medford Schools ... 20,000 ................... (re. $20,000)
Amsterdam Fire Department ... 10,970 ................... (re. $10,970)
Schenectady Fire Department ... 12,886 ................. (re. $12,886)
South Schenectady Fire Department ... 10,104 ........... (re. $10,104)
City of Newburgh ... 15,000 ............................ (re. $15,000)
The City of Poughkeepsie ... 14,994 .................... (re. $14,994)
Goshen Police Department ... 12,000 .................... (re. $12,000)
Stony Point Fire Department, Wayne House Co. No. 1 ...................
11,652 ............................................... (re. $11,652)
Town of Manlius ... 35,000 ............................. (re. $10,000)
Village of Theresa ... 30,000 .......................... (re. $30,000)
Jacob Riis Settlement House ... 20,000 ................. (re. $20,000)
Bergen Basin Community Development Corporation .......................
26,000 ............................................... (re. $26,000)
United Jewish Council - East Side Community Crime Prevention .........
32,775 ................................................ (re. $6,000)
For services and expenses of drug, violence, and crime control and
prevention programs. Notwithstanding any provision of law this
appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant to a plan setting
forth an itemized list of grantees with the amount to be received by
each, or the methodology for allocating such appropriation. Such
plan shall be subject to the approval of the temporary president of
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the senate and the director of the budget and thereafter shall be
included in a resolution calling for the expenditure of such monies,
which resolution must be approved by a majority vote of all members
elected to the senate upon a roll call vote ........................
500,000 ............................................. (re. $275,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For services and expenses related to the federal Edward Byrne memorial
justice assistance formula program, including enhanced prosecution,
enhanced defense, local law enforcement programs, youth violence
and/or crime reduction programs, crime laboratories, re-entry
services, and judicial diversion and alternative to incarceration
programs. Funds appropriated herein shall be expended pursuant to a
plan developed by the commissioner of criminal justice services and
approved by the director of the budget. A portion of these funds may
be transferred to state operations and/or suballocated to other
state agencies ... 4,400,000 ...................... (re. $1,170,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses of drug, violence, and crime control and
prevention programs in accordance with the following schedule:
Bergin Basin Community Development Corporation .......................
26,000 ................................................ (re. $3,000)
NYPD 100th Precinct ... 20,000 .......................... (re. $6,000)
NYPD 101st Precinct ... 20,000 ......................... (re. $20,000)
Oneida District Attorney ... 45,000 .................... (re. $45,000)
Town of Chili ... 45,000 ............................... (re. $45,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For services and expenses related to the federal Edward Byrne memorial
justice assistance formula program, including enhanced prosecution,
enhanced defense, local law enforcement programs, youth violence
and/or crime reduction programs, crime laboratories, re-entry
services, and judicial diversion and alternative to incarceration
programs. Funds appropriated herein shall be expended pursuant to a
plan developed by the commissioner of criminal justice services and
approved by the director of the budget. A portion of these funds may
be transferred to state operations and/or suballocated to other
state agencies ... 9,775,000 ...................... (re. $3,400,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses of drug, violence and crime control and
prevention programs in accordance with the following schedule:
Jacob Riis Settlement House ... 20,000 .................. (re. $2,000)
Nassau County Police Department ... 50,000 .............. (re. $5,000)
Town of Riga Court A ... 5,000 .......................... (re. $5,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2012:
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For services and expenses of drug, violence, and crime control and
prevention programs in accordance with the following schedule:
Auburn Police Department ... 15,000 .................... (re. $15,000)
Bivona Child Advocacy Center ... 15,000 ................ (re. $15,000)
Cayuga/Seneca Community Action Agency ... 10,000 ....... (re. $10,000)
Cayuga Child Advocacy Center ... 15,000 ................ (re. $15,000)
Chemung County Sheriff's Office ... 12,500 ............. (re. $12,500)
City of Beacon Police Department ... 30,600 ............ (re. $30,600)
City of Lockport Police Department ... 50,000 .......... (re. $50,000)
City of Poughkeepsie Police Department ... 30,000 ...... (re. $30,000)
City of Rome Police Department ... 15,000 .............. (re. $15,000)
City of Utica Police Department ... 15,000 ............. (re. $15,000)
Clinton County Department of Probation ... 20,000 ...... (re. $20,000)
Columbia County Sheriff's Department ... 25,000 ........ (re. $25,000)
CONFIDE Counseling and Consultation Center ... 25,000 .. (re. $25,000)
District Attorney of Dutchess County ... 29,900 ........ (re. $29,900)
Dutchess County Sheriff's Department ... 25,000 ........ (re. $25,000)
Education and Assistance Corporation ... 100,000 ...... (re. $100,000)
Essex County District Attorney ... 10,000 .............. (re. $10,000)
Family Justice Center ... 70,000 ....................... (re. $70,000)
Franklin County District Attorney ... 15,000 ........... (re. $15,000)
Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD) .......
35,000 ............................................... (re. $35,000)
Middle Country Central School District At Centereach - Town of Brook
... 50,000 ........................................... (re. $50,000)
National Federation for Just Communities of Western New York, Incorpo-
rated - First Time Last Time Program ... 55,000 ...... (re. $55,000)
North Side Athletic and Education Center Incorporated ................
40,000 ............................................... (re. $40,000)
Oneida County Child Advocacy Center ... 5,000 ........... (re. $5,000)
Parents for Megan's Law and The Crime Victims Center .................
25,000 ............................................... (re. $25,000)
Safari Club International Western and Central New York Chapter, Incor-
porated ... 15,000 ................................... (re. $15,000)
Schuyler County Sheriff's Office ... 12,500 ............ (re. $12,500)
Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force ... 75,000 ...... (re. $75,000)
Steuben County Sheriff's Office ... 12,500 ............. (re. $12,500)
St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Department ... 5,000 ...... (re. $5,000)
The Boys and Girls Club of Geneva ... 15,000 ........... (re. $15,000)
Town of East Fishkill Police Department ... 30,000 ..... (re. $30,000)
Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department ... 29,500 ...... (re. $29,500)
Village of Boonville Police Department ... 5,000 ........ (re. $5,000)
Village of Camden Police Department ... 5,000 ........... (re. $5,000)
Warren County District Attorney ... 15,000 ............. (re. $15,000)
Wayne County Action Program ... 10,000 ................. (re. $10,000)
Webster Police Department ... 20,000 ................... (re. $20,000)
Yates County Sheriff's Office ... 12,500 ............... (re. $12,500)
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2010:
For services and expenses related to the federal Edward Byrne memorial
justice assistance formula program, including enhanced prosecution,
enhanced defense, local law enforcement programs, youth violence
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and/or crime reduction programs, crime laboratories, re-entry
services, and judicial diversion and alternative to incarceration
programs. Funds appropriated herein shall be expended pursuant to a
plan developed by the commissioner of criminal justice services and
approved by the director of the budget. A portion of these funds may
be transferred to state operations and/or suballocated to other
state agencies ... 9,775,000 ........................ (re. $500,000)
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2010, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses of drug, violence, and crime control and
prevention programs in accordance with the following schedule:
City of Newburgh Police Department ... 100,000 ........ (re. $100,000)
City of Poughkeepsie Police Department ... 25,000 ...... (re. $25,000)
City of Newburgh police ... 35,000 ...................... (re. $2,000)
City of Yonkers Police Department ... 50,000 ............ (re. $2,000)
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2009, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For services and expenses of drug, violence, and crime control and
prevention programs in accordance with the following schedule:
Osborne Association Court Advocacy ... 221,000 .......... (re. $2,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant Account
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For payment of federal aid to localities juvenile accountability
incentive block grant moneys pursuant to an allocation plan devel-
oped by the commissioner of the division of criminal justice
services. A portion of these funds may be transferred to state oper-
ations and may be suballocated to other state agencies .............
1,750,000 ......................................... (re. $1,750,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For payment of federal aid to localities juvenile accountability
incentive block grant moneys pursuant to an allocation plan devel-
oped by the commissioner of the division of criminal justice
services. A portion of these funds may be transferred to state oper-
ations and may be suballocated to other state agencies .............
1,750,000 ......................................... (re. $1,700,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For payment of federal aid to localities juvenile accountability
incentive block grant moneys pursuant to an allocation plan devel-
oped by the commissioner of the division of criminal justice
services. A portion of these funds may be transferred to state oper-
ations and may be suballocated to other state agencies .............
1,750,000 ........................................... (re. $800,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
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For payment of federal aid to localities juvenile accountability
incentive block grant moneys pursuant to an allocation plan devel-
oped by the commissioner of the division of criminal justice
services. A portion of these funds may be transferred to state oper-
ations and may be suballocated to other state agencies .............
2,000,000 ........................................... (re. $960,000)
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2010:
For payment of federal aid to localities juvenile accountability
incentive block grant moneys pursuant to an allocation plan devel-
oped by the commissioner of the division of criminal justice
services. A portion of these funds may be transferred to state oper-
ations and may be suballocated to other state agencies .............
2,100,000 ........................................... (re. $650,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Formula Account - 25436
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For payment of federal aid to localities pursuant to the provisions of
the federal juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act in
accordance with a distribution plan determined by the juvenile
justice advisory group and affirmed by the commissioner of the divi-
sion of criminal justice services. A portion of these funds may be
transferred to state operations and may be suballocated to other
state agencies ... 2,050,000 ...................... (re. $2,050,000)
For payment of federal aid to localities pursuant to the provisions of
title V of the juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act of
1974, as amended for local delinquency prevention programs, includ-
ing sub-allocation to state operations for the administration of
this grant in accordance with a distribution plan determined by the
juvenile justice advisory group and affirmed by the commissioner of
the division of criminal justice services.
For services and expenses associated with the juvenile justice and
delinquency prevention formula account. A portion of these funds may
be transferred to state operations and may be suballocated to other
state agencies ... 100,000 .......................... (re. $100,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For payment of federal aid to localities pursuant to the provisions of
the federal juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act in
accordance with a distribution plan determined by the juvenile
justice advisory group and affirmed by the commissioner of the divi-
sion of criminal justice services. A portion of these funds may be
transferred to state operations and may be suballocated to other
state agencies ... 2,050,000 ...................... (re. $2,050,000)
For payment of federal aid to localities pursuant to the provisions of
title V of the juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act of
1974, as amended for local delinquency prevention programs, includ-
ing sub-allocation to state operations for the administration of
this grant in accordance with a distribution plan determined by the
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juvenile justice advisory group and affirmed by the commissioner of
the division of criminal justice services.
For services and expenses associated with the juvenile justice and
delinquency prevention formula account. A portion of these funds may
be transferred to state operations and may be suballocated to other
state agencies ... 100,000 .......................... (re. $100,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For payment of federal aid to localities pursuant to the provisions of
the federal juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act in
accordance with a distribution plan determined by the juvenile
justice advisory group and affirmed by the commissioner of the divi-
sion of criminal justice services. A portion of these funds may be
transferred to state operations and may be suballocated to other
state agencies ... 2,050,000 ...................... (re. $2,050,000)
For payment of federal aid to localities pursuant to the provisions of
title V of the juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act of
1974, as amended for local delinquency prevention programs, includ-
ing sub-allocation to state operations for the administration of
this grant in accordance with a distribution plan determined by the
juvenile justice advisory group and affirmed by the commissioner of
the division of criminal justice services.
For services and expenses associated with the juvenile justice and
delinquency prevention formula account. A portion of these funds may
be transferred to state operations and may be suballocated to other
state agencies ... 100,000 .......................... (re. $100,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For payment of federal aid to localities pursuant to the provisions of
the federal juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act in
accordance with a distribution plan determined by the juvenile
justice advisory group and affirmed by the commissioner of the divi-
sion of criminal justice services. A portion of these funds may be
transferred to state operations and may be suballocated to other
state agencies ... 3,000,000 ...................... (re. $1,300,000)
For payment of federal aid to localities pursuant to the provisions of
title V of the juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act of
1974, as amended for local delinquency prevention programs, includ-
ing sub-allocation to state operations for the administration of
this grant in accordance with a distribution plan determined by the
juvenile justice advisory group and affirmed by the commissioner of
the division of criminal justice services.
For services and expenses associated with the juvenile justice and
delinquency prevention formula account. A portion of these funds may
be transferred to state operations and may be suballocated to other
state agencies ... 100,000 ........................... (re. $50,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Violence Against Women Account - 25477
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
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For payment of federal aid to localities pursuant to an expenditure
plan developed by the commissioner of the division of criminal
justice services, provided however that up to 10 percent of the
amount herein appropriated may be used for program administration. A
portion of these funds may be transferred to state operations and
may be suballocated to other state agencies ........................
6,000,000 ......................................... (re. $6,000,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For payment of federal aid to localities pursuant to an expenditure
plan developed by the commissioner of the division of criminal
justice services, provided however that up to 10 percent of the
amount herein appropriated may be used for program administration. A
portion of these funds may be transferred to state operations and
may be suballocated to other state agencies ........................
6,000,000 ......................................... (re. $3,700,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For payment of federal aid to localities pursuant to an expenditure
plan developed by the commissioner of the division of criminal
justice services, provided however that up to 10 percent of the
amount herein appropriated may be used for program administration. A
portion of these funds may be transferred to state operations and
may be suballocated to other state agencies ........................
5,750,000 ........................................... (re. $170,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For payment of federal aid to localities pursuant to an expenditure
plan developed by the commissioner of the division of criminal
justice services, provided however that up to 10 percent of the
amount herein appropriated may be used for program administration. A
portion of these funds may be transferred to state operations and
may be suballocated to other state agencies ........................
6,500,000 ........................................... (re. $500,000)
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2010:
For payment of federal aid to localities pursuant to an expenditure
plan developed by the commissioner of the division of criminal
justice services, provided however that up to 10 percent of the
amount herein appropriated may be used for program administration. A
portion of these funds may be transferred to state operations and
may be suballocated to other state agencies ........................
7,000,000 ......................................... (re. $1,030,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Other
Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund
Crimes Against Revenue Program Account - 22015
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For payment to district attorneys who participate in the crimes
against revenue program to be distributed according to a plan devel-
oped by the commissioner of the division of criminal justice
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services, in consultation with the department of taxation and
finance, and approved by the director of the budget ................
14,300,000 ....................................... (re. $14,300,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For payment to district attorneys who participate in the crimes
against revenue program to be distributed according to a plan devel-
oped by the commissioner of the division of criminal justice
services, in consultation with the department of taxation and
finance, and approved by the director of the budget ................
16,000,000 ....................................... (re. $10,110,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For payment to district attorneys who participate in the crimes
against revenue program to be distributed according to a plan devel-
oped by the commissioner of the division of criminal justice
services, in consultation with the department of taxation and
finance, and approved by the director of the budget ................
16,000,000 ........................................ (re. $2,650,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For payment to district attorneys who participate in the crimes
against revenue program to be distributed according to a plan devel-
oped by the commissioner of the division of criminal justice
services, in consultation with the department of taxation and
finance, and approved by the director of the budget ................
16,000,000 ........................................ (re. $1,750,000)
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2010:
For payment to district attorneys who participate in the crimes
against revenue program to be distributed according to a plan devel-
oped by the commissioner of the division of criminal justice
services, in consultation with the department of tax and finance,
and approved by the director of the budget .........................
16,000,000 .......................................... (re. $600,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Other
Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund
Criminal Justice Improvement Account - 21945
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For services and expenses of programs that prevent domestic violence
or aid victims of domestic violence:
For services and expenses of programs that prevent domestic violence
or aid the victims of domestic violence. Notwithstanding any
provision of law this appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant
to a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees with the amount
to be received by each, or the methodology for allocating such
appropriation. Such plan shall be subject to the approval of the
temporary president of the senate and the director of the budget and
thereafter shall be included in a resolution calling for the expend-
iture of such monies, which resolution must be approved by a majori-
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ty vote of all members elected to the senate upon a roll call vote
... 609,000 ........................................... (re. $3,000)
For services and expenses of:
My Sisters' Place ... 41,109 ........................... (re. $20,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For services and expenses of programs that prevent domestic violence
or aid victims of domestic violence:
For services and expenses of:
My Sisters' Place ... 41,109 ............................ (re. $3,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For services and expenses of programs that prevent domestic violence
or aid the victims of domestic violence in accordance with the
following schedule:
For Our Children and Us (FOCUS) ... 5,000 ............... (re. $5,000)
YWCA's Carolyn's House and YWCA Shelter and Transitional Housing
Program ... 50,000 .................................... (re. $2,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2014:
Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk (VIBS) .........................
32,500 ................................................ (re. $2,000)
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2009, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For services and expenses of programs that prevent domestic violence
or aid the victims of domestic violence in accordance with the
following schedule:
Allen Women's Resource Center ... 100,000 ............... (re. $2,000)
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2008:
For services and expenses of programs that prevent domestic violence
or aid the victims of domestic violence in the manner set forth in
subdivision 5 of section 24 of the state finance law.
For services and expenses of:
For services and expenses of programs that prevent domestic violence
or aid the victims of domestic violence in the manner set forth in
subdivision 5 of section 24 of the state finance law ...............
609,000 ............................................... (re. $8,000)
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2007:
For services and expenses of programs that prevent domestic violence
or aid the victims of domestic violence.
For services and expenses of:
Advocacy Center of Tompkins County ... 6,000 ............ (re. $2,500)
Domestic Violence Programs ... 272,200 .................. (re. $5,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Other
Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund
Legal Services Assistance Account - 22096
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By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For prosecutorial services of counties, to be distributed in the same
manner as the prior year or through a competitive process ..........
2,592,000 ......................................... (re. $2,000,000)
For services and expenses of the district attorney and indigent legal
services attorney loan forgiveness program pursuant to section 679-e
of the education law. These funds may be suballocated to the higher
education services corporation ... 2,430,000 ...... (re. $2,430,000)
For payment to prisoner's legal services for services and expenses
related to legal representation and assistance to indigent inmates
... 1,000,000 ....................................... (re. $750,000)
For additional payment to prisoner's legal services for services and
expenses related to legal representation and assistance to indigent
inmates ... 1,200,000 ............................... (re. $900,000)
For payment to counties other than the city of New York for costs
associated with the provision of legal assistance and representation
to indigent parolees, thirty-one percent of this amount may be used
for costs associated with the provision of legal assistance and
representation to indigent parolees in Wyoming county, not less than
six percent of the remaining amount may be used for legal assistance
and representation to indigent parolees related to the Willard drug
and alcohol treatment program ... 600,000 ........... (re. $600,000)
For services and expenses of civil or criminal domestic violence
services. Notwithstanding any provision of law this appropriation
shall be allocated only pursuant to a plan setting forth an itemized
list of grantees with the amount to be received by each, or the
methodology for allocating such appropriation. Such plan shall be
subject to the approval of the temporary president of the senate and
the director of the budget and thereafter shall be included in a
resolution calling for the expenditure of such monies, which resol-
ution must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected to
the senate upon a roll call vote ...................................
950,000 ............................................. (re. $940,000)
For services, expenses or reimbursement of expenses incurred by local
government agencies and/or not-for-profit providers or their employ-
ees providing civil or criminal legal services in accordance with
the following schedule:
Albany County District Attorney ... 45,149 ............. (re. $45,149)
Brooklyn Bar Association ... 22,574 .................... (re. $22,574)
Carribbean Women's Health Association ... 22,574 ....... (re. $22,574)
Center for Family Representation ... 112,872 .......... (re. $112,872)
Chemung County Neighborhood Legal Services ... 40,634 .. (re. $40,634)
City Bar Fund ... 22,574 ............................... (re. $22,574)
Day One New York ... 34,313 ............................ (re. $34,313)
Empire Justice Center ... 174,725 ..................... (re. $174,725)
Family and Children's Association ... 40,634 ........... (re. $40,634)
Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society ... 22,574 .......... (re. $22,574)
Greenhope Service for Women ... 34,313 ................. (re. $34,313)
Harlem Legal Services ... 112,872 ..................... (re. $112,872)
Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo ... 36,119 ................. (re. $36,119)
Legal Aid Socieyu of Mid New York ... 67,723 ........... (re. $67,723)
Legal Aid Socirty of Northeastern New York ... 49,663 .. (re. $49,663)
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Legal Aid Society of Rochester ... 92,001 .............. (re. $92,001)
Legal Aid Society of Rockland County ... 22,574 ........ (re. $22,574)
Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT) ..........................
40,634 ............................................... (re. $40,634)
Legal Project of the Cap. Dist. Women's Bar ..........................
85,782 ............................................... (re. $85,782)
Legal Services for New York City (LSNY) ... 121,901 ... (re. $121,901)
Legal Services of Central New York ... 13,545 .......... (re. $13,545)
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley ... 76,667 ......... (re. $76,667)
MFY Legal Services ... 45,149 .......................... (re. $45,149)
Monroe County Legal Assistance Center ... 36,119 ....... (re. $36,119)
Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc. ..........................
49,663 ................................................ (re. 49,663)
New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) ... 227,021 ... (re. $227,021)
New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) - Brooklyn Conflicts Office
... 123,256 ......................................... (re. $123,256)
New York City Legal Aid ... 45,149 ..................... (re. $45,149)
New York City Legal Aid ... 270,892 ................... (re. $270,892)
New York County District Attorney - Identity Theft Prosecution .......
37,925 ............................................... (re. $37,925)
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corp ... 92,000 ......... (re. $92,000)
Westside SRO Law Project ... 81,267 .................... (re. $81,267)
Osborne Association El Rio Program ... 37,022 .......... (re. $37,022)
Rural Law Center of New York ... 22,574 ................ (re. $22,574)
Sanctuary for Families ... 225,743 .................... (re. $225,743)
Southern Tier Legal Services ... 63,208 ................ (re. $63,208)
Vera Institute of Justice ... 63,208 ................... (re. $63,208)
Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) ... 40,634 .......... (re. $40,634)
Western New York Law Center ... 40,634 ................. (re. $40,634)
Worker's Rights Law Center of New York, Inc. .........................
36,119 ............................................... (re. $36,119)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For services and expenses of the district attorney and indigent legal
services attorney loan forgiveness program pursuant to section 679-e
of the education law. These funds may be suballocated to the higher
education services corporation ... 2,430,000 ...... (re. $2,430,000)
For services and expenses of civil or criminal domestic violence
services. Notwithstanding any provision of law this appropriation
shall be allocated only pursuant to a plan setting forth an itemized
list of grantees with the amount to be received by each, or the
methodology for allocating such appropriation. Such plan shall be
subject to the approval of the temporary president of the senate and
the director of the budget and thereafter shall be included in a
resolution calling for the expenditure of such monies, which resol-
ution must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected to
the senate upon a roll call vote ... 650,000 ........ (re. $160,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services, expenses or reimbursement of expenses incurred by local
government agencies and/or not-for-profit providers or their employ-
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ees providing civil or criminal legal services in accordance with
the following schedule:
Albany County District Attorney ... 44,167 ............. (re. $22,000)
Brooklyn Bar Association ... 22,083 .................... (re. $11,000)
Caribbean Women's Health Association ... 22,083 ......... (re. $6,100)
City Bar Fund ... 22,083 ................................ (re. $6,000)
Day One New York ... 33,567 ............................ (re. $10,000)
Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society ... 22,083 ........... (re. $6,000)
Greenhope Services for Women ... 33,567 ................ (re. $17,000)
Harlem Legal Services ... 110,417 ....................... (re. $6,000)
Legal Aid Society of Mid New York ... 66,250 ........... (re. $34,000)
Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York ... 48,583 .. (re. $21,000)
Legal Project of the Cap. Dist. Women's Bar ... 83,917 . (re. $50,000)
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley ... 48,583 ......... (re. $48,583)
Monroe County Legal Assistance Center ... 35,333 ........ (re. $9,000)
Nassau/Suffolk Law Service Committee, Inc. ... 48,583 .. (re. $28,000)
New York County District Attorney - Identity Theft Prosecution .......
37,103 ............................................... (re. $20,000)
Westside SRO Law Project ... 79,500 .................... (re. $79,500)
Southern Tier Legal Services ... 61,833 ................ (re. $10,000)
Volunteers of Legal Services (VOLS) ... 39,750 ......... (re. $20,000)
Western New York Law Center ... 39,750 ................. (re. $11,000)
Worker's Rights Law Center of New York, Inc. .........................
35,333 ................................................ (re. $3,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses of civil or criminal domestic violence
services. Notwithstanding any provision of law this appropriation
shall be allocated only pursuant to a plan setting forth an itemized
list of grantees with the amount to be received by each, or the
methodology for allocating such appropriation. Such plan shall be
subject to the approval of the temporary president of the senate and
the director of the budget and thereafter shall be included in a
resolution calling for the expenditure of such monies, which resol-
ution must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected to
the senate upon a roll call vote ... 650,000 ......... (re. $40,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For services, expenses or reimbursement of expenses incurred by local
government agencies and/or not-for-profit providers or their employ-
ees providing civil or criminal legal services in accordance with
the following schedule:
Albany County District Attorney ... 48,100 ............. (re. $48,100)
Greenhope Services for Women ... 36,556 ................. (re. $3,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For services and expenses of civil or criminal domestic violence legal
services in accordance with the following schedule:
For our Children and Us (FOCUS) ... 5,000 ............... (re. $5,000)
SOS Shelter ... 20,000 .................................. (re. $6,000)
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By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2010, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For services and expenses of:
For services, expenses or reimbursement of expenses incurred by local
government agencies and/or not-for-profit providers or their employ-
ees providing civil or criminal legal services in accordance with
the following schedule:
New York Legal Assistance Group - Brooklyn Conflicts Office ..........
122,850 ............................................. (re. $122,850)
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley ... 49,500 .......... (re. $2,000)
CASA of Westchester Mental Health ... 1,658 ............. (re. $1,600)
Chautauqua County Legal services ... 7,212 .............. (re. $7,200)
Medicare Rights Center ... 3,103 ........................ (re. $3,000)
Research Foundation CUNY-Brookdale ... 3,317 ............ (re. $3,300)
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2009, as amended by chapter 50,
section 1, of the laws of 2010:
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for payment of grants for the
provision of civil legal services. These funds shall not be avail-
able until a plan for their administration has been approved by the
director of the budget, which plan provides for the distribution of
these funds through existing contracts or through a competitive
process. Amounts appropriated herein may be transferred in full to
any other state department or agency ... 432,000 ..... (re. $59,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Other
State Police Motor Vehicle Law Enforcement and Motor
Vehicle Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Fund
Motor Vehicle Theft and Insurance Fraud Account - 22801
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses associated with local anti-auto theft
programs, in accordance with section 89-d of the state finance law,
distributed through a competitive process ..........................
3,749,000 ......................................... (re. $3,749,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For services and expenses associated with local anti-auto theft
programs, in accordance with section 89-d of the state finance law,
distributed through a competitive process ..........................
3,749,000 ......................................... (re. $2,305,000)
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For payment according to the following schedule:
APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS
General Fund ....................... 48,476,330 172,859,330
Special Revenue Funds - Federal .... 6,000,000 8,533,000
Special Revenue Funds - Other ...... 0 18,821,000
---------------- ----------------
All Funds ........................ 54,476,330 200,213,330
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SCHEDULE
HIGH TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ..................................... 37,456,330
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
For services and expenses related to the
operation of the centers of excellence
pursuant to a plan approved by the direc-
tor of the budget. All or portions of the
funds appropriated hereby may be suballo-
cated or transferred to any department,
agency, or public authority .................. 8,723,330
Project Schedule
PROJECT AMOUNT
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For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Buffalo center of
excellence in bioinformatics
and life sciences .......... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Greater Rochester center
of excellence in photonics
and microsystems ........... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Syracuse center of
excellence in environmental
and energy systems ......... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Albany center of excel-
lence in nanoelectronics ... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Stony Brook center of
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excellence in wireless and
information technology ..... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Binghamton center of
excellence in small scale
systems integration and
packaging .................. 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Stony Brook center of
excellence in advanced ener-
gy research ................ 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Buffalo center of excel-
lence in materials informat-
ics ........................ 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Rochester center of
excellence in sustainable
manufacturing .............. 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Rochester center of
excellence in data science . 872,333
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Total .................... 8,723,330
==============
For services and expenses related to the
following: centers for advanced technolo-
gy, for matching grants to designated
centers for advanced technology, pursuant
to subdivision 3 of section 3102-b of the
public authorities law. Notwithstanding
any provision of law to the contrary,
funds may also be used for initiatives
related to the operation and development
of the centers of excellence or other high
technology centers. No funds shall be
expended from this appropriation until the
director of the budget has approved a
spending plan ............................... 13,818,000
Technology development organization matching
grants, to be awarded on a competitive
basis in accordance with the provisions of
section 3102-d of the public authorities
law. Notwithstanding any inconsistent
provision of law, the director of the
budget may suballocate up to the full
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amount of this appropriation to any
department, agency or authority. No funds
shall be expended from this appropriation
until the director of the budget has
approved a spending plan ..................... 1,382,000
Industrial technology extension service.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the director of the budget may
suballocate up to the full amount of this
appropriation to any department, agency or
authority. No funds shall be expended from
this appropriation until the director of
the budget has approved a spending plan ........ 921,000
For services and expenses related to the
operation of the SUNY Albany focus center
and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute focus
center. No funds shall be expended from
this appropriation until the director of
the budget has approved a spending plan ...... 3,006,000
High technology matching grants program,
including the security through advanced
research and technology (START) initiative
to leverage resources from federal or
private sources including but not limited
to the national science foundation, busi-
nesses, industry consortiums, foundations,
and other organizations for efforts asso-
ciated with high technology economic
development, including the payment of
liabilities incurred prior to April 1,
2015. All or portions of the funds appro-
priated hereby may be suballocated or
transferred to any department, agency, or
public authority. No funds shall be
expended from this appropriation until the
director of the budget has approved a
spending plan ................................ 4,606,000
For services and expenses, loans, and
grants, related to the operation of New
York state innovation hot spots and New
York state incubators. All or portions of
the funds appropriated hereby may be
suballocated or transferred to any depart-
ment, agency, or public authority ............ 5,000,000
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MARKETING AND ADVERTISING PROGRAM ............................ 9,207,000
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
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For a local tourism promotion matching
grants program pursuant to article 5-A of
the economic development law ................. 3,815,000
For operation of a gateway information
center at Beekmantown, New York ................ 196,000
For operation of a gateway information
center at Binghamton, New York ................. 196,000
For services and expenses, loans, and
grants, related to the market New York
program, including but not limited to,
marketing and advertising to promote
regional attractions in the state of New
York. All or portions of the funds appro-
priated hereby may be suballocated or
transferred to any department, agency, or
public authority ............................. 5,000,000
--------------
RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ................................... 343,000
--------------
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
For the science and technology law center
program ........................................ 343,000
--------------
TRAINING AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ..................... 7,470,000
--------------
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
For services and expenses of state matching
funds for the federal manufacturing exten-
sion partnership program.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the director of the budget may
suballocate up to the full amount of this
appropriation to any department, agency or
authority. No funds shall be expended from
this appropriation until the director of
the budget has approved a spending plan ...... 1,470,000
--------------
Program account subtotal ................... 1,470,000
--------------
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program Account - 25517
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Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the director of the budget may
suballocate up to the full amount of this
appropriation to any department, agency or
authority .................................... 6,000,000
--------------
Program account subtotal ................... 6,000,000
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HIGH TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses related to the operation of the centers of
excellence pursuant to a plan approved by the director of the budg-
et. All or portions of the funds appropriated hereby may be suballo-
cated or transferred to any department, agency, or public authority
... 8,723,330 ..................................... (re. $8,723,330)
Project Schedule
PROJECT AMOUNT
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For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Buffalo center of
excellence in bioinformatics
and life sciences ................ 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Greater Rochester center
of excellence in photonics
and microsystems ................. 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Syracuse center of
excellence in environmental
and energy systems ............... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Albany center of excel-
lence in nanoelectronics ......... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Stony Brook center of
excellence in wireless and
information technology ........... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Binghamton center of
excellence in small scale
systems integration and
packaging ........................ 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Stony Brook center of
excellence in advanced ener-
gy research ...................... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
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the Buffalo center of excel-
lence in materials informat-
ics .............................. 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Rochester center of
excellence in sustainable
manufacturing .................... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Rochester center of
excellence in data science ....... 872,333
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Total ........................ 8,723,330
==============
For services and expenses related to the following: centers for
advanced technology, for matching grants to designated centers for
advanced technology, pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 3102-b of
the public authorities law. Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, funds may also be used for initiatives related to the
operation and development of the centers of excellence or other high
technology centers. No funds shall be expended from this appropri-
ation until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan
... 13,818,000 ................................... (re. $13,818,000)
Technology development organization matching grants, to be awarded on
a competitive basis in accordance with the provisions of section
3102-d of the public authorities law. Notwithstanding any inconsist-
ent provision of law, the director of the budget may suballocate up
to the full amount of this appropriation to any department, agency
or authority. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation
until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan ...
1,382,000 ......................................... (re. $1,382,000)
Industrial technology extension service. Notwithstanding any incon-
sistent provision of law, the director of the budget may suballocate
up to the full amount of this appropriation to any department, agen-
cy or authority. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation
until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan ...
921,000 ............................................. (re. $890,000)
For services and expenses related to the operation of the SUNY Albany
focus center and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute focus center. No
funds shall be expended from this appropriation until the director
of the budget has approved a spending plan .........................
3,006,000 ......................................... (re. $3,006,000)
High technology matching grants program, including the security
through advanced research and technology (START) initiative to
leverage resources from federal or private sources including but not
limited to the national science foundation, businesses, industry
consortiums, foundations, and other organizations for efforts asso-
ciated with high technology economic development, including the
payment of liabilities incurred prior to April 1, 2014. No funds
shall be expended from this appropriation until the director of the
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budget has approved a spending plan ................................
4,606,000 ......................................... (re. $4,606,000)
For services and expenses, loans, and grants, related to the operation
of New York state innovation hot spots and New York state incuba-
tors. All or portions of the funds appropriated hereby may be subal-
located or transferred to any department, agency, or public authori-
ty ... 3,750,000 .................................. (re. $3,750,000)
For three digital gaming hubs to be designated pursuant to proposals
submitted to the department from higher education institutions
offering degree programs in game design or game programming ........
500,000 ............................................. (re. $500,000)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Smart Lighting Systems Engineering
Research Center. The amount provided herein shall be made available
upon receipt of federal matching funds for this purpose ............
600,000 ............................................. (re. $600,000)
For services and espenses related to the institute for semiconductor
research corporation (SRC) center for advanced interconnect systems
technologies (CAIST), including the payment of liabilities incurred
prior to April 1, 2014, at The College of Nanoscale Science and
Engineering (CNSE), with its autonomous operating status as recog-
nized and approved by the SUNY Board of Trustees in resolution
number 2008-165 ... 713,000 ......................... (re. $713,000)
For services and expenses related to the Institute for Nanoelectronics
Discovery and Exploration (INDEX) at The College of Nanoscale
Science and Engineering (CNSE), with its autonomous operating status
as recognized and approved by the SUNY Board of Trustees in resol-
ution number 2008-165 ... 775,000 ................... (re. $775,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For services and expenses related to the operation of the centers of
excellence pursuant to a plan approved by the director of the budg-
et. All or portions of the funds appropriated hereby may be suballo-
cated or transferred to any department, agency, or public authority
... 5,234,000 ..................................... (re. $5,234,000)
Project Schedule
PROJECT AMOUNT
--------------------------------------------
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Buffalo centers of
excellence in bioinformatics
and life sciences and mate-
rials informatics ................ 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Greater Rochester center
of excellence in photonics
and microsystems ................. 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Syracuse center of
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excellence in environmental
and energy systems ............... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Albany center of excel-
lence in nanoelectronics ......... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Stony Brook centers of
excellence in wireless and
information technology and
advanced energy research ......... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Binghamton Center of
Excellence in small scale
systems integration and
packaging ........................ 872,333
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Total ........................ 5,234,000
==============
For services and expenses related to the operation of the Stony Brook
center of excellence in advanced energy research ...................
500,000 ............................................. (re. $500,000)
For services and expenses related to the operation of the Buffalo
center of excellence in materials informatics ......................
500,000 ............................................. (re. $500,000)
For services and expenses related to the operation of the Rochester
center of excellence in sustainable manufacturing ..................
500,000 ............................................. (re. $500,000)
For services and expenses related to the SUNY Fredonia Technology
Incubator ... 100,000 ............................... (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses related to the following: centers for
advanced technology, for matching grants to designated centers for
advanced technology, pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 3102-b of
the public authorities law. Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, funds may also be used for initiatives related to the
operation and development of the centers of excellence or other high
technology centers. No funds shall be expended from this appropri-
ation until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan
... 13,818,000 ................................... (re. $12,346,000)
Technology development organization matching grants, to be awarded on
a competitive basis in accordance with the provisions of section
3102-d of the public authorities law. Notwithstanding any inconsist-
ent provision of law, the director of the budget may suballocate up
to the full amount of this appropriation to any department, agency
or authority. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation
until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan ......
1,382,000 ........................................... (re. $150,000)
Industrial technology extension service. Notwithstanding any incon-
sistent provision of law, the director of the budget may suballocate
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up to the full amount of this appropriation to any department, agen-
cy or authority. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation
until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan ......
921,000 .............................................. (re. $94,000)
Focus center - New York. No funds shall be expended from this appro-
priation until the director of the budget has approved a spending
plan ... 3,006,000 ................................ (re. $3,006,000)
High technology matching grants program, including the security
through advanced research and technology (START) initiative to
leverage resources from federal or private sources including but not
limited to the national science foundation, businesses, industry
consortiums, foundations, and other organizations for efforts asso-
ciated with high technology economic development, including the
payment of liabilities incurred prior to April 1, 2013. No funds
shall be expended from this appropriation until the director of the
budget has approved a spending plan ................................
4,606,000 ......................................... (re. $4,606,000)
Cornell university/NSF materials research science and engineering
center. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation until the
director of the budget has approved a spending plan ................
392,000 ............................................. (re. $392,000)
Cornell university/NSF national nanotechnology infrastructure network.
No funds shall be expended from this appropriation until the direc-
tor of the budget has approved a spending plan .....................
490,000 .............................................. (re. $64,000)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Smart Lighting Systems Engineering
Research Center. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation
until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan ......
500,000 ............................................. (re. $500,000)
For services and expenses, loans, and grants, related to the operation
of New York state innovation hot spots and New York state incuba-
tors. All or portions of the funds appropriated hereby may be subal-
located or transferred to any department, agency, or public authori-
ty ... 1,250,000 .................................. (re. $1,250,000)
For services and expenses related to the institute for semiconductor
research corporation (SRC) center for advanced interconnect systems
technologies (CAIST), including the payment of liabilities incurred
prior to April 1, 2013, at The College of Nanoscale Science and
Engineering (CNSE), with its autonomous operating status as recog-
nized and approved by the SUNY Board of Trustees in resolution
number 2008-165 ... 713,000 ......................... (re. $713,000)
For services and expenses related to the Institute for Nanoelectronics
Discovery and Exploration (INDEX) at The College of Nanoscale
Science and Engineering (CNSE), with its autonomous operating status
as recognized and approved by the SUNY Board of Trustees in resol-
ution number 2008-165 ... 775,000 ................... (re. $775,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For services and expenses related to the operation of the centers of
excellence pursuant to a plan approved by the director of the budg-
et. All or portions of the funds appropriated hereby may be suballo-
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cated or transferred to any department, agency, or public authority
... 5,234,000 ..................................... (re. $5,234,000)
Project Schedule
PROJECT AMOUNT
--------------------------------------------
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Buffalo centers of
excellence in bioinformatics
and life sciences and mate-
rials informatics ................ 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Greater Rochester center
of excellence in photonics
and microsystems ................. 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Syracuse center of
excellence in environmental
and energy systems ............... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Albany center of excel-
lence in nanoelectronics ......... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Stony Brook centers of
excellence in wireless and
information technology and
advanced energy research ......... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Binghamton Center of
Excellence in small scale
systems integration and
packaging ........................ 872,333
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Total ........................ 5,234,000
==============
For services and expenses related to the operation of the Stony Brook
center of excellence in advanced energy research ...................
500,000 ............................................. (re. $500,000)
For services and expenses related to the following: centers for
advanced technology, for matching grants to designated centers for
advanced technology, pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 3102-b of
the public authorities law. Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, funds may also be used for initiatives related to the
operation and development of the centers of excellence or other high
technology centers. No funds shall be expended from this appropri-
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ation until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan
... 13,818,000 .................................... (re. $2,636,000)
Technology development organization matching grants, to be awarded on
a competitive basis in accordance with the provisions of section
3102-d of the public authorities law. Notwithstanding any inconsist-
ent provision of law, the director of the budget may suballocate up
to the full amount of this appropriation to any department, agency
or authority. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation
until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan ......
1,382,000 ........................................... (re. $136,000)
Industrial technology extension service. Notwithstanding any incon-
sistent provision of law, the director of the budget may suballocate
up to the full amount of this appropriation to any department, agen-
cy or authority. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation
until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan ......
921,000 .............................................. (re. $16,000)
Focus center - New York. No funds shall be expended from this appro-
priation until the director of the budget has approved a spending
plan ... 3,006,000 ................................ (re. $3,006,000)
High technology matching grants program, including the security
through advanced research and technology (START) initiative to
leverage resources from federal or private sources including but not
limited to the national science foundation, businesses, industry
consortiums, foundations, and other organizations for efforts asso-
ciated with high technology economic development, including the
payment of liabilities incurred prior to April 1, 2012. No funds
shall be expended from this appropriation until the director of the
budget has approved a spending plan ................................
4,606,000 ......................................... (re. $4,606,000)
Cornell university/NSF materials research science and engineering
center. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation until the
director of the budget has approved a spending plan ................
392,000 .............................................. (re. $91,000)
Cornell university/NSF national nanotechnology infrastructure network.
No funds shall be expended from this appropriation until the direc-
tor of the budget has approved a spending plan .....................
490,000 .............................................. (re. $48,000)
Columbia university/NSF materials research science and engineering
center. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation until the
director of the budget has approved a spending plan ................
245,000 ............................................. (re. $245,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For services and expenses related to the institute for semiconductor
research corporation (SRC) center for advanced interconnect systems
technologies (CAIST), including the payment of liabilities incurred
prior to April 1, 2012, at The College of Nanoscale Science and
Engineering (CNSE), with its autonomous operating status as recog-
nized and approved by the SUNY Board of Trustees in resolution
number 2008-165 ... 713,000 ......................... (re. $713,000)
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For services and expenses related to the Institute for Nanoelectronics
Discovery and Exploration (INDEX) at The College of Nanoscale
Science and Engineering (CNSE), with its autonomous operating status
as recognized and approved by the SUNY Board of Trustees in resol-
ution number 2008-165 ... 775,000 ................... (re. $775,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For services and expenses related to the operation of the centers of
excellence pursuant to a plan approved by the director of the budg-
et. All or portions of the funds appropriated hereby may be suballo-
cated or transferred to any department, agency, or public authority
... 5,233,998 ..................................... (re. $3,489,000)
Project Schedule
PROJECT AMOUNT
--------------------------------------------
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Buffalo center of excel-
lence in bioinformatics and
life sciences .................... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Greater Rochester center
of excellence in photonics
and microsystems ................. 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Syracuse center of
excellence in environmental
and energy systems ............... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Albany center of excel-
lence in nanoelectronics ......... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Stony Brook center of
excellence in wireless and
information technology ........... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Binghamton Center of
Excellence in small scale
systems integration and
packaging ........................ 872,333
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Total ........................ 5,233,998
==============
For services and expenses related to the following: centers for
advanced technology, for matching grants to designated centers for
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advanced technology, pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 3102-b of
the public authorities law. Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, funds may also be used for initiatives related to the
operation and development of the centers of excellence or other high
technology centers. No funds shall be expended from this appropri-
ation until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan
... 13,818,000 .................................... (re. $1,633,000)
Technology development organization matching grants, to be awarded on
a competitive basis in accordance with the provisions of section
3102-d of the public authorities law. Notwithstanding any inconsist-
ent provision of law, the director of the budget may suballocate up
to the full amount of this appropriation to any department, agency
or authority. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation
until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan ......
1,382,000 ............................................. (re. $2,000)
Industrial technology extension service. Notwithstanding any incon-
sistent provision of law, the director of the budget may suballocate
up to the full amount of this appropriation to any department, agen-
cy or authority. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation
until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan ......
921,000 .............................................. (re. $29,000)
Focus center - New York. No funds shall be expended from this appro-
priation until the director of the budget has approved a spending
plan ... 3,006,000 ................................ (re. $1,773,000)
High technology matching grants program, including the security
through advanced research and technology (START) initiative to
leverage resources from federal or private sources including but not
limited to the national science foundation, businesses, industry
consortiums, foundations, and other organizations for efforts asso-
ciated with high technology economic development, including the
payment of liabilities incurred prior to April 1, 2011. No funds
shall be expended from this appropriation until the director of the
budget has approved a spending plan ................................
4,606,000 ......................................... (re. $4,606,000)
Cornell university/NSF nanobiotechnology. No funds shall be expended
from this appropriation until the director of the budget has
approved a spending plan ... 294,000 ................ (re. $294,000)
Cornell university/NSF nanoscale science and engineering center. No
funds shall be expended from this appropriation until the director
of the budget has approved a spending plan .........................
490,000 ............................................. (re. $490,000)
Columbia university/NSF materials research science and engineering
center. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation until the
director of the budget has approved a spending plan ................
245,000 ............................................. (re. $245,000)
SUNY Albany semiconductor research corporation (SRC)center for
advanced interconnect systems technologies (CAIST), including the
payment of liabilities incurred prior to April 1, 2011. No funds
shall be expended from this appropriation until the director of the
budget has approved a spending plan ... 690,000 ..... (re. $281,000)
University at Albany Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery and
Exploration (INDEX). No funds shall be expended from this appropri-
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ation until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan
... 750,000 ......................................... (re. $361,000)
Stony Brook University Semiconductor High-Energy Radiation project.
No funds shall be expended from this appropriation until the direc-
tor of the budget has approved a spending plan .....................
250,000 ............................................. (re. $250,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2010, as transferred by chapter
53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
Innovation economy matching grants program to be awarded on a compet-
itive basis to leverage resources from federal or private sources,
including but not limited to, the national science foundation, busi-
nesses, industry consortiums, foundations, and other organizations
for efforts associated with high technology research and economic
development, including the payment of liabilities incurred prior to
April 1, 2010. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law,
the director of the budget may suballocate up to the full amount of
this appropriation to any department, agency or authority. No funds
shall be expended from this appropriation until the director of the
budget has approved a spending plan submitted by the foundation for
science, technology and innovation in such detail as the director of
the budget may require. Copies of the plan shall be provided to the
Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means .........................
29,500,000 ....................................... (re. $16,659,000)
For services and expenses related to the operation of the centers of
excellence pursuant to a plan approved by the director of the budg-
et. All or portions of the funds appropriated hereby may be suballo-
cated or transferred to any department, agency, or public authority
... 5,234,000 ..................................... (re. $1,745,000)
Project Schedule
PROJECT AMOUNT
--------------------------------------------
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Buffalo center of excel-
lence in bioinformatics and
life sciences .................... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Greater Rochester center
of excellence in photonics
and microsystems ................. 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Syracuse center of
excellence in environmental
and energy systems ............... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Albany center of excel-
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lence in nanoelectronics ......... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Stony Brook center of
excellence in wireless and
information technology ........... 872,333
For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the Binghamton Center of
Excellence in small scale
systems integration and
packaging ........................ 872,333
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Total ........................ 5,234,000
==============
For services and expenses related to the following: centers for
advanced technology, for matching grants to designated centers for
advanced technology, pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 3102-b of
the public authorities law. Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, funds may also be used for initiatives related to the
operation and development of the centers of excellence or other high
technology centers. No funds shall be expended from this appropri-
ation until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan
submitted by the foundation for science, technology and innovation
in such detail as the director of the budget may require ...........
13,818,000 .......................................... (re. $124,000)
Technology development organization matching grants, to be awarded on
a competitive basis in accordance with the provisions of section
3102-d of the public authorities law. Notwithstanding any inconsist-
ent provision of law, the director of the budget may suballocate up
to the full amount of this appropriation to any department, agency
or authority. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation
until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan
submitted by the foundation for science, technology and innovation
in such detail as the director of the budget may require ...........
1,382,000 ............................................ (re. $15,000)
Industrial technology extension service. Notwithstanding any incon-
sistent provision of law, the director of the budget may suballocate
up to the full amount of this appropriation to any department, agen-
cy or authority. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation
until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan
submitted by the foundation for science, technology and innovation
in such detail as the director of the budget may require ...........
921,000 ............................................... (re. $5,000)
Focus center - New York. No funds shall be expended from this appro-
priation until the director of the budget has approved a spending
plan submitted by the foundation for science, technology and inno-
vation in such detail as the director of the budget may require ....
3,006,000 ......................................... (re. $2,503,000)
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Project Schedule
PROJECT AMOUNT
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For services and expenses
related to the operation of
the SUNY Albany Focus Center
................................ 2,503,000
For Services and expenses
related to the operation of
the PRI Focus Center ............. 503,000
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Total ........................ 3,006,000
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High technology matching grants program, including the security
through advanced research and technology (START) initiative to
leverage resources from federal or private sources including but not
limited to the national science foundation, businesses, industry
consortiums, foundations, and other organizations for efforts asso-
ciated with high technology economic development, including the
payment of liabilities incurred prior to April 1, 2010. No funds
shall be expended from this appropriation until the director of the
budget has approved a spending plan submitted by the foundation for
science, technology and innovation in such detail as the director of
the budget may require ... 4,606,000 .............. (re. $4,606,000)
Cornell university/NSF nanobiotechnology. No funds shall be expended
from this appropriation until the director of the budget has
approved a spending plan submitted by the foundation for science,
technology and innovation in such detail as the director of the
budget may require ... 294,000 ...................... (re. $294,000)
Cornell university/NSF nanoscale science and engineering center. No
funds shall be expended from this appropriation until the director
of the budget has approved a spending plan submitted by the founda-
tion for science, technology and innovation in such detail as the
director of the budget may require ... 490,000 ...... (re. $490,000)
Columbia university/NSF materials research science and engineering
center. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation until the
director of the budget has approved a spending plan submitted by the
foundation for science, technology and innovation in such detail as
the director of the budget may require .............................
245,000 ............................................. (re. $245,000)
SUNY Albany semiconductor research corporation (SRC)center for
advanced interconnect systems technologies (CAIST), including the
payment of liabilities incurred prior to April 1, 2010. No funds
shall be expended from this appropriation until the director of the
budget has approved a spending plan submitted by the foundation for
science, technology and innovation in such detail as the director of
the budget may require ... 690,000 .................. (re. $690,000)
University at Albany Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery and
Exploration (INDEX). No funds shall be expended from this appropri-
ation until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan
submitted by the foundation for science, technology and innovation
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in such detail as the director of the budget may require ...........
750,000 ............................................. (re. $520,000)
Stony Brook University Semiconductor High-Energy Radiation project.
No funds shall be expended from this appropriation until the direc-
tor of the budget has approved a spending plan submitted by the
foundation for science, technology and innovation in such detail as
the director of the budget may require ... 250,000 .. (re. $250,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2009, as transferred by chapter
53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
Focus center - New York. No funds shall be expended from this appro-
priation until the director of the budget has approved a spending
plan submitted by the foundation for science, technology and inno-
vation in such detail as the director of the budget may require ....
4,606,000 ........................................... (re. $129,000)
High technology matching grants program, including the security
through advanced research and technology (START) initiative to
leverage resources from federal or private sources including but not
limited to the national science foundation, businesses, industry
consortiums, foundations, and other organizations for efforts asso-
ciated with high technology economic development, including the
payment of liabilities incurred prior to April 1, 2009. No funds
shall be expended from this appropriation until the director of the
budget has approved a spending plan submitted by the foundation for
science, technology and innovation in such detail as the director of
the budget may require ... 4,606,000 .............. (re. $3,610,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2008, as transferred by chapter
53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
Focus center - New York. No funds shall be expended from this appro-
priation until the director of the budget has approved a spending
plan submitted by the foundation for science, technology and inno-
vation in such detail as the director of the budget may require,
provided, however, that the amount of this appropriation available
for expenditure and disbursement on and after September 1, 2008
shall be reduced by six percent of the amount that was undisbursed
as of August 15, 2008 ... 4,900,000 .................. (re. $47,000)
High technology matching grants program, including the security
through advanced research and technology (START) initiative to
leverage resources from federal or private sources including but not
limited to the national science foundation, businesses, industry
consortiums, foundations, and other organizations for efforts asso-
ciated with high technology economic development, including the
payment of liabilities incurred prior to April 1, 2007. No funds
shall be expended from this appropriation until the director of the
budget has approved a spending plan submitted by the foundation for
science, technology and innovation in such detail as the director of
the budget may require, provided, however, that the amount of this
appropriation available for expenditure and disbursement on and
after September 1, 2008 shall be reduced by six percent of the
amount that was undisbursed as of August 15, 2008 ..................
4,900,000 ......................................... (re. $3,106,000)
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By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2007, as transferred by chapter
53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For services and expenses related to the following: college applied
research centers, for matching grants to designated college applied
research centers, pursuant to section 209-t of article 10-B of the
executive law. No funds shall be expended from this appropriation
until the director of the budget has approved a spending plan
submitted by the foundation for science, technology and innovation
in such detail as the director of the budget may require ...........
960,000 ............................................. (re. $616,000)
MARKETING AND ADVERTISING PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For a local tourism promotion matching grants program pursuant to
article 5-A of the economic development law ........................
3,815,000 ......................................... (re. $3,815,000)
For operation of a gateway information center at Beekmantown, New York
... 196,000 ......................................... (re. $196,000)
For operation of a gateway information center at Binghamton, New York
... 196,000 ......................................... (re. $145,000)
For services and expenses, loans, and grants, related to the market
New York program, including but not limited to, marketing and adver-
tising to promote regional attractions in the state of New York. All
or portions of the funds appropriated hereby may be suballocated or
transferred to any department, agency, or public authority ...
5,000,000 ......................................... (re. $5,000,000)
For services and expenses of the Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance .......
100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of the Catskill Association of Tourism
Services ... 100,000 ................................ (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of the Queens Tourism Council ..............
100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For a local tourism promotion matching grants program pursuant to
article 5-A of the economic development law ........................
3,815,000 ......................................... (re. $3,815,000)
For operation of a gateway information center at Beekmantown, New York
... 196,000 ........................................... (re. $4,000)
For services and expenses, loans, and grants, related to the market
New York program, including but not limited to, marketing and adver-
tising to promote regional attractions in the state of New York and
New York produced goods and products. All or portions of the funds
appropriated hereby may be suballocated or transferred to any
department, agency, or public authority ............................
7,000,000 ........................................... (re. $690,000)
For services and expenses of the Queens Tourism Council ..............
70,000 ............................................... (re. $70,000)
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For services and expenses of the Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance .......
75,000 ............................................... (re. $39,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For a local tourism promotion matching grants program pursuant to
article 5-A of the economic development law ........................
3,985,000 ........................................... (re. $484,000)
For operation of a gateway information center at Beekmantown, New York
... 196,000 .......................................... (re. $23,000)
For services and expenses of tourism marketing. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the director of the budget is hereby author-
ized to transfer up to $3,000,000 of this appropriation to state
operations ... 3,000,000 ............................ (re. $678,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2010:
For a local tourism promotion matching grants program pursuant to
article 5-A of the economic development law ........................
3,815,000 ......................................... (re. $1,082,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2009:
For a local tourism promotion matching grants program pursuant to
article 5-A of the economic development law ........................
4,171,000 ........................................... (re. $385,000)
RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For the science and technology law center program ....................
343,000 ............................................. (re. $343,000)
For services and expenses of the faculty development program and the
incentive program ... 650,000 ....................... (re. $650,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For the science and technology law center program ....................
343,000 ............................................. (re. $343,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For the science and technology law center program ....................
343,000 ............................................. (re. $343,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For the science and technology law center program ....................
343,000 ............................................. (re. $343,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2010, as transferred by chapter
53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For the science and technology law center program ....................
343,000 ............................................. (re. $153,000)
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By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2009, as transferred by chapter
53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
Faculty development program ... 2,685,000 ........... (re. $2,685,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2008, as transferred by chapter
53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
Faculty development program ... 2,685,000 ........... (re. $2,450,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2007, as transferred by chapter
53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
Faculty development program, provided, however, that the amount of
this appropriation available for expenditure and disbursement on and
after September 1, 2008 shall be reduced by six percent of the
amount that was undisbursed as of August 15, 2008 ..................
4,000,000 ......................................... (re. $3,760,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2006, as transferred by chapter
53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
Faculty development program, provided, however, that the amount of
this appropriation available for expenditure and disbursement on and
after September 1, 2008 shall be reduced by six percent of the
amount that was undisbursed as of August 15, 2008 ..................
4,000,000 ......................................... (re. $3,702,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2005, as transferred by chapter
53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
Faculty development program, provided, however, that the amount of
this appropriation available for expenditure and disbursement on and
after September 1, 2008 shall be reduced by six percent of the
amount that was undisbursed as of August 15, 2008 ..................
4,000,000 ......................................... (re. $2,898,000)
SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT INITIATIVE PROGRAM
Special Revenue Funds - Other
Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund
Small Business Credit Initiative Account - 22202
By chapter 103, section 3, of the laws of 2011:
For programs and activities authorized pursuant to section sixteen-f
of the new york state urban development corporation act, including
any services and costs associated with administration of such
programs and activities, subject to the limitations imposed by
federal funding requirements. Notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, such moneys shall be paid by the department of
economic development to the new york state urban development corpo-
ration from federal operating grant moneys deposited in the state
treasury for the federal state small business credit initiative.
Provided further that, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of
law, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, funds
appropriated herein may be interchanged with any other item of
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appropriation to be funded from the small business credit initiative
account ... 10,405,173 ............................ (re. $3,544,000)
For programs and activities authorized pursuant to section sixteen-u
of the new york state urban development corporation act, including
any services and costs associated with administration of such
programs and activities, subject to the limitations imposed by
federal funding requirements. Notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, such moneys shall be paid by the department of
economic development to the new york state urban development corpo-
ration from federal operating grant moneys deposited in the state
treasury for the federal state small business credit initiative.
Provided further that, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of
law, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, funds
appropriated herein may be inter changed with any other item of
appropriation to be funded from the small business credit initiative
account ... 25,952,157 ............................ (re. $5,399,000)
By chapter 103, section 3, of the laws of 2011, as amended by chapter
53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For programs and activities (i) authorized pursuant to section
sixteen-k of the new york state urban development corporation act,
including any services and costs associated with administration of
such programs and activities, subject to the limitations imposed by
federal funding requirements, or (ii) that provide small businesses
loans, loan guarantees, grants, including interest subsidy grants,
and equity investments to small businesses. Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, such moneys shall be paid by the
department of economic development to the new york state urban
development corporation from federal operating grant moneys deposit-
ed in the state treasury for the federal state small business credit
initiative. Provided further that, notwithstanding any inconsistent
provision of law, subject to the approval of the director of the
budget, funds appropriated herein may be interchanged with any other
item of appropriation to be funded from the small business credit
initiative account ... 18,994,204 ................. (re. $9,878,000)
TRAINING AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses of state matching funds for the federal
manufacturing extension partnership program.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the director of the
budget may suballocate up to the full amount of this appropriation
to any department, agency or authority. No funds shall be expended
from this appropriation until the director of the budget has
approved a spending plan ... 1,470,000 ............ (re. $1,470,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
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AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
For services and expenses of state matching funds for the federal
manufacturing extension partnership program.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the director of the
budget may suballocate up to the full amount of this appropriation
to any department, agency or authority. No funds shall be expended
from this appropriation until the director of the budget has
approved a spending plan ... 1,470,000 ............... (re. $42,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For services and expenses of state matching funds for the federal
manufacturing extension partnership program.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the director of the
budget may suballocate up to the full amount of this appropriation
to any department, agency or authority. No funds shall be expended
from this appropriation until the director of the budget has
approved a spending plan ... 1,470,000 ............... (re. $37,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For services and expenses of state matching funds for the federal
manufacturing extension partnership program.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the director of the
budget may suballocate up to the full amount of this appropriation
to any department, agency or authority. No funds shall be expended
from this appropriation until the director of the budget has
approved a spending plan ... 1,470,000 ............... (re. $68,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2007, as transferred by chapter
53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For services and expenses related to development of emerging technolo-
gy workforce training programs at community colleges ...............
2,100,000 ........................................... (re. $240,000)
Project Schedule
PROJECT AMOUNT
----------------------------------------------------------
(thousands)
For services and expenses related to emerg-
ing technology workforce training at Onon-
daga county community college .................. 700,000
For services and expenses related to emerg-
ing technology workforce training at
Monroe county community college ................ 700,000
For services and expenses related to emerg-
ing technology workforce training at
Hudson valley community college ................ 700,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program Account - 25517
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
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AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the director of the
budget may suballocate up to the full amount of this appropriation
to any department, agency or authority .............................
6,000,000 ......................................... (re. $6,000,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the director of the
budget may suballocate up to the full amount of this appropriation
to any department, agency or authority .............................
6,000,000 ......................................... (re. $2,100,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the director of the
budget may suballocate up to the full amount of this appropriation
to any department, agency or authority .............................
6,000,000 ............................................ (re. $47,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the director of the
budget may suballocate up to the full amount of this appropriation
to any department, agency or authority .............................
9,100,000 ........................................... (re. $386,000)
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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
For payment according to the following schedule, net of
disallowances, refunds, reimbursements and credits:
APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS
General Fund........................ 42,029,758,850 20,456,509,827
Special Revenue Funds - Federal..... 4,380,022,000 6,845,500,000
Special Revenue Funds - Other....... 9,623,774,000 3,692,301,000
---------------- ----------------
All Funds......................... 56,033,554,850 30,994,310,827
================ ================
SCHEDULE
ADULT CAREER AND CONTINUING EDUCATION SERVICES PROGRAM ..... 225,185,000
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
For case services provided on or after Octo-
ber 1, 2013 to disabled individuals in
accordance with economic eligibility
criteria developed by the department ........ 54,000,000
For services and expenses of independent
living centers .............................. 12,361,000
For college readers aid payments ................. 294,000
For services and expenses of supported
employment and integrated employment
opportunities provided on or after October
1, 2013:
For services and expenses of programs
providing or leading to the provision of
time-limited services or long-term support
services .................................... 15,160,000
For grants to schools for programs involving
literacy and basic education for public
assistance recipients for the 2015-16
school year for those programs adminis-
tered by the state education department ...... 1,843,000
For competitive grants for adult
literacy/education aid to public and
private not-for-profit agencies, including
but not limited to, 2 and 4 year colleges,
community based organizations, libraries,
and volunteer literacy organizations and
institutions which meet quality standards
promulgated by the commissioner of educa-
tion to provide programs of basic litera-
cy, high school equivalency, and English
as a second language to persons 16 years
of age or older for the remaining payments
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
of 2014-15 school year and for the 2015-16
school year, provided further that no more
than $300,000 shall be available for
remaining payments for the 2014-15 school
year ......................................... 5,293,000
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Program account subtotal .................. 88,951,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Education Fund
Federal Department of Education Account - 25210
For case services provided to individuals
with disabilities ........................... 70,000,000
For the independent living program ............. 2,572,000
For the supported employment program ........... 2,500,000
For grants to schools and other eligible
entities for adult basic education, liter-
acy, and civics education pursuant to the
workforce investment act .................... 48,704,000
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Program account subtotal ................. 123,776,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Other
Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund
VESID Social Security Account - 22001
For the rehabilitation of social security
disability beneficiaries .................... 11,760,000
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Program account subtotal .................. 11,760,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Other
Vocational Rehabilitation Fund
Vocational Rehabilitation Account - 23051
For services and expenses of the special
workers' compensation program .................. 698,000
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Program account subtotal ..................... 698,000
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CULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM ................................. 116,136,000
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
Aid to public libraries including aid to New
York public library (NYPL) and NYPL's
science industry and business library.
Provided that, notwithstanding any
provision of law, rule or regulation to
the contrary, such aid, and the state's
liability therefor, shall represent
fulfillment of the state's obligation for
this program ................................ 86,627,000
For additional aid to public libraries for
reimbursement of costs associated with the
payment of the metropolitan commuter
transportation mobility tax, subject to an
allocation plan developed by the commis-
sioner of education and approved by the
director of the budget ....................... 1,300,000
Aid to educational television and radio.
Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule
or regulation to the contrary, the amount
appropriated herein shall represent
fulfillment of the state's obligation for
this program ................................ 14,002,000
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Program account subtotal ................. 101,929,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Federal Operating Grants Account - 25300
For aid to public libraries pursuant to
various federal laws including the library
services technology act ...................... 5,400,000
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Program account subtotal ................... 5,400,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Other
New York State Local Government Records Management
Improvement Fund
Local Government Records Management Account - 20501
Grants to individual local governments or
groups of cooperating local governments as
provided in section 57.35 of the arts and
cultural affairs law ......................... 8,346,000
Aid for documentary heritage grants and aid
to eligible archives, libraries, histor-
ical societies, museums, and to certain
organizations including the state educa-
tion department that provide services to
such programs .................................. 461,000
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Program account subtotal ................... 8,807,000
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OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE PROFESSIONS PROGRAM ..... 103,079,850
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
For liberty partnerships program awards as
prescribed by section 612 of the education
law as added by chapter 425 of the laws of
1988. Notwithstanding any other section of
law to the contrary, funding for such
programs in the 2015-16 fiscal year shall
be limited to the amount appropriated
herein ...................................... 13,755,860
Unrestricted aid to independent colleges and
universities, notwithstanding any other
section of law to the contrary, aid other-
wise due and payable in the 2015-16 fiscal
year shall be limited to the amount appro-
priated herein .............................. 35,129,000
For higher education opportunity program
awards. Funds appropriated herein shall be
used by independent colleges to expand
opportunities for the educationally and
economically disadvantaged at independent
institutions of higher learning ............. 26,614,920
For science and technology entry program
(STEP) awards ............................... 11,845,180
For collegiate science and technology entry
program (CSTEP) awards ....................... 8,975,890
For teacher opportunity corps program awards ..... 450,000
For state financial assistance to expand
high needs nursing programs at private
colleges and universities in accordance
with section 6401-a of the education law ....... 941,000
For services and expenses of the national
board for professional teaching standards
certification grant program for the 2015-
16 school year ................................. 368,000
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Program account subtotal .................. 98,079,850
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Education Fund
Federal Department of Education Account - 25210
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
For grants to schools and other eligible
entities for programs pursuant to various
federal laws including: title II-A improv-
ing teacher quality program.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, funds appropriated herein may be
suballocated, subject to the approval of
the director of the budget, to any state
agency or department, and interchanged to
other accounts, to accomplish the purpose
of this appropriation. A portion of this
appropriation may be interchanged to other
accounts, as needed to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation ................. 5,000,000
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Program account subtotal ................... 5,000,000
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES PROGRAM ........................ 5,214,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Other
Combined Expendable Trust Fund
Grants Account - 20191
For services and expenses related to the
administration of funds, including grants
to local recipients, paid to the education
department from private foundations,
corporations and individuals and from
public or private funds received as
payment in lieu of honorarium for services
rendered by employees which are related to
such employees' official duties or respon-
sibilities ................................... 5,214,000
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OFFICE OF PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE EDUCATION
PROGRAM ............................................... 52,354,645,000
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, for general support for public
schools for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 state
fiscal years, including aid for such
fiscal years payable pursuant to section
3609-d of the education law, provided,
however, that not more than 39.04094537
percent of this appropriation shall be
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available for payments for the 2015-16
state fiscal year for general support for
public schools for the 2015-16 school
year, nor more than 19.71096964 percent of
this appropriation shall be available for
remaining payments for the 2015-16 school
year payable in the 2016-17 state fiscal
year and provided further that notwith-
standing any inconsistent provision of
law, the remaining amounts available for
the 2016-17 school year shall be appor-
tioned to school districts pursuant to the
education law and subject to the limita-
tions of this appropriation.
Provided however that, notwithstanding any
inconsistent provision of law, in order to
ensure that the incremental funds appro-
priated herein achieve maximum education
impact, and in order to ensure that the
public schools maximize student achieve-
ment and promote excellence in teaching
through accountability, a school district
shall be eligible for any apportionment of
general support for public schools,
including from the funds appropriated
herein, for the 2015-16 school year and
the 2016-17 school year in excess of the
amount apportioned to such school district
in the base year, as defined in subdivi-
sion 1 of section 3602 of the education
law, if such school district has submitted
documentation, including a plan adopted by
the governing board of the school
district, that has been approved by the
commissioner by September 1 of the current
year, as defined in subdivision 1 of
section 3602 of the education law, demon-
strating that it has fully implemented at
a minimum the following standards and
procedures for conducting annual profes-
sional performance reviews of classroom
teachers and building principals to deter-
mine teacher and principal effectiveness
that provide for: (i) state assessments
and other comparable measures of student
growth which shall comprise 50 percent of
the evaluation and which shall be
prescribed by the commissioner in regu-
lations and require that any comparable
measures of student growth be measured on
an annual basis, provided that the evalu-
ation shall contain no locally selected
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measures of student achievement subcompo-
nent; (ii) subjective measures of effec-
tiveness that have been approved by the
commissioner which shall comprise 50
percent of the evaluation and be locally
developed, provided that (A) at least 35
percent of the evaluation shall be based
on at least one unannounced observation by
an independent evaluator, which may
include a building principal or adminis-
trator from outside of the school, a
trained evaluator from a list determined
by the commissioner, or appointed faculty
at a state university of New York or city
university of New York school of education
and (B) the remaining percentage of the
evaluation shall be based on at least one
unannounced observation by an administra-
tor or principal from the same school; and
(iii) a scoring rubric which ensures that
it is possible to receive any one of four
ratings limited to highly effective,
effective, developing and ineffective,
with explicit minimum and maximum scoring
ranges for each category and with scoring
bands for the state assessments and other
comparable measures subcomponent and the
other measures of teacher and leader
effectiveness subcomponent as set by the
department in regulations, provided that
if a classroom teacher or building princi-
pal receives an ineffective rating on any
one of these subcomponents, the highest
overall composite rating he or she may
receive is developing.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, in order to ensure that the
incremental funds appropriated herein
achieve maximum education impact, and in
order to ensure that the public schools
maximize student achievement, promote
excellence in teaching through account-
ability, offer students alternatives to
low performing and failing schools and are
effectively and efficiently administered,
a school district shall be eligible for
any apportionment of general support for
public schools, including from the funds
appropriated herein, for the 2015-16
school year and the 2016-17 school year in
excess of the amount apportioned to such
school district in the base year, as
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defined in subdivision 1 of section 3602
of the education law, if (i) the director
of the budget has notified the commission-
er of education in writing that by March
31 of the base year the legislature has
enacted a chapter or chapters of law iden-
tical to legislation submitted by the
governor pursuant to article VII of the
New York constitution as legislative bill
numbers S.2010-A and A.3010-A, and (ii)
all other applicable eligibility criteria
and conditions established pursuant to
such legislation have been met.
Provided further that, if any payments of
ineligible amounts pursuant to the imme-
diately preceding two paragraphs of this
appropriation were made, the total amount
of such payments shall be deducted from
future payments to the school district;
provided further that, if the amount of
the deduction is greater than the sum of
the amounts available for such deductions
in the applicable school year, the remain-
der of the deduction shall be withheld
from payments from funds appropriated
herein scheduled to be made to the school
district pursuant to section 3609-a of the
education law for the subsequent school
year. Provided, however, that the sum of
the ineligible amounts pursuant to the
immediately preceding two paragraphs of
this appropriation shall not be greater
than the amount by which the school
district's apportionment of general
support for public schools from the funds
appropriated herein for the applicable
school year would otherwise exceed the
amount apportioned to such school district
in the prior school year. Provided that
any apportionment withheld pursuant to
this appropriation shall not have any
effect on the base year calculation for
use in the subsequent school year.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
inconsistent provision of law, for the
purposes of this appropriation and of
calculating the allocable growth amount
for the 2015-16 school year pursuant to
paragraph gg of subdivision 1 of section
3602 of the education law, the allowable
growth amount shall equal the sum of (i)
the product of the positive difference of
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the personal income growth index minus
one, multiplied by the statewide total of
the sum of (1) the apportionments, includ-
ing the payment reductions for the base
year pursuant to subdivision 17 of section
3602 of the education law, due and owing
during the base year to school districts
and boards of cooperative educational
services from the general support for
public schools as computed based on an
electronic data file used to produce the
school aid computer listing produced by
the commissioner in support of the enacted
budget for the base year, excluding any
such apportionments appropriated for such
purpose from the commercial gaming revenue
fund plus (2) the competitive awards
amount for the base year, and (ii)
$687,000,000.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
other provision of law to the contrary,
the allowable growth amount for the 2016-
17 school year shall equal the product of
the positive difference of the personal
income growth index minus one, multiplied
by the statewide total of (i) the appor-
tionments, including the payment
reductions for the base year pursuant to
subdivision 17 of section 3602 of the
education law, due and owing during the
base year, to school districts and boards
of cooperative educational services from
the general support for public schools as
computed based on an electronic data file
used to produce the school aid computer
listing produced by the commissioner in
support of the enacted budget for the base
year, excluding any such apportionments
appropriated for such purpose from the
commercial gaming revenue fund plus (ii)
the competitive awards amount for the base
year.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, the
competitive awards amount for purposes of
calculating the allocable growth amount
shall be fifty million dollars for the
2015-16 and 2016-17 school years.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, for the
2015-16 and 2016-17 school years, the
apportionments computed pursuant to subdi-
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visions 5-a, 12 and 16 of section 3602 of
the education law shall equal the amounts
set forth, respectively, for such school
district as "SUPPLEMENTAL PUB EXCESS
COST", "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT" and "HIGH
TAX AID" under the heading "2014-15 ESTI-
MATED AIDS" in the school aid computer
listing produced by the commissioner of
education in support of the enacted budget
for the 2014-15 school year and entitled
"SA141-5".
Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law, rule or regulation to
the contrary, for the 2015-16 and 2016-17
school years a school district shall be
eligible for an apportionment computed
pursuant to section 3602-e of the educa-
tion law equal to the amount set forth for
such school district as "UNIVERSAL PREKIN-
DERGARTEN" under the heading "2014-15
ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer
listing produced by the commissioner of
education in support of the budget for the
2014-15 school year and entitled
"SA141-5".
Provided further that to the extent required
by federal law, each board of cooperative
educational services receiving a payment
pursuant to section 3609-d of the educa-
tion law in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school
years shall be required to set aside from
such payment an amount not less than the
amount of state aid received pursuant to
subdivision 5 of section 1950 of the
education law in the base year that was
attributable to cooperative services
agreements (CO-SERs) for career education,
as determined by the commissioner of
education, and shall be required to use
such amount to support career education
programs in the current year.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, in
determining the final payment for the
state fiscal year pursuant to section
3609-a of the education law, the general
support for public schools appropriations
for the state fiscal year ending March 31,
2017 shall be deemed to include the
portion of this appropriation made avail-
able for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
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schools as provided for herein added to
the sum of other such designated appropri-
ated amounts, and the director of the
budget, in approving the final payment for
the state fiscal year pursuant to clause
(iii) of subparagraph (3) of paragraph b
of subdivision 1 of section 3609-a of the
education law, may direct the commissioner
of education to apportion an advance in an
amount less than that reported by the
commissioner of education pursuant to such
clause (iii) of subparagraph (3) of para-
graph b of subdivision 1 of section 3609-a
of the education law, and provided further
that such reduction shall not exceed the
sum of (1) the amount by which the 2015-16
state fiscal year need computed based on
the electronic data file used to produce
the school aid computer listing produced
by the commissioner in support of the
enacted budget for the 2015-16 state
fiscal year is less than the amount appro-
priated for payments for the 2015-16 state
fiscal year for general support for public
schools, (2) any amounts withheld in the
2015-16 fiscal year due to lack of the
notification of enactment of a chapter or
chapters of law identical to legislation
submitted by the governor pursuant to
article VII of the New York constitution
as legislative bill numbers S.2010-A and
A.3010-A and the failure to meet all other
eligibility criteria and conditions estab-
lished pursuant to such legislation, and
(3) any amounts withheld in the 2015-16
fiscal year from school districts that
have not submitted documentation that has
been approved by the commissioner of
education by September 1, 2015 demonstrat-
ing that they have fully implemented the
standards and procedures for conducting
annual professional performance reviews of
classroom teachers and building principals
as set forth in this appropriation.
Provided further that, notwithstanding any
inconsistent provision of law, subject to
the approval of the director of the budg-
et, funds appropriated herein may be
interchanged with any other item of appro-
priation for general support for public
schools within the general fund local
assistance account office of prekindergar-
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ten through grade twelve education
program. Notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, funds appropriated
herein shall be available for payment of
liabilities heretofore accrued or hereaft-
er to accrue.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regu-
lation to the contrary, funds appropriated
herein shall be available for payment of
financial assistance net of any disallow-
ances, refunds, reimbursement and credits,
and may be suballocated to other depart-
ments and agencies to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation subject to
the approval of the director of the budg-
et. Notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, the portion of this
appropriation covering fiscal year 2015-16
shall supersede and replace any appropri-
ation for this item covering fiscal year
2015-16 set forth in chapter 53 of the
laws of 2014 or set forth in chapter 53 of
the laws of 2014 as amended. Notwithstand-
ing section 40 of the state finance law or
any provision of law to the contrary, this
appropriation shall lapse on March 31,
2017 .................................... 33,015,940,000
For remaining 2014-15 and prior school year
obligations, including aid for such school
years payable pursuant to section 3609-d
of the education law, provided that
notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, the commissioner shall
reduce payments due to each district for
the 2015-16 state fiscal year pursuant to
section 3609-a of the education law by an
amount based on the gap elimination
adjustment for 2014-2015 school year for
such district, where such amount shall be
deducted from moneys apportioned for the
purposes of payments made for the 2014-15
school year pursuant to section 3609-a of
the education law, and provided further
that the gap elimination adjustment for
2014-15 school year shall equal the amount
set forth for each school district as "GAP
ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT" under the heading
"2014-15 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid
computer listing produced by the commis-
sioner in support of the enacted budget
for the 2014-15 school year and entitled
"SA141-5", and provided, further, that
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notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, subject to the approval of the
director of the budget, funds appropriated
herein may be interchanged with any other
item of appropriation for general support
for public schools within the general fund
local assistance account office of prekin-
dergarten through grade twelve education
program.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regu-
lation to the contrary, funds appropriated
herein shall be available for payment of
financial assistance net of any disallow-
ances, refunds, reimbursement and credits,
and may be suballocated to other depart-
ments and agencies to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation subject to
the approval of the director of the budg-
et. Notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, funds appropriated herein
shall be available for payment of liabil-
ities heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue. Notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, the portion of this
appropriation covering fiscal year 2015-16
shall supersede and replace any appropri-
ation for this item covering fiscal year
2015-16 set forth in chapter 53 of the
laws of 2014. Notwithstanding section 40
of the state finance law or any provision
of law to the contrary, this appropriation
shall lapse on March 31, 2017 ............ 6,132,101,000
Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for reimbursement for the education of
homeless children and youth for the 2015-
16 and 2016-17 school years pursuant to
section 3209 of the education law, includ-
ing reimbursement for expenditures for the
transportation of homeless children pursu-
ant to paragraph b of subdivision 4 of
section 3209 of the education law, up to
the amount of the approved costs of the
most cost-effective mode of transporta-
tion, in accordance with a plan prepared
by the commissioner of education and
approved by the director of the budget
provided that no more than 70 percent of
the 2015-16 school year value shall be
available for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
schools for the 2015-16 school year, and
further provided that in each of the
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2015-16 and 2016-17 state fiscal years the
sum of $30,000 may be transferred to the
credit of the state purposes account of
the state education department to carry
out the purposes of such section relating
to reimbursement of youth shelters trans-
porting such pupils and provided further
that, notwithstanding any inconsistent
provision of law, subject to the approval
of the director of the budget, funds
appropriated herein may be interchanged
with any other item of appropriation for
general support for public schools within
the general fund local assistance account
office of prekindergarten through grade
twelve education program.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, in
determining the final payment for the
state fiscal year pursuant to section
3609-a of the education law, the general
support for public schools appropriations
for the state fiscal year ending March 31,
2017 shall be deemed to include the
portion of this appropriation made avail-
able for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
schools as provided for herein added to
the sum of other such designated appropri-
ated amounts.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regu-
lation to the contrary, funds appropriated
herein shall be available for payment of
financial assistance net of any disallow-
ances, refunds, reimbursement and credits,
and may be suballocated to other depart-
ments and agencies to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation subject to
the approval of the director of the budg-
et. Notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, funds appropriated herein
shall be available for payment of liabil-
ities heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue. Notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, the portion of this
appropriation covering fiscal year 2015-16
shall supersede and replace any appropri-
ation for this item covering fiscal year
2015-16 set forth in chapter 53 of the
laws of 2014. Notwithstanding section 40
of the state finance law or any provision
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of law to the contrary, this appropriation
shall lapse on March 31, 2017 ............... 53,083,000
Funds appropriated herein shall be available
during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school
years for bilingual education grants to
school districts, boards of cooperative
educational services, colleges and univer-
sities, and an entity, chosen through a
competitive procurement process, to assist
schools and districts to conduct self
assessments to identify areas that need to
be strengthened and to ensure compliance
with the various federal, state and local
laws that govern limited English profi-
ciency and English language learning
education, provided, however, that the sum
of such grants shall not exceed
$13,500,000 for each such school year, and
provided further that no more than 70
percent of the 2015-16 school year value
shall be available for 2015-16 state
fiscal year payments for general support
for public schools for the 2015-16 school
year, and provided further that, notwith-
standing any inconsistent provision of
law, subject to the approval of the direc-
tor of the budget, funds appropriated
herein may be interchanged with any other
item of appropriation for general support
for public schools within the general fund
local assistance account office of pre-
kindergarten through grade twelve educa-
tion program.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, in
determining the final payment for the
state fiscal year pursuant to section
3609-a of the education law, the general
support for public schools appropriations
for the state fiscal year ending March 31,
2017 shall be deemed to include the
portion of this appropriation made avail-
able for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
schools as provided for herein added to
the sum of other such designated appropri-
ated amounts.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regu-
lation to the contrary, funds appropriated
herein shall be available for payment of
financial assistance net of any disallow-
ances, refunds, reimbursement and credits,
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and may be suballocated to other depart-
ments and agencies to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation subject to
the approval of the director of the budg-
et. Notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, funds appropriated herein
shall be available for payment of liabil-
ities heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue. Notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, the portion of this
appropriation covering fiscal year 2015-16
shall supersede and replace any appropri-
ation for this item covering fiscal year
2015-16 set forth in chapter 53 of the
laws of 2014. Notwithstanding section 40
of the state finance law or any provision
of law to the contrary, this appropriation
shall lapse on March 31, 2017 ............... 22,950,000
Funds appropriated herein shall be available
in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years
for school districts and boards of cooper-
ative educational services applications
for funding of approved learning technolo-
gy programs approved by the commissioner
of education, including services benefit-
ing nonpublic school students, pursuant to
regulations promulgated by the commission-
er of education and approved by the direc-
tor of the budget. Provided, however, that
the sum of such grants shall not exceed
$3,285,000 for each such school year, and
provided further that no more than 70
percent of the 2015-16 school year value
shall be available for 2015-16 state
fiscal year payments for general support
for public schools for the 2015-16 school
year, and provided further that, notwith-
standing any inconsistent provision of
law, subject to the approval of the direc-
tor of the budget, funds appropriated
herein may be interchanged with any other
item of appropriation for general support
for public schools within the general fund
local assistance account office of pre-
kindergarten through grade twelve educa-
tion program.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, in
determining the final payment for the
state fiscal year pursuant to section
3609-a of the education law, the general
support for public schools appropriations
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for the state fiscal year ending March 31,
2017 shall be deemed to include the
portion of this appropriation made avail-
able for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
schools as provided for herein added to
the sum of other such designated appropri-
ated amounts.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regu-
lation to the contrary, funds appropriated
herein shall be available for payment of
financial assistance net of any disallow-
ances, refunds, reimbursement and credits,
and may be suballocated to other depart-
ments and agencies to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation subject to
the approval of the director of the budg-
et. Notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, funds appropriated herein
shall be available for payment of liabil-
ities heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue. Notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, the portion of this
appropriation covering fiscal year 2015-16
shall supersede and replace any appropri-
ation for this item covering fiscal year
2015-16 set forth in chapter 53 of the
laws of 2014. Notwithstanding section 40
of the state finance law or any provision
of law to the contrary, this appropriation
shall lapse on March 31, 2017 ................ 5,585,000
Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for the voluntary interdistrict urban-su-
burban transfer program aid pursuant to
subdivision 15 of section 3602 of the
education law for the 2015-16 and 2016-17
school years, provided that no more than
70 percent of the 2015-16 school year
value shall be available for 2015-16 state
fiscal year payments for general support
for public schools for the 2015-16 school
year, and provided further that, notwith-
standing any inconsistent provision of
law, subject to the approval of the direc-
tor of the budget, funds appropriated
herein may be interchanged with any other
item of appropriation for general support
for public schools within the general fund
local assistance account office of pre-
kindergarten through grade twelve educa-
tion program.
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Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, in
determining the final payment for the
state fiscal year pursuant to section
3609-a of the education law, the general
support for public schools appropriations
for the state fiscal year ending March 31,
2017 shall be deemed to include the
portion of this appropriation made avail-
able for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
schools as provided for herein added to
the sum of other such designated appropri-
ated amounts.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regu-
lation to the contrary, funds appropriated
herein shall be available for payment of
financial assistance net of any disallow-
ances, refunds, reimbursement and credits,
and may be suballocated to other depart-
ments and agencies to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation subject to
the approval of the director of the budg-
et. Notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, funds appropriated herein
shall be available for payment of liabil-
ities heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue. Notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, the portion of this
appropriation covering fiscal year 2015-16
shall supersede and replace any appropri-
ation for this item covering fiscal year
2015-16 set forth in chapter 53 of the
laws of 2014. Notwithstanding section 40
of the state finance law or any provision
of law to the contrary, this appropriation
shall lapse on March 31, 2017 ................ 8,977,000
Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for additional apportionments of building
aid for school districts educating pupils
residing on Indian reservations calculated
pursuant to subdivision 6-a of section
3602 of the education law for the 2015-16
and 2016-17 school years provided that,
notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, subject to the approval of the
director of the budget, funds appropriated
herein may be interchanged with any other
item of appropriation for general support
for public schools within the general fund
local assistance account office of pre-
kindergarten through grade twelve educa-
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tion program, provided that no more than
70 percent of the 2015-16 school year
value shall be available for 2015-16 state
fiscal year payments for general support
for public schools for the 2015-16 school
year.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, in
determining the final payment for the
state fiscal year pursuant to section
3609-a of the education law, the general
support for public schools appropriations
for the state fiscal year ending March 31,
2017 shall be deemed to include the
portion of this appropriation made avail-
able for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
schools as provided for herein added to
the sum of other such designated appropri-
ated amounts.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regu-
lation to the contrary, funds appropriated
herein shall be available for payment of
financial assistance net of any disallow-
ances, refunds, reimbursement and credits,
and may be suballocated to other depart-
ments and agencies to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation subject to
the approval of the director of the budg-
et. Notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, funds appropriated herein
shall be available for payment of liabil-
ities heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue. Notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, the portion of this
appropriation covering fiscal year 2015-16
shall supersede and replace any appropri-
ation for this item covering fiscal year
2015-16 set forth in chapter 53 of the
laws of 2014. Notwithstanding section 40
of the state finance law or any provision
of law to the contrary, this appropriation
shall lapse on March 31, 2017 ................ 8,500,000
Funds appropriated herein shall be available
during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school
years for the education of youth incarcer-
ated in county correctional facilities
pursuant to subdivision 13 of section 3602
of the education law, provided that no
more than 70 percent of the 2015-16 school
year value shall be available for 2015-16
state fiscal year payments for general
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support for public schools for the 2015-16
school year, and further provided that,
notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, subject to the approval of the
director of the budget, funds appropriated
herein may be interchanged with any other
item of appropriation for general support
for public schools within the general fund
local assistance account office of pre-
kindergarten through grade twelve educa-
tion program.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, in
determining the final payment for the
state fiscal year pursuant to section
3609-a of the education law, the general
support for public schools appropriations
for the state fiscal year ending March 31,
2017 shall be deemed to include the
portion of this appropriation made avail-
able for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
schools as provided for herein added to
the sum of other such designated appropri-
ated amounts.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regu-
lation to the contrary, funds appropriated
herein shall be available for payment of
financial assistance net of any disallow-
ances, refunds, reimbursement and credits,
and may be suballocated to other depart-
ments and agencies to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation subject to
the approval of the director of the budg-
et. Notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, funds appropriated herein
shall be available for payment of liabil-
ities heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue. Notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, the portion of this
appropriation covering fiscal year 2015-16
shall supersede and replace any appropri-
ation for this item covering fiscal year
2015-16 set forth in chapter 53 of the
laws of 2014. Notwithstanding section 40
of the state finance law or any provision
of law to the contrary, this appropriation
shall lapse on March 31, 2017 ............... 39,100,000
Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years
for the education of students who reside
in a school operated by the office of
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mental health or the office of people with
developmental disabilities pursuant to
subdivision 5 of section 3202 of the
education law, provided that no more than
70 percent of the 2015-16 school year
value shall be available for 2015-16 state
fiscal year payments for general support
for public schools for the 2015-16 school
year, provided that, notwithstanding any
inconsistent provision of law, subject to
the approval of the director of the budg-
et, funds appropriated herein may be
interchanged with any other item of appro-
priation for general support for public
schools within the general fund local
assistance account office of prekindergar-
ten through grade twelve education
program.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, in
determining the final payment for the
state fiscal year pursuant to section
3609-a of the education law, the general
support for public schools appropriations
for the state fiscal year ending March 31,
2017 shall be deemed to include the
portion of this appropriation made avail-
able for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
schools as provided for herein added to
the sum of other such designated appropri-
ated amounts.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regu-
lation to the contrary, funds appropriated
herein shall be available for payment of
financial assistance net of any disallow-
ances, refunds, reimbursement and credits,
and may be suballocated to other depart-
ments and agencies to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation subject to
the approval of the director of the budg-
et. Notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, funds appropriated herein
shall be available for payment of liabil-
ities heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue. Notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, the portion of this
appropriation covering fiscal year 2015-16
shall supersede and replace any appropri-
ation for this item covering fiscal year
2015-16 set forth in chapter 53 of the
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laws of 2014. Notwithstanding section 40
of the state finance law or any provision
of law to the contrary, this appropriation
shall lapse on March 31, 2017 .............. 117,300,000
Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for building aid payable in the 2015-16
and 2016-17 school years to special act
school districts, provided that no more
than 70 percent of the 2015-16 school year
value shall be available for 2015-16 state
fiscal year payments for general support
for public schools for the 2015-16 school
year, and further provided that, subject
to the approval of the director of the
budget, such funds may be used for
payments to the dormitory authority on
behalf of eligible special act school
districts pursuant to chapter 737 of the
laws of 1988 provided that, notwithstand-
ing any inconsistent provision of law,
subject to the approval of the director of
the budget, funds appropriated herein may
be interchanged with any other item of
appropriation for general support for
public schools within the general fund
local assistance account office of pre-
kindergarten through grade twelve educa-
tion program.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, in
determining the final payment for the
state fiscal year pursuant to section
3609-a of the education law, the general
support for public schools appropriations
for the state fiscal year ending March 31,
2017 shall be deemed to include the
portion of this appropriation made avail-
able for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
schools as provided for herein added to
the sum of other such designated appropri-
ated amounts.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regu-
lation to the contrary, funds appropriated
herein shall be available for payment of
financial assistance net of any disallow-
ances, refunds, reimbursement and credits,
and may be suballocated to other depart-
ments and agencies to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation subject to
the approval of the director of the budg-
et. Notwithstanding any provision of law
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to the contrary, funds appropriated herein
shall be available for payment of liabil-
ities heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue. Notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, the portion of this
appropriation covering fiscal year 2015-16
shall supersede and replace any appropri-
ation for this item covering fiscal year
2015-16 set forth in chapter 53 of the
laws of 2014. Notwithstanding section 40
of the state finance law or any provision
of law to the contrary, this appropriation
shall lapse on March 31, 2017 ................ 4,590,000
Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for school bus driver training grants,
provided that for aid payable in the
2015-16 and 2016-17 school years, the
commissioner of education shall allocate
school bus driver training grants, not to
exceed $400,000 in each such year, to
school districts and boards of cooperative
educational services pursuant to sections
3650-a, 3650-b and 3650-c of the education
law, or for contracts directly with not-
for-profit educational organizations for
the purposes of this appropriation,
provided that no more than 70 percent of
the 2015-16 school year value shall be
available for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
schools for the 2015-16 school year, and
further provided that, notwithstanding any
inconsistent provision of law, subject to
the approval of the director of the budg-
et, funds appropriated herein may be
interchanged with any other item of appro-
priation for general support for public
schools within the general fund local
assistance account office of prekindergar-
ten through grade twelve education
program.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, in
determining the final payment for the
state fiscal year pursuant to section
3609-a of the education law, the general
support for public schools appropriations
for the state fiscal year ending March 31,
2017 shall be deemed to include the
portion of this appropriation made avail-
able for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
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schools as provided for herein added to
the sum of other such designated appropri-
ated amounts.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regu-
lation to the contrary, funds appropriated
herein shall be available for payment of
financial assistance net of any disallow-
ances, refunds, reimbursement and credits,
and may be suballocated to other depart-
ments and agencies to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation subject to
the approval of the director of the budg-
et. Notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, funds appropriated herein
shall be available for payment of liabil-
ities heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue. Notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, the portion of this
appropriation covering fiscal year 2015-16
shall supersede and replace any appropri-
ation for this item covering fiscal year
2015-16 set forth in chapter 53 of the
laws of 2014. Notwithstanding section 40
of the state finance law or any provision
of law to the contrary, this appropriation
shall lapse on March 31, 2017 .................. 680,000
Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for services and expenses of a $2,000,000
teacher mentor intern program in each
school year for the 2015-16 and 2016-17
school years, provided that no more than
70 percent of the 2015-16 school year
value shall be available for 2015-16 state
fiscal year payments for general support
for public schools for the 2015-16 school
year, and further provided that, notwith-
standing any inconsistent provision of
law, subject to the approval of the direc-
tor of the budget, funds appropriated
herein may be interchanged with any other
item of appropriation for general support
for public schools within the general fund
local assistance account office of pre-
kindergarten through grade twelve educa-
tion program.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, in
determining the final payment for the
state fiscal year pursuant to section
3609-a of the education law, the general
support for public schools appropriations
for the state fiscal year ending March 31,
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2017 shall be deemed to include the
portion of this appropriation made avail-
able for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
schools as provided for herein added to
the sum of other such designated appropri-
ated amounts.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regu-
lation to the contrary, funds appropriated
herein shall be available for payment of
financial assistance net of any disallow-
ances, refunds, reimbursement and credits,
and may be suballocated to other depart-
ments and agencies to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation subject to
the approval of the director of the budg-
et. Notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, funds appropriated herein
shall be available for payment of liabil-
ities heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue. Notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, the portion of this
appropriation covering fiscal year 2015-16
shall supersede and replace any appropri-
ation for this item covering fiscal year
2015-16 set forth in chapter 53 of the
laws of 2014. Notwithstanding section 40
of the state finance law or any provision
of law to the contrary, this appropriation
shall lapse on March 31, 2017 ................ 3,400,000
Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for services and expenses of a $12,000,000
special academic improvement grants
program in each school year for the 2015-
16 and 2016-17 school years payable pursu-
ant to subdivision 11 of section 3641 of
the education law, provided that no more
than 70 percent of the 2015-16 school year
value shall be available for 2015-16 state
fiscal year payments for general support
for public schools for the 2015-16 school
year, and further provided that, notwith-
standing any provisions of law to the
contrary, such funds shall be paid in
accordance with a schedule developed by
the commissioner of education and approved
by the director of the budget provided
that, notwithstanding any inconsistent
provision of law, subject to the approval
of the director of the budget, funds
appropriated herein may be interchanged
with any other item of appropriation for
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general support for public schools within
the general fund local assistance account
office of prekindergarten through grade
twelve education program.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, in
determining the final payment for the
state fiscal year pursuant to section
3609-a of the education law, the general
support for public schools appropriations
for the state fiscal year ending March 31,
2017 shall be deemed to include the
portion of this appropriation made avail-
able for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
schools as provided for herein added to
the sum of other such designated appropri-
ated amounts.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regu-
lation to the contrary, funds appropriated
herein shall be available for payment of
financial assistance net of any disallow-
ances, refunds, reimbursement and credits,
and may be suballocated to other depart-
ments and agencies to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation subject to
the approval of the director of the budg-
et. Notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, funds appropriated herein
shall be available for payment of liabil-
ities heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue. Notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, the portion of this
appropriation covering fiscal year 2015-16
shall supersede and replace any appropri-
ation for this item covering fiscal year
2015-16 set forth in chapter 53 of the
laws of 2014. Notwithstanding section 40
of the state finance law or any provision
of law to the contrary, this appropriation
shall lapse on March 31, 2017 ............... 20,400,000
For the education of Native Americans in the
2016-17 or prior school years, provided
that no more than 70 percent of the 2015-
16 school year value shall be available
for 2015-16 state fiscal year payments for
general support for public schools for the
2015-16 or prior school years. Funds
appropriated herein shall be considered
general support for public schools and
shall be paid in accordance with a sched-
ule developed by the commissioner of
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education and approved by the director of
the budget. Notwithstanding any provision
of law to the contrary, subject to the
approval of the director of the budget,
funds appropriated herein may be inter-
changed with any other item of appropri-
ation for general support for public
schools within the general fund local
assistance account office of prekindergar-
ten through grade twelve education
program.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, in
determining the final payment for the
state fiscal year pursuant to section
3609-a of the education law, the general
support for public schools appropriations
for the state fiscal year ending March 31,
2017 shall be deemed to include the
portion of this appropriation made avail-
able for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
schools as provided for herein added to
the sum of other such designated appropri-
ated amounts.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regu-
lation to the contrary, funds appropriated
herein shall be available for payment of
financial assistance, net of any disallow-
ances, refunds, reimbursements and cred-
its, and may be suballocated to other
departments and agencies to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation subject to
approval of the director of the budget.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, funds appropriated herein
shall be available for payment of liabil-
ities heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue. Notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, the portion of this
appropriation covering fiscal year 2015-16
shall supersede and replace any appropri-
ation for this item covering fiscal year
2015-16 set forth in chapter 53 of the
laws of 2014. Notwithstanding section 40
of the state finance law or any provision
of law to the contrary, this appropriation
shall lapse on March 31, 2017 ............... 78,354,000
For school health services grants to public
schools totaling $13,840,000 in each
school year for the 2015-16 and 2016-17
school years; provided that, notwithstand-
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ing any provisions of law to the contrary,
in addition to any other apportionment,
such grants shall only be payable to any
city school district in a city having a
population in excess of 125,000, and less
than 1,000,000 inhabitants, and such
district shall be eligible to receive the
same amount it was eligible to receive for
the 2010-11 school year, provided that no
more than 70 percent of the 2015-16 school
year value shall be available for 2015-16
state fiscal year payments for general
support for public schools for the 2015-16
school year. Funds appropriated herein
shall be considered general support for
public schools and shall be paid in
accordance with a schedule developed by
the commissioner of education and approved
by the director of the budget.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, in
determining the final payment for the
state fiscal year pursuant to section
3609-a of the education law, the general
support for public schools appropriations
for the state fiscal year ending March 31,
2017 shall be deemed to include the
portion of this appropriation made avail-
able for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
schools as provided for herein added to
the sum of other such designated appropri-
ated amounts.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, subject to the approval of the
director of the budget, funds appropriated
herein may be interchanged with any other
item of appropriation for general support
for public schools within the general fund
local assistance account office of pre-
kindergarten through grade twelve educa-
tion program. Notwithstanding any other
law, rule or regulation to the contrary,
funds appropriated herein shall be avail-
able for payment of financial assistance,
net of any disallowances, refunds,
reimbursements and credits, and may be
suballocated to other departments and
agencies to accomplish the intent of this
appropriation subject to the approval of
the director of the budget. Notwithstand-
ing any provision of law to the contrary,
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funds appropriated herein shall be avail-
able for payment of liabilities heretofore
accrued or hereafter to accrue. Notwith-
standing any provision of law to the
contrary, the portion of this appropri-
ation covering fiscal year 2015-16 shall
supersede and replace any appropriation
for this item covering fiscal year 2015-16
set forth in chapter 53 of the laws of
2014. Notwithstanding section 40 of the
state finance law or any provision of law
to the contrary, this appropriation shall
lapse on March 31, 2017 ..................... 23,528,000
For the teachers of tomorrow awards to
school districts for the 2015-16 and
2016-17 school years in the amount of
$25,000,000 for each school year, provided
that $5,000,000 of this total amount in
such school year shall be made available
for a program to be developed by the
commissioner of education to attract qual-
ified teachers that have received or will
receive a transitional certificate and
agree to teach mathematics or science in a
low performing school, further provided
that of this $5,000,000, a total of up to
$500,000 in each such school year shall be
made available for demonstration programs
in the Yonkers and Syracuse city school
districts to increase the number of teach-
ers in such districts who teach math,
science and related areas and who have
such a transitional certificate, and
provided further that notwithstanding any
inconsistent provision of law of this
$5,000,000, a total of $1,000,000 shall be
made available as a matching grant to
colleges and universities to support
programs designed to recruit and train
math and science teachers based on a prov-
en national model that results in improved
student achievement and enhanced teacher
retention in the classroom, and provided
further that no more than 70 percent of
the 2015-16 school year value shall be
available for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
schools for the 2015-16 school year.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, in
determining the final payment for the
state fiscal year pursuant to section
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3609-a of the education law, the general
support for public schools appropriations
for the state fiscal year ending March 31,
2017 shall be deemed to include the
portion of this appropriation made avail-
able for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
schools as provided for herein added to
the sum of other such designated appropri-
ated amounts.
Funds appropriated herein shall be consid-
ered general support for public schools.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, funds appropriated herein
may be interchanged with any other item of
appropriation for general support for
public schools within the general fund
local assistance account office of pre-
kindergarten through grade twelve educa-
tion program.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regu-
lation to the contrary, funds appropriated
herein shall be available for payment of
financial assistance, net of any disallow-
ances, refunds, reimbursements and cred-
its, may be suballocated to other depart-
ments and agencies to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation subject to
approval of the director of the budget.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, funds appropriated herein
shall be available for payment of liabil-
ities heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue. Notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, the portion of this
appropriation covering fiscal year 2015-16
shall supersede and replace any appropri-
ation for this item covering fiscal year
2015-16 set forth in chapter 53 of the
laws of 2014. Notwithstanding section 40
of the state finance law or any provision
of law to the contrary, this appropriation
shall lapse on March 31, 2017 ............... 42,500,000
For payment of employment preparation educa-
tion aid for the 2015-16 and 2016-17
school years pursuant to paragraph e of
subdivision 11 of section 3602 of the
education law, provided that no more than
$96,000,000 shall be available for 2016-17
state fiscal year payments for general
support for public schools for the 2015-16
and prior school years.
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Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, funds appropriated herein may be
suballocated, subject to the approval of
the director of the budget, to other
departments and agencies to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation and subject
to the approval of the director of the
budget, such funds shall be available to
the department net of disallowances,
refunds, reimbursements and credits.
Provided further that notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, in
determining the final payment for the
state fiscal year pursuant to section
3609-a of the education law, the general
support for public schools appropriations
for the state fiscal year ending March 31,
2017 shall be deemed to include the
portion of this appropriation made avail-
able for 2015-16 state fiscal year
payments for general support for public
schools as provided for herein added to
the sum of other such designated appropri-
ated amounts.
Funds appropriated herein shall be consid-
ered general support for public schools.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, funds appropriated herein
may be interchanged with any other item of
appropriation for general support for
public schools within the general fund
local assistance account office of pre-
kindergarten through grade twelve educa-
tion program. Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, funds
appropriated herein shall be available for
payment of liabilities heretofore accrued
or hereafter to accrue. Notwithstanding
any provision of law to the contrary, the
portion of this appropriation covering
fiscal year 2015-16 shall supersede and
replace any appropriation for this item
covering fiscal year 2015-16 set forth in
chapter 53 of the laws of 2014. Notwith-
standing section 40 of the state finance
law or any provision of law to the contra-
ry, this appropriation shall lapse on
March 31, 2017 ............................. 192,000,000
For reimbursement of supplemental basic
tuition payments to charter schools made
by school districts in the 2014-15 school
year, as defined by paragraph a of subdi-
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vision 1 of section 2856 of the education
law ......................................... 28,260,000
For services and expenses of remaining obli-
gations for the 2014-15 school year for
support for the operation of targeted
prekindergarten for those providers not
eligible to receive funding pursuant to
section 3602-e of the education law and
for support for providers continuing to
operate such programs in the 2015-16
school year. Such funds shall be expended
pursuant to a plan developed by the
commissioner of education and approved by
the director of the budget ................... 1,303,000
For services and expenses of remaining obli-
gations of a $14,260,000 teacher resources
and computer training centers program for
the 2014-15 school year ...................... 4,278,000
For education of children of migrant workers
for the 2015-16 school year ..................... 89,000
For the school lunch and breakfast program.
Funds for the school lunch and breakfast
program shall be expended subject to the
limitation of funds available and may be
used to reimburse sponsors of non-profit
school lunch, breakfast, or other school
child feeding programs based upon the
number of federally reimbursable break-
fasts and lunches served to students under
such program agreements entered into by
the state education department and such
sponsors, in accordance with an act of
Congress entitled the "National School
Lunch Act," P.L. 79-396, as amended, or
the provisions of the "Child Nutrition Act
of 1966," P.L. 89-642, as amended, in the
case of school breakfast programs to reim-
burse sponsors in excess of the federal
rates of reimbursement. Notwithstanding
any provision of law to the contrary, the
moneys hereby appropriated, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, are to be
available for the purposes herein speci-
fied for obligations heretofore accrued or
hereafter to accrue for the school years
beginning July 1, 2013, July 1, 2014 and
July 1, 2015.
Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation
to the contrary, the amount appropriated
herein represents the maximum amount paya-
ble during the 2015-16 state fiscal year
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for state reimbursement for school lunch
and breakfast programs ...................... 34,400,000
For nonpublic school aid payable in the
2015-16 state fiscal year. Notwithstanding
any provision of law, rule or regulation
to the contrary, the amount appropriated
herein represents the maximum amount paya-
ble during the 2015-16 state fiscal year ... 102,273,000
For aid payable for the 2013-14 school year
for additional nonpublic school aid.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, funds appropriated herein shall be
available for payment of aid heretofore
accrued and hereafter to accrue ............. 47,374,000
For aid payable for additional nonpublic
school aid. Notwithstanding any inconsist-
ent provision of law funds appropriated
herein shall be used as payment toward a
multi-year plan recommended by the commis-
sioner to address the prior year liabil-
ities for the Comprehensive Attendance
Policy program .............................. 16,768,000
For academic intervention for nonpublic
schools based on a plan to be developed by
the commissioner of education and approved
by the director of the budget .................. 922,000
For services and expenses of Safety Equip-
ment for Nonpublic Schools ................... 4,500,000
For costs associated with schools for the
blind and deaf and other students with
disabilities subject to article 85 of the
education law, including state aid for
blind and deaf pupils in certain insti-
tutions to be paid for the purposes
provided under section 4204-a of the
education law for the education of deaf
children under 3 years of age, including
transfers to the miscellaneous special
revenue fund Rome school for the deaf
account pursuant to a plan to be developed
by the commissioner and approved by the
director of the budget.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to
$84,700,000 shall be available for
reimbursement to school districts for the
tuition costs of students attending
schools for the blind and deaf during the
2014-15 school year pursuant to subdivi-
sion 2 of section 4204 of education law
and subdivision 2 of section 4207 of the
education law, up to $2,500,000 shall be
available for debt service on capital
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construction projects financed through the
state dormitory authority, and up to
$9,000,000 shall be available for remain-
ing allowable purposes.
Provided further that, notwithstanding any
inconsistent provision of law, upon
disbursement of funds appropriated for
allowances to schools for the blind and
deaf in the individuals with disabilities
program special revenue funds-federal/aid
to localities for purposes of this appro-
priation, funds appropriated herein shall
be reduced in an amount equivalent to such
disbursement and the portion of this
appropriation so affected shall have no
further force or effect.
Notwithstanding any provision of the law to
the contrary, funds appropriated herein
shall be available for payment of liabil-
ities heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue and, subject to the approval of the
director of the budget, such funds shall
be available to the department net of
disallowances, refunds, reimbursements and
credits ..................................... 96,200,000
For July and August programs for school-aged
children with handicapping conditions
pursuant to section 4408 of the education
law. Moneys appropriated herein shall be
used as follows: (i) for remaining base
year and prior school years obligations,
(ii) for the purposes of subdivision 4 of
section 3602 of the education law for
schools operated under articles 87 and 88
of the education law, and (iii) notwith-
standing any inconsistent provision of
law, for payments made pursuant to this
appropriation for current school year
obligations, provided, however, that such
payments shall not exceed 70 percent of
the state aid due for the sum of the
approved tuition and maintenance rates and
transportation expense provided for here-
in; provided, however, that payment of
eligible claims shall be payable in the
order that such claims have been approved
for payment by the commissioner of educa-
tion, but in no case shall a single payee
draw down more than 45 percent of this
appropriation, and provided further that
no claim shall be set aside for insuffi-
ciency of funds to make a complete
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payment, but shall be eligible for a
partial payment in one year and shall
retain its priority date status for subse-
quent appropriations designated for such
purposes. Notwithstanding any inconsistent
provision of law to the contrary, funds
appropriated herein shall only be avail-
able for liabilities incurred prior to
July 1, 2016, shall be used to pay 2014-15
school year claims in the first instance,
and represent the maximum amount payable
during the 2015-16 state fiscal year.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, funds appropriated herein
shall be available for payment of liabil-
ities heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue and, subject to the approval of the
director of the budget, such funds shall
be available to the department net of
disallowances, refunds, reimbursements and
credits .................................... 364,500,000
For the state's share of the costs of the
education of preschool children with disa-
bilities pursuant to section 4410 of the
education law. Notwithstanding any incon-
sistent provision of law to the contrary,
the amount appropriated herein shall
support a state share of preschool hand-
icapped education costs for the 2014-15
school year limited to 59.5 percent of
such total approved expenditures, and
furthermore, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, local claims for
reimbursement of costs incurred prior to
the 2013-14 school year and during the
2013-14 school year that have been
approved for payment by the education
department as of March 31, 2015 shall be
the first claims paid from this appropri-
ation, provided further that, notwith-
standing any provision of law to the
contrary, no single payee may draw down
more than 51 percent of this appropri-
ation, however, in the event that no other
payees' claims received during the current
state fiscal year are approved for payment
by the commissioner and remain outstanding
as of February 1, 2016, such limitation
shall not apply. Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, funds
appropriated herein shall be available for
payment of liabilities heretofore accrued
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or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the
approval of the director of the budget,
such funds shall be available to the
department net of disallowances, refunds,
reimbursements and credits ............... 1,020,000,000
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the funds appropriated herein,
subject to an allocation plan developed by
the commissioner of education and approved
by the director of the budget, shall be
available for the payment of prior year
claims and/or fiscal stabilization grants
for remaining payments for the 2014-15
school year and for payments prior to
March 31, 2016 for the 2015-16 school
year, provided, however, notwithstanding
any provisions of law to the contrary, the
New York city school district shall be
eligible for a fiscal stabilization grant
in the amount of $ 26,404,000 ............... 45,068,000
For services and expenses of the New York
state center for school safety for the
2015-16 school year. Funds appropriated
herein shall be used to operate a state-
wide center and shall be subject to an
expenditure plan approved by the director
of the budget .................................. 466,000
For services and expenses of the health
education program for the 2015-16 school
year. Funds appropriated herein shall be
available for health-related programs
including, but not limited to, those
providing instruction and supportive
services in comprehensive health education
and/or acquired immune deficiency syndrome
(AIDS) education. Of the amounts appropri-
ated herein, $86,000 shall be available
for the program previously operated as the
school health demonstration program.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law
to the contrary, funds appropriated herein
may be suballocated, subject to the
approval of the director of the budget, to
any state agency or department to accom-
plish the purpose of this appropriation ........ 691,000
For competitive grants for the 2015-16
school year for extended day programs and
school violence prevention programs pursu-
ant to section 2814 of the education law
provided, however, notwithstanding any
inconsistent provisions of law, eligible
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entities receiving funds for extended day
programs may include not-for-profit organ-
izations working in collaboration with a
public school or school district ............ 24,344,000
For aid payable for the 2015-16 school year
for support of county vocational education
and extension boards pursuant to section
1104 of the education law, provided,
however, that notwithstanding any incon-
sistent provision of law, rule, or regu-
lation, any apportionment of aid shall be
based on a quota amounting to one-half of
the salary paid each teacher, director,
assistant, and supervisor, where such
salary is attributable to a course of
study first submitted to the commissioner
for approval pursuant to section 1103 of
the education law on or before July 1,
2010, but not to exceed the amount
computed by the commissioner based upon an
assumed annualized salary equal to ten
thousand five hundred dollars per school
year on account of the employment of such
teacher, director, assistant or supervisor
and provided further that payment from
this appropriation shall first be made for
approved claims for salary expenses for
the 2015-16 school year, and any amount
remaining after payment of such claims
shall be available for payment of unpaid
claims for prior school years .................. 932,000
For services and expenses of the primary
mental health project at the children's
institute for the 2015-16 school year .......... 894,000
For services and expenses associated with
the math and science high schools for the
2015-16 school year in the amount of
$1,382,000, provided that such funds shall
be allocated equally among those entities
that received program funding for the
2007-08 school year .......................... 1,382,000
Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for educational services and expenses of
the Syracuse city school district for the
say yes to education program ................... 350,000
For services and expenses of the center for
autism and related disabilities at the
state university of New York at Albany ......... 740,000
For postsecondary aid to Native Americans to
fund awards to eligible students.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law
to the contrary, the amount herein made
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available shall constitute the state's
entire obligation for all costs incurred
under section 4118 of the education law in
state fiscal year 2015-16 ...................... 598,000
For services and expenses of the summer food
program for the 2015-16 school year .......... 3,049,000
Work Force Education. For partial reimburse-
ment of services and expenses per contract
hour of work force education conducted by
the consortium for worker education (CWE),
a private not-for-profit corporation
programs approved by the commissioner of
education that enable adults who are 21
years of age or older to obtain or retain
employment or improve their work skills
capacity to enhance their opportunities
for increased earnings and advancement ...... 11,500,000
For services and expenses related to the
development, implementation and operation
of charter schools for the 2015-16 school
year including $1,733,375 for
administrative/technical support services
provided by the charter school institute
of the state university of New York. This
appropriation shall only be available for
expenditure upon the approval of an
expenditure plan by the director of the
budget and funds appropriated herein shall
be transferred to the miscellaneous
special revenue fund - charter schools
stimulus account ............................. 4,837,000
For the early college high schools program
for the 2015-16 school year, provided,
however, that expenditure of funds appro-
priated herein shall support the continua-
tion and expansion of the early college
high schools program pursuant to a plan
developed by the commissioner and approved
by the director of the budget provided,
further, that a portion of the payment to
the early college high schools program
awarded from this appropriation shall be
available on a sliding scale based upon
the number of college credits earned annu-
ally by participating students consistent
with guidelines established by the commis-
sioner. Provided further that, notwith-
standing any provision of law to the
contrary, higher education partners
participating in an early college high
schools program, or the entity/entities
responsible for setting tuition at the
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institution, shall be authorized to set a
reduced rate of tuition and/or fees, or to
waive tuition and/or fees entirely, for
students enrolled in such early college
high schools program with no reduction in
other state, local or other support for
such students earning college credit that
such higher education partner would other-
wise be eligible to receive .................. 2,000,000
For services and expenses of a $490,000
2015-16 school year program for mentoring
and tutoring operated by the Hillside
Work-Scholarship Connection program, which
is based on model programs proven to be
effective in producing outcomes that
include, but are not limited to, improved
graduation rates, provided that such
services shall be provided to students in
one or more city school districts located
in a city having a population in excess of
125,000 and less than 1,000,000 inhabit-
ants ........................................... 490,000
For payment of small government assistance
to school districts pursuant to subdivi-
sion 7 of section 3641 of the education
law on or before March 31, 2016 upon audit
and warrant of the comptroller in the
amount that small government assistance
was paid to school districts in state
fiscal year 2010-11 .......................... 1,868,000
For purposes of the Just for Kids program at
the State University of New York at Albany
................................................ 235,000
For educational services and expenses for
DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals) eligible out of school youth and
young adults ................................. 1,000,000
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the amount appropriated herein
shall be available only to the extent that
the unencumbered balance of the commercial
gaming revenue account established by
section 97-nnnn of the state finance law
is less than the amount required to fully
fund payments of general support for
public schools to be made from funds
appropriated from such account, provided
that the state comptroller shall certify
to the commissioner of education the
amount of funds available in such account,
(1) for the 2014-15 school year, by June
15, 2015 based on the amount of funds
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available as of June 1, 2015 and (2) for
the 2015-16 school year, for the first
such payment, by March 15, 2016 based on
the amount of funds available as of March
1, 2016 and, for the second such payment
by June 15, 2016 based on the amount of
funds available as of June 1, 2016, and
provided further that the commissioner
shall notify the director of the budget no
later than 15 days after receipt of such
certification of the amounts, if any,
payable pursuant to section 3609-h of the
education law from such account and from
this appropriation. Provided, however,
that of the amount appropriated herein, no
more than 50 percent shall be available
for general support for public schools
payments for the 2014-15 school year, and
no more than 35 percent shall be available
for such payments for the 2015-16 school
year to be made in the 2015-16 state
fiscal year. Provided that, notwithstand-
ing section 40 of the state finance law or
any provision of law to the contrary, this
appropriation shall lapse on June 30, 2016
............................................ 162,000,000
Less expenditure savings due to the with-
holding of a portion of employment prepa-
ration education aid due to the city of
New York equal to the reimbursement costs
of the work force education program from
aid payable to such city school district
payable on or after April 1, 2015; such
moneys shall be credited to the office of
prekindergarten through grade twelve
education general fund-local assistance
account and which shall not exceed the
amount appropriated herein ................ (11,500,000)
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Program account subtotal .............. 41,740,799,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Education Fund
Federal Department of Education Account - 25210
For grants to schools for specific programs
including, but not limited to, grants for
purposes under title I of the elementary
and secondary education act. Notwith-
standing any inconsistent provision of
law, a portion of this appropriation may
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be suballocated to other state departments
and agencies, subject to the approval of
the director of the budget, as needed to
accomplish the intent of this appropri-
ation .................................... 1,771,819,000
For grants to schools and other eligible
entities for state grants for improving
teacher quality and mathematics and
science partnerships pursuant to title II
of the elementary and secondary education
act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent
provision of law, a portion of this appro-
priation may be suballocated to other
state departments and agencies, subject to
the approval of the director of the budg-
et, as needed to accomplish the intent of
this appropriation ......................... 242,841,000
For grants to schools and other eligible
entities for English language acquisition
program pursuant to title III of the
elementary and secondary education act.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, a portion of this appropriation
may be suballocated to other state depart-
ments and agencies, subject to the
approval of the director of the budget, as
needed to accomplish the intent of this
appropriation ............................... 61,000,000
For grants to schools and other eligible
entities for the 21st century community
learning centers pursuant to title IV of
the elementary and secondary education
act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent
provision of law, a portion of this appro-
priation may be suballocated to other
state departments and agencies, subject to
the approval of the director of the budg-
et, as needed to accomplish the intent of
this appropriation .......................... 96,526,000
For grants to schools and other eligible
entities for the charter schools program
pursuant to title V of the elementary and
secondary education act. Notwithstanding
any inconsistent provision of law, a
portion of this appropriation may be
suballocated to other state departments
and agencies, subject to the approval of
the director of the budget, as needed to
accomplish the intent of this appropri-
ation ....................................... 28,000,000
For grants to schools and other eligible
entities for the rural education initi-
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ative pursuant to title VI of the elemen-
tary and secondary education act.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, a portion of this appropriation
may be suballocated to other state depart-
ments and agencies, subject to the
approval of the director of the budget, as
needed to accomplish the intent of this
appropriation ................................ 5,000,000
For grants to schools and other eligible
entities for homeless education program
pursuant to title X of the elementary and
secondary education act. Notwithstanding
any inconsistent provision of law, a
portion of this appropriation may be
suballocated to other state departments
and agencies, subject to the approval of
the director of the budget, as needed to
accomplish the intent of this appropri-
ation ........................................ 8,000,000
For grants to schools and other eligible
entities for specific programs including,
but not limited to, the Carl D. Perkins
vocational and applied technology educa-
tion act (VTEA).
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, a portion of this appropriation
may be suballocated to other state depart-
ments and agencies, subject to the
approval of the director of the budget, as
needed to accomplish the intent of this
appropriation ............................... 68,578,000
For various grants to schools and other
eligible entities. Notwithstanding any
inconsistent provision of law, a portion
of this appropriation may be suballocated
to other state departments and agencies,
subject to the approval of the director of
the budget, as needed to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation ................ 29,425,000
For the education of individuals with disa-
bilities including up to $3,000,000 for
services and expenses of early childhood
direction centers and $500,000 for
services and expenses of the center for
autism and related disabilities at the
state university of New York at Albany.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, a portion of the funds appropri-
ated herein shall be available, subject to
a plan developed by the commissioner of
education and approved by the director of
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the budget, for grants to ensure appropri-
ately certified teachers in schools
providing special services or programs as
defined in paragraphs e, g, i and l of
subdivision 2 of section 4401 of the
education law to children placed by school
districts and in approved preschool
programs that provide full and half-day
educational programs in accordance with
section 4410 of the education law for
children placed by school district.
Provided further that, in the allocation
of funds, priority shall be given to those
programs with a demonstrated need to
increase the number of certified teachers
to comply with state and federal require-
ments. Such funds shall be made available
for such activities as certification prep-
aration, training, assisting schools with
personnel shortages and supporting activ-
ities that improve the delivery of
services to improve results for children
with disabilities. Provided further that
notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, of the funds appropriated herein:
(i) $2,000,000 shall be available for
payments to schools providing special
services or programs as defined in para-
graphs e, g, i, and l of subdivision 2 of
section 4401 of the education law to help
prevent excessive instructional staff
turnover through a targeted adjustment of
compensation for teachers providing direct
instructional services to students at such
schools. The commissioner of education
shall develop an allocation plan, subject
to the approval of the director of the
budget, that distributes funds appropri-
ated herein among eligible schools, as
defined herein, that qualify based on the
following criteria: eligible schools are
those that have complied with all applica-
ble requirements for previous grants for
this purpose and whose average teacher
salary are below the salary provided for
similarly qualified teachers in public
schools in the region in which such eligi-
ble school is located. The allocation to
each qualifying school shall be calculated
based on the number of weighted full time
equivalent (FTE) staff, as defined herein,
in the per FTE award amount. The total
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number of weighted FTE shall be determined
by multiplying the actual number of FTE
teachers providing classroom instruction
at each school, as determined by the
commissioner, by: 1) a factor of 2.0 for
those schools where average salaries that
are 50 percent or less of those in public
school located in the same geographic
region; 2) a factor of 1.5 for those
schools where average salaries that are 50
percent and 75 percent of public schools
located in the same geographic region; or
3) a factor of 1.0 for those schools where
the average salaries that are 75-100
percent of public schools located in the
same geographic region. The per FTE teach-
er award amount shall be calculated by
dividing the $2,000,000 by the total
number of weighted FTE staff; (ii)
$2,000,000 shall be available for payments
to schools providing special services or
programs as defined in paragraphs e, g, i,
and l of subdivision 2 of section 4401 of
the education law and approved preschool
programs in accordance with section 4410
of the education law to help prevent
excessive instructional staff turnover
through a targeted adjustment of compen-
sation for teachers providing direct
instructional services to students at such
schools. The commissioner of education
shall develop an allocation plan, subject
to the approval of the director of the
budget, that distributes funds appropri-
ated herein among eligible schools; (iii)
up to $10,000,000 shall be available for
costs associated with schools operated
under article 85 of the education law
which otherwise would be payable through
the department's general fund aid to
localities appropriation, provided further
that notwithstanding any inconsistent
provision of law, any disbursements
against this $10,000,000 shall immediately
reduce the amounts appropriated in the
education department's general fund aid to
localities for costs associated with
schools operated under article 85 of the
education law by an equivalent amount, and
the portion of such general fund appropri-
ation so affected shall have no further
force or effect. Notwithstanding any
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provision of the law to the contrary,
funds appropriated herein shall be avail-
able for payment of liabilities heretofore
accrued or hereafter to accrue and,
subject to the approval of the director of
the budget, such funds shall be available
to the department net of disallowances,
refunds, reimbursements and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, a portion of this appropriation
may be suballocated to other state depart-
ments and agencies, as needed, to accom-
plish the intent of this appropriation ..... 815,347,000
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Program account subtotal ............... 3,126,536,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Health and Human Services Fund
Federal Health and Human Services Account - 25122
For grants to schools for specific programs .... 5,000,000
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Program account subtotal ................... 5,000,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Federal Operating Grants Account - 25456
For grants to schools for specific programs .... 5,000,000
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Program account subtotal ................... 5,000,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Fund
Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Account - 25026
For grants to schools and other eligible
entities for programs funded through the
national school lunch act ................ 1,109,310,000
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Program account subtotal ............... 1,109,310,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Other
Charter School Stimulus Fund
Charter School Stimulus Account - 20601
For services and expenses related to devel-
opment, implementation and operation of
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charter schools, including facility costs
and loans to authorized schools, and
including funds available for transfer for
the administrative/technical support
services provided by the charter school
institute of the state university of New
York. This appropriation shall only be
available for expenditure upon the
approval of an expenditure plan by the
director of the budget ...................... 20,000,000
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Program account subtotal .................. 20,000,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Other
State Lottery Fund
State Lottery Account - 20901
For general support for public schools for
the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years,
provided that, notwithstanding any other
provision of law to the contrary, in
computing the additional lottery grant
pursuant to subparagraph (4) of paragraph
b of subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the
state finance law for the 2015-16 school
year, the base grant shall not exceed
$1,978,980,000. Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, the
portion of this appropriation covering
fiscal year 2015-16 shall supersede and
replace any appropriation for this item
covering fiscal year 2015-16 set forth in
chapter 53 of the laws of 2014 or set
forth in chapter 53 of the laws of 2014 as
amended. Notwithstanding section 40 of the
state finance law or any provision of law
to the contrary, this appropriation shall
lapse on March 31, 2017 .................. 3,919,960,000
For allowances to private schools for the
blind and deaf for the 2015-16 and 2016-17
school years, provided that no more than
$20,000 shall be available for the 2015-16
state fiscal year payment. Notwithstanding
any provision of law to the contrary, the
portion of this appropriation covering
fiscal year 2015-16 shall supersede and
replace any appropriation for this item
covering fiscal year 2015-16 set forth in
chapter 53 of the laws of 2014. Notwith-
standing section 40 of the state finance
law or any provision of law to the contra-
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ry, this appropriation shall lapse on
March 31, 2017 .................................. 40,000
For general support for public schools, for
the June 2014-15 and June 2015-16 school
year payments, provided that no more than
$240,000,000 shall be available for the
2015-16 state fiscal year payments for
general support for public schools.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, the portion of this appro-
priation covering fiscal year 2015-16
shall supersede and replace any appropri-
ation for this item covering fiscal year
2015-16 set forth in chapter 53 of the
laws of 2014. Notwithstanding section 40
of the state finance law or any provision
of law to the contrary, this appropriation
shall lapse on March 31, 2017 .............. 480,000,000
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Program account subtotal ............... 4,400,000,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Other
State Lottery Fund
VLT Education Account - 20904
For general support for public schools for
the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years, for
grants awarded pursuant to subparagraph
(2-a) of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of
section 92-c of the state finance law,
provided that no more than $952,000,000
shall be available for the 2015-16 state
fiscal year payments for general support
for public schools for the 2015-16 school
year. Notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, the portion of this
appropriation covering fiscal year 2015-16
shall supersede and replace any appropri-
ation for this item covering fiscal year
2015-16 set forth in chapter 53 of the
laws of 2014 or set forth in chapter 53 of
the laws of 2014 as amended. Notwithstand-
ing section 40 of the state finance law or
any provision of law to the contrary, this
appropriation shall lapse on March 31,
2017 ..................................... 1,948,000,000
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Program account subtotal ............... 1,948,000,000
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SCHOOL TAX RELIEF PROGRAM ................................ 3,229,295,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Other
School Tax Relief Fund
School Tax Relief Account - 20551
For payments to local governments and New
York city relating to the school tax
relief (STAR) program including state aid
pursuant to section 1306-a of the real
property tax law and section 54-f of the
state finance law, except to the extent
that such funds shall be applied as an
offset against the past-due state tax
liabilities of certain property owners
pursuant to section 425 of the real prop-
erty tax law and section 171-y of the tax
law, provided however, notwithstanding any
other law to the contrary, the monies
hereby appropriated shall not be used
until such time a law is enacted providing
that the tax savings under the STAR
program applicable to any portion shall
not exceed the tax savings applicable to
that portion in the prior school year. Up
to $5,000,000 of the funds appropriated
hereby may be suballocated or transferred
to the department of taxation and finance
for the purpose of making direct payments
to certain property owners from the
account established pursuant to subpara-
graph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivi-
sion 14 of section 425 of the real proper-
ty tax law ............................... 3,229,295,000
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ADULT CAREER AND CONTINUING EDUCATION SERVICES PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For case services provided on or after October 1, 2012 to disabled
individuals in accordance with economic eligibility criteria devel-
oped by the department ... 54,000,000 ............ (re. $25,705,000)
For services and expenses of independent living centers ..............
12,361,000 ........................................ (re. $5,060,000)
For college readers aid payments ... 294,000 ............ (re. $294,000)
For services and expenses of supported employment and integrated
employment opportunities provided on or after October 1, 2012:
For services and expenses of programs providing or leading to the
provision of time-limited services or long-term support services ...
15,160,000 ........................................ (re. $7,808,000)
For grants to schools for programs involving literacy and basic educa-
tion for public assistance recipients for the 2014-15 school year
for those programs administered by the state education department
... 1,843,000 ..................................... (re. $1,843,000)
For competitive grants for adult literacy/education aid to public and
private not-for-profit agencies, including but not limited to, 2 and
4 year colleges, community based organizations, libraries, and
volunteer literacy organizations and institutions which meet quality
standards promulgated by the commissioner of education to provide
programs of basic literacy, high school equivalency, and English as
a second language to persons 16 years of age or older for the
remaining payments of 2013-14 school year and for the 2014-15 school
year, provided further that no more than $300,000 shall be available
for remaining payments for the 2013-14 school year .................
5,293,000 ......................................... (re. $5,166,000)
For additional competitive grants for adult literacy education aid to
public and private not-for-profit agencies, including but not limit-
ed to, 2 and 4 year colleges, community based organization,
libraries, and volunteer literacy organizations and institutions to
provide programs of basic literacy, high school equivalency, and
English as a second language to persons 16 years of age or older,
funds appropriated herein shall be available for payments of liabil-
ities heretofore or hereafter to accrue ............................
1,000,000 ........................................... (re. $293,000)
For remaining payments for the 2013-14 school year for additional
competitive grants for a $1,000,000 program of adult literacy educa-
tion aid to public and private not-for-profit agencies, including
but not limited to, 2 and 4 year colleges, community based organiza-
tion, libraries, and volunteer literacy organizations and insti-
tutions to provide programs of basic literacy, high school equiv-
alency, and English as a second language to persons 16 years of age
or older ... 300,000 ................................ (re. $300,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
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For case services provided on or after October 1, 2010 to disabled
individuals in accordance with economic eligibility criteria devel-
oped by the department ... 54,000,000 ................ (re. $13,000)
For services and expenses of independent living centers ..............
12,361,000 ........................................... (re. $82,000)
For college readers aid payments ... 294,000 .......... (re. $294,000)
For services and expenses of supported employment and integrated
employment opportunities provided on or after October 1, 2010:
For services and expenses of programs providing or leading to the
provision of time-limited services or long-term support services ...
15,160,000 .......................................... (re. $203,000)
For grants to schools for programs involving literacy and basic educa-
tion for public assistance recipients for the 2013-14 school year
for those programs administered by the state education department
... 1,843,000 ....................................... (re. $619,000)
For competitive grants for adult literacy/education aid to public and
private not-for-profit agencies, including but not limited to, 2 and
4 year colleges, community based organizations, libraries, and
volunteer literacy organizations and institutions which meet quality
standards promulgated by the commissioner of education to provide
programs of basic literacy, high school equivalency, and English as
a second language to persons 16 years of age or older for the
remaining payments of 2012-13 school year and for the 2013-14 school
year, provided further that no more than $300,000 shall be available
for remaining payments for the 2012-13 school year .................
5,293,000 ........................................... (re. $324,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For case services provided on or after October 1, 2010 to disabled
individuals in accordance with economic eligibility criteria devel-
oped by the department ... 54,000,000 ................. (re. $4,000)
For college readers aid payments ... 294,000 .......... (re. $145,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Education Fund
Federal Department of Education Account - 25210
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For case services provided to individuals with disabilities ..........
70,000,000 ....................................... (re. $70,000,000)
For the independent living program ... 2,572,000 ...... (re. $2,572,000)
For the supported employment program ... 2,500,000 .... (re. $2,500,000)
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for adult basic
education, literacy, and civics education pursuant to the workforce
investment act ... 48,704,000 .................... (re. $45,447,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For case services provided to individuals with disabilities ..........
70,000,000 ....................................... (re. $68,958,000)
For the independent living program ... 2,572,000 .... (re. $2,572,000)
For the supported employment program ... 2,500,000 .. (re. $2,500,000)
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For grants to schools and other eligible entities for adult basic
education, literacy, and civics education pursuant to the workforce
investment act ... 48,704,000 .................... (re. $10,000,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For case services provided to individuals with disabilities ..........
70,000,000 ....................................... (re. $31,310,000)
For the independent living program ... 2,572,000 .... (re. $1,252,000)
For the supported employment program ... 2,500,000 .. (re. $2,500,000)
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for adult basic
education, literacy, and civics education pursuant to the workforce
investment act ... 48,704,000 ..................... (re. $1,000,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Other
Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund
VESID Social Security Account - 22001
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For the rehabilitation of social security disability beneficiaries ...
11,760,000 ....................................... (re. $11,760,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For the rehabilitation of social security disability beneficiaries ...
11,760,000 ....................................... (re. $11,760,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, laws of 2012:
For the rehabilitation of social security disability beneficiaries ...
11,760,000 ........................................ (re. $3,000,000)
CULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
Aid to public libraries including aid to New York public library
(NYPL) and NYPL's science industry and business library. Provided
that, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to
the contrary, such aid, and the state's liability therefor, shall
represent fulfillment of the state's obligation for this program ...
81,627,000 ........................................ (re. $5,465,000)
For additional aid to public libraries for reimbursement of costs
associated with the payment of the metropolitan commuter transporta-
tion mobility tax, subject to an allocation plan developed by the
commissioner of education and approved by the director of the budget
... 1,300,000 ..................................... (re. $1,300,000)
Aid to educational television and radio. Notwithstanding any provision
of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the amount appropriated
herein shall represent fulfillment of the state's obligation for
this program ... 14,002,000 ....................... (re. $1,401,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
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Aid to public libraries including aid to New York public library
(NYPL) and NYPL's science industry and business library. Provided
that, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to
the contrary, such aid, and the state's liability therefor, shall
represent fulfillment of the state's obligation for this program ...
81,627,000 ........................................... (re. $36,000)
Special Revenue Fund - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Federal Operating Grants Account - 25300
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For aid to public libraries pursuant to various federal laws including
the library services technology act ................................
5,400,000 ......................................... (re. $5,400,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For aid to public libraries pursuant to various federal laws including
the library services technology act ................................
5,400,000 ......................................... (re. $2,200,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Other
New York State Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund
Local Government Records Management Account - 20501
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
Grants to individual local governments or groups of cooperating local
governments as provided in section 57.35 of the arts and cultural
affairs law ... 8,346,000 ......................... (re. $6,109,000)
Aid for documentary heritage grants and aid to eligible archives,
libraries, historical societies, museums, and to certain organiza-
tions including the state education department that provide services
to such programs ... 461,000 ........................ (re. $453,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
Grants to individual local governments or groups of cooperating local
governments as provided in section 57.35 of the arts and cultural
affairs law ... 8,346,000 ......................... (re. $3,147,000)
Aid for documentary heritage grants and aid to eligible archives,
libraries, historical societies, museums, and to certain organiza-
tions including the state education department that provide services
to such programs ... 461,000 ......................... (re. $92,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
Grants to individual local governments or groups of cooperating local
governments as provided in section 57.35 of the arts and cultural
affairs law ... 8,346,000 ......................... (re. $5,000,000)
OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE PROFESSIONS PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
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By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For liberty partnerships program awards as prescribed by section 612
of the education law as added by chapter 425 of the laws of 1988.
Notwithstanding any other section of law to the contrary, funding
for such programs in the 2014-15 fiscal year shall be limited to the
amount appropriated herein ... 12,918,260 ........ (re. $11,537,000)
For higher education opportunity program awards. Funds appropriated
herein shall be used by independent colleges to expand opportunities
for the educationally and economically disadvantaged at independent
institutions of higher learning ... 24,996,040 ... (re. $22,588,000)
For additional collegiate science and technology entry program (CSTEP)
awards ... 253,000 ................................... (re. $42,000)
For teacher opportunity corps program awards .........................
450,000 ............................................. (re. $450,000)
For services and expenses of the national board for professional
teaching standards certification grant program for the 2014-15
school year ... 368,000 ............................. (re. $368,000)
For postsecondary aid to Native Americans to fund awards to eligible
students. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contra-
ry, the amount herein made available shall constitute the state's
entire obligation for all costs incurred under section 4118 of the
education law in state fiscal year 2014-15 .........................
598,000 ............................................. (re. $598,000)
The appropriation made by chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014, is
hereby amended and reappropriated to read:
For additional higher education opportunity program awards. Funds
appropriated herein shall be used by independent colleges to expand
opportunities for the educationally and economically disadvantaged
at [inde-p] INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING ............
749,000 ............................................. (re. $631,000)
[iForiscience andhtechnologynentry] FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENTRY
program (STEP) awards ... 11,125,030 .............. (re. $9,972,000)
For additional science and technology entry [progr] PROGRAM (STEP)
AWARDS ... 333,000 .................................. (re. $161,000)
[PForwcollegiate] FOR COLLEGIATE science and technology entry program
(CSTEP) awards ... 8,429,520 ...................... (re. $8,018,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For liberty partnerships program awards as prescribed by section 612
of the education law as added by chapter 425 of the laws of 1988.
Notwithstanding any other section of law to the contrary, funding for
such programs in the 2013-14 fiscal year shall be limited to the
amount appropriated herein ... 12,542,000 ......... (re. $6,291,000)
For higher education opportunity program awards. Funds appropriated
herein shall be used by independent colleges to expand opportunities
for the educationally and economically disadvantaged at independent
institutions of higher learning ... 24,268,000 .... (re. $1,972,000)
For science and technology entry program (STEP) awards ...............
10,801,000 .......................................... (re. $621,000)
For collegiate science and technology entry program (CSTEP) awards ...
8,184,000 ........................................... (re. $274,000)
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For teacher opportunity corps program awards .........................
450,000 ............................................. (re. $232,000)
For postsecondary aid to Native Americans to fund awards to eligible
students. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contra-
ry, the amount herein made available shall constitute the state's
entire obligation for all costs incurred under section 4118 of the
education law in state fiscal year 2013-14 .........................
598,000 .............................................. (re. $55,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013, as transferred by chapter
53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses of the national board for professional
teaching standards certificate grant program .......................
250,000 ............................................. (re. $202,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws Of 2012:
For liberty partnerships program awards as prescribed by section 612
of the education law as added by chapter 425 of the laws of 1988.
Notwithstanding any other section of law to the contrary, funding for
such programs in the 2012-13 fiscal year shall be limited to the
amount appropriated herein ... 10,842,000 ........... (re. $253,000)
For higher education opportunity program awards. Funds appropriated
herein shall be used by independent colleges to expand opportunities
for the educationally and economically disadvantaged at independent
institutions of higher learning ... 20,783,000 .... (re. $1,688,000)
For science and technology entry program (STEP) awards ...............
9,774,000 ............................................ (re. $18,000)
For teacher opportunity corps program awards .........................
450,000 .............................................. (re. $22,000)
For services and expenses of the national board for professional
teaching standards certification grant program .....................
368,000 ............................................. (re. $293,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For higher education opportunity program awards. Funds appropriated
herein shall be used by independent colleges to expand opportunities
for the educationally and economically disadvantaged at independent
institutions of higher learning ... 20,783,000 ...... (re. $439,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2010:
For higher education opportunity program awards. Funds appropriated
herein shall be used by independent colleges to expand opportunities
for the educationally and economically disadvantaged at independent
institutions of higher learning ... 20,783,000 .... (re. $1,233,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2009, as amended by chapter
502, section 2, of the laws of 2009:
For higher education opportunity program awards. Funds appropriated
herein shall be used by independent colleges to expand opportunities
for the educationally and economically disadvantaged at independent
institutions of higher learning; provided, however, that the amount
of this appropriation available for expenditure and disbursement on
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and after November 1, 2009 shall be reduced by 12.5 percent of the
amount that was undisbursed as of November 1, 2009 .................
23,752,000 .......................................... (re. $364,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2008, as amended by chapter
496, section 3, of the laws of 2008:
For higher education opportunity program awards. Funds appropriated
herein shall be used by independent colleges to expand opportunities
for the educationally and economically disadvantaged at independent
institutions of higher learning, provided, however, that the amount
of this appropriation available for expenditure and disbursement on
and after September 1, 2008 shall be reduced by six percent of the
amount that was undisbursed as of August 15, 2008 ..................
23,716,000 ........................................... (re. $80,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2007, as transferred by chapter
53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For services and expenses of the national board for professional
teaching standards certification grant program for the 2007-08
school year ... 500,000 ............................. (re. $116,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Education Fund
Federal Department of Education Account - 25210
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for programs pursu-
ant to various federal laws including: title II-A improving teacher
quality program.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, funds appropri-
ated herein may be suballocated, subject to the approval of the
director of the budget, to any state agency or department, and
interchanged to other accounts, to accomplish the purpose of this
appropriation. A portion of this appropriation may be interchanged
to other accounts, as needed to accomplish the intent of this appro-
priation ... 5,000,000 ............................ (re. $5,000,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for programs pursu-
ant to various federal laws including: title II-A improving teacher
quality program.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, funds appropri-
ated herein may be suballocated, subject to the approval of the
director of the budget, to any state agency or department, and
interchanged to other accounts, to accomplish the purpose of this
appropriation. A portion of this appropriation may be interchanged
to other accounts, as needed to accomplish the intent of this appro-
priation ... 5,000,000 ............................ (re. $2,000,000)
OFFICE OF PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE EDUCATION PROGRAM
General Fund
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Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For additional school health services grants to public schools for the
2014-15 school years ... 1,200,000 ................ (re. $1,200,000)
For services and expenses of remaining obligations for the 2013-14
school year for support for the operation of targeted prekindergar-
ten for those providers not eligible to receive funding pursuant to
section 3602-e of the education law and for support for providers
continuing to operate such programs in the 2014-15 school year. Such
funds shall be expended pursuant to a plan developed by the commis-
sioner of education and approved by the director of the budget .....
1,303,000 ......................................... (re. $1,045,000)
Funds appropriated herein shall be available for services and expenses
of a $14,260,000 teacher resources and computer training center
program for the 2014-15 school year ................................
9,982,000 ......................................... (re. $6,236,000)
For services and expenses of remaining obligations of a $14,260,000
teacher resources and computer training centers program for the
2013-14 school year ... 4,278,000 ................. (re. $2,583,000)
For education of children of migrant workers for the 2014-15 school
year ... 89,000 ...................................... (re. $89,000)
For nonpublic school aid payable in the 2014-15 state fiscal year.
Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the
contrary, the amount appropriated herein represents the maximum
amount payable during the 2014-15 state fiscal year ................
97,589,000 ....................................... (re. $97,589,000)
For aid payable for the 2012-13 school year for additional nonpublic
school aid. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, funds
appropriated herein shall be available for payment of aid heretofore
accrued and hereafter to accrue ... 45,204,000 .... (re. $3,970,000)
For academic intervention for nonpublic schools based on a plan to be
developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the
director of the budget ... 922,000 .................. (re. $922,000)
For services and expenses of Safety Equipment for Nonpublic Schools
... 4,500,000 ..................................... (re. $4,500,000)
For services and expenses of the New York state center for school
safety for the 2014-15 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall
be used to operate a statewide center and shall be subject to an
expenditure plan approved by the director of the budget ............
466,000 ............................................. (re. $466,000)
For services and expenses of the health education program for the
2014-15 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for health-related programs including, but not limited to, those
providing instruction and supportive services in comprehensive
health education and/or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
education. Of the amounts appropriated herein, $86,000 shall be
available for the program previously operated as the school health
demonstration program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
the contrary, funds appropriated herein may be suballocated, subject
to the approval of the director of the budget, to any state agency
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or department to accomplish the purpose of this appropriation ......
691,000 ............................................. (re. $691,000)
For competitive grants for the 2014-15 school year for extended day
programs and school violence prevention programs pursuant to section
2814 of the education law provided, however, notwithstanding any
inconsistent provisions of law, eligible entities receiving funds
for extended day programs may include not-for-profit organizations
working in collaboration with a public school or school district ...
24,344,000 ....................................... (re. $18,000,000)
For aid payable for the 2014-15 school year for support of county
vocational education and extension boards pursuant to section 1104
of the education law, provided, however, that notwithstanding any
inconsistent provision of law, rule, or regulation, any apportion-
ment of aid shall be based on a quota amounting to one-half of the
salary paid each teacher, director, assistant, and supervisor, where
such salary is attributable to a course of study first submitted to
the commissioner for approval pursuant to section 1103 of the educa-
tion law on or before July 1, 2010, but not to exceed the amount
computed by the commissioner based upon an assumed annualized salary
equal to ten thousand five hundred dollars per school year on
account of the employment of such teacher, director, assistant or
supervisor and provided further that payment from this appropriation
shall first be made for approved claims for salary expenses for the
2014-15 school year, and any amount remaining after payment of such
claims shall be available for payment of unpaid claims for prior
school years ... 932,000 ............................ (re. $678,000)
For services and expenses of the primary mental health project at the
children's institute for the 2014-15 school year ...................
894,000 ............................................. (re. $671,000)
For services and expenses associated with the math and science high
schools for the 2014-15 school year in the amount of $1,382,000,
provided that such funds shall be allocated equally among those
entities that received program funding for the 2007-08 school year
... 1,382,000 ....................................... (re. $867,000)
Funds appropriated herein shall be available for educational services
and expenses of the Syracuse city school district for the say yes to
education program ... 350,000 ....................... (re. $350,000)
For services and expenses of the center for autism and related disa-
bilities at the state university of New York at Albany .............
740,000 ............................................. (re. $740,000)
For additional services and expenses for the center for autism and
related disabilities at the state university of New York at Albany
... 500,000 ......................................... (re. $500,000)
Work Force Education. For partial reimbursement of services and
expenses per contract hour of work force education conducted by the
consortium for worker education (CWE), a private not-for-profit
corporation programs approved by the commissioner of education that
enable adults who are 21 years of age or older to obtain or retain
employment or improve their work skills capacity to enhance their
opportunities for increased earnings and advancement ...............
11,500,000 ........................................ (re. $5,310,000)
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For the early college high schools program for the 2014-15 school
year, provided, however, that expenditure of funds appropriated
herein shall support the continuation and expansion of the early
college high schools program pursuant to a plan developed by the
commissioner and approved by the director of the budget provided,
further, that a portion of the payment to the early college high
schools program awarded from this appropriation shall be available
on a sliding scale based upon the number of college credits earned
annually by participating students consistent with guidelines estab-
lished by the commissioner. Provided further that, notwithstanding
any provision of law to the contrary, higher education partners
participating in an early college high schools program, or the
entity/entities responsible for setting tuition at the institution,
shall be authorized to set a reduced rate of tuition and/or fees, or
to waive tuition and/or fees entirely, for students enrolled in such
early college high schools program with no reduction in other state,
local or other support for such students earning college credit that
such higher education partner would otherwise be eligible to receive
... 2,000,000 ..................................... (re. $2,000,000)
For the payment of Supplemental Valuation Impact grants ..............
5,300,000 ......................................... (re. $5,300,000)
For purposes of the Just for Kids program at the State University of
New York at Albany ... 235,000 ...................... (re. $235,000)
For educational services and expenses for DACA (Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals) eligible out of school youth and young adults
... 1,000,000 ..................................... (re. $1,000,000)
The appropriation made by chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014, is
hereby amended and reappropriated to read:
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, for general support
for public schools, for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 state fiscal years,
INCLUDING AID FOR THE 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR PAYABLE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 3609-D OF THE EDUCATION LAW, provided, however, that not more
than [39.78637965] 39.90502308 percent of this appropriation shall be
available for payments for the 2014-15 state fiscal year for general
support for public schools for the 2014-15 school year, nor more than
[18.64636879] 18.13080036 percent of this appropriation shall be
available for remaining payments for the 2014-15 school year payable
in the 2015-16 state fiscal year and provided further that notwith-
standing any inconsistent provision of law, the remaining amounts
available for the 2015-16 school year shall be apportioned to school
districts pursuant to the education law and subject to the limitations
of this appropriation including the gap elimination adjustment as
provided for herein.
Provided that, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the
commissioner shall reduce payments due to each school district for the
2014-15 school year pursuant to section 3609-a of the education law by
an amount equal to the gap elimination adjustment for the 2014-15
school year computed for such school district, and such amount shall
be deducted from moneys apportioned for the purposes of payments made
pursuant to section 3609-a of the education law and if the reduction
is greater than the sum of the amounts available for such deductions,
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the remainder of the reduction shall be withheld from payments sched-
uled to be made to the school district pursuant to section 3609-a for
the 2015-16 school year in the 2015-16 state fiscal year, and the
commissioner shall also reduce payments due to each school district
for the 2015-16 school year pursuant to section 3609-a of the educa-
tion law by an amount equal to the gap elimination adjustment for the
2015-16 school year computed for such school district, and such amount
shall be deducted from moneys apportioned for the purposes of payments
made pursuant to section 3609-a of the education law in the 2015-16
state fiscal year, and provided further that an amount equal to the
amount of such deduction shall be deemed to have been paid to the
school district pursuant to section 3602 of the education law for the
school year for which such deduction is made. The commissioner shall
compute such gap elimination adjustment and shall provide a schedule
of such reduction in payments to the state comptroller, the director
of the budget, the chair of the senate finance committee and the chair
of the assembly ways and means committee, and provided further that
the gap elimination adjustment for the 2014-15 school year shall be
the sum of the gap elimination adjustment for the 2013-14 school year
and the gap elimination adjustment restoration amount for the 2014-15
school year, where the gap elimination adjustment for the 2013-14
school year shall equal the amount set forth for each school district
as "GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT" under the heading "2013-14 ESTIMATED
AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner
of education in support of the enacted budget for the 2013-2014 school
year and entitled "SA131-4".
Provided further that notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law,
the gap elimination adjustment restoration amount for the 2014-15
school year for a school district shall be computed based on data on
file with the commissioner of education and in the database used by
the commissioner of education to produce an updated electronic data
file in support of the enacted budget for the 2014-15 state fiscal
year and entitled "SA141-5" and shall equal the greater of: (i) the
product of 14.13 percent [(0,,1413.)'] (0.1413) multiplied by the gap
elimination adjustment for the base year or (ii) the positive differ-
ence of (a) the product of twenty-nine percent (0.29) multiplied by
the absolute value of[,] the amount set forth for such school district
as "GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT" under the heading "2011-12
ESTIMATED[',]AIDS"['An the::::sthool] IN THE SCHOOL aid computer list-
ing produced by the commissioner of education in support of the execu-
tive budget request submitted for the 2011-12 state fiscal year and
entitled "BT111-2" minus the gap elimination adjustment for the base
year or (iii) seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) or (iv) the sum of
(A) the product of the FRPL restoration amount multiplied by the base
year public school district enrollment as computed pursuant to subpar-
agraph 2 of paragraph n of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the educa-
tion law multiplied by the three-year average free and reduced price
lunch percent, provided further, for the purposes of this appropri-
ation the FRPL restoration amount shall equal (1) for a city school
district of a city having a population in excess of one hundred twen-
ty-five thousand and less than one million, five dollars ($5.00) or
(2) for a city school district of a city having a population in excess
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of one million, one hundred four dollars and forty cents ($104.40) or
(3) for all other school districts forty-three dollars ($43.00) and
(B) for a school district with (1) a three-year average free and
reduced price lunch percent greater than sixty-five percent (0.65)and
(2) base year public school district enrollment as computed pursuant
to subparagraph 2 of paragraph n of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of
the education greater than thirty-five hundred (3,500) and for which
(3) the quotient ['of-'] OF (a) the positive difference, if_any,
[.the,] OF THE absolute value of the amount set forth for such
[;:School a strict 'aS] SCHOOL DISTRICT AS "GAP ELIMINATION ADJUST-
MENT" under["] the heading [72011-12] "2011-12 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the
school aid[.: computer', sting:.] COMPUTER LISTING produced by the
commissioner of education in support[, -or-,] OF the executive budget
request submitted for the 2011-12[:,] state fiscal year and entitled
"BT111-2" minus the positive difference of the absolute value of the
amount set forth for such school district as "GAP ELIMINATION ADJUST-
MENT" under the heading "2014-15 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid
computer listing produced by the commissioner of education in support
of the executive budget request submitted for the 2014-15 state fiscal
year and entitled "BT141-5" divided by (b) the absolute value of the
amount set forth for such school district as "GAP ELIMINATION[']
ADJUSTMENT" under the heading "2011-12 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school
aid computer listing produced by the commissioner of education in
support of the executive budget request submitted for the 2011-12
state fiscal year and entitled "BT111-2" is less than sixty percent
(0.60), the product of one hundred and forty-three dollars ($143.00)
multiplied by the base year public school district enrollment as
computed pursuant to subparagraph 2 of paragraph n of subdivision 1 of
section 3602 of the education law and (C) for a school district other
than a city school district of a city having a population in excess of
one million for which the quotient of (a)the positive difference, if
any, of the limited English proficient count for the base year minus
the limited English proficient count for the 2008-09 school year
divided by (b) the limited English proficient count [for...the] FOR
THE two thousand eight -- two thousand nine school year is["] greater
than five percent (0.05), the product of one thousand-five hundred
dollars ($1,500) multiplied by the positive difference, if any of the
limited English proficient count[,] for the base year minus the limit-
ed English proficient count for the 2008-09 school year multiplied by
such districts extraordinary needs percent as computed pursuant to
paragraph w of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law and
(D) for a school district for which the quotient of the number of
persons aged 5 to 17 [Within] WITHIN the school district, based on the
most recent [decennial-census] DECENNIAL CENSUS as tabulated by the
National Center on Education Statistics, who were enrolled in public
schools and whose families had incomes below the poverty level,
divided by the total number of persons aged five to seventeen within
the school district, based on such decennial census, who were enrolled
in public schools, computed to four decimals without rounding is
greater than eighteen percent (0.18), the product of four hundred and
ninety-five dollars ($495) multiplied by the positive difference, if
any of the base year public school district enrollment as computed
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pursuant to subparagraph two of paragraph n of subdivision 1 of
section 3602 of the education law minus the 2010-11 public school
district enrollment, as computed pursuant to subparagraph 2 of para-
graph n of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law and (E)
for a school district for which (1) the quotient of the 2013-14 gap
elimination adjustment divided by the total general fund expenditures
for such district for the base year exceeds five percent (0.05), the
product of ninety dollars ($90.00) multiplied by the base year public
school district enrollment, as computed pursuant to paragraph n of
subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law and (F) for school
districts for which the quotient of non public school district enroll-
ment divided by the sum of the non public school district enrollment
and the base[:]year['] public school district enrollment as computed
pursuant to subparagraph 2 of paragraph n of subdivision 1 of section
[3,602] 3602 of the education law is greater than twenty-five
hundredths [0;25)] (0.25), the product of (1) the quotient of non
public [School] SCHOOL district enrollment divided by the sum of the
non public school district enrollment and the base year public
[School] SCHOOL district enrollment as computed pursuant to subpara-
graph[,] 2 paragraph n of subdivision one of section 3602 of the
education["] law multiplied by (2) the extraordinary needs percent as
computed pursuant to paragraph w of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of
the education law multiplied by (3) the base year public school
district enrollment as computed pursuant to subparagraph 2 of para-
graph n of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law multi-
plied by (4) three hundred and fifty dollars ($350.00) and (G) for
school districts that: (1) were designated as average need pursuant to
clause (c) of subparagraph 2 of paragraph c of subdivision 6 of
section 3602 of the education law for the school aid computer listing
produced by the commissioner of education in support of the enacted
budget for the 2007-08 school year and entitled "SA0708" and (2) a
combined wealth ratio computed pursuant to subparagraph one of para-
graph c of subdivision 3 of section 3602 of the education law of less
than one (1.0) or for a school district designated as high need [urban
suburban] URBAN-SUBURBAN pursuant to clause (c) of subparagraph 2 of
paragraph c of subdivision 6 of section [3.602] 3602 of the education
law for the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner
of education in support of the enacted budget for the 2007-08 school
year and entitled "SA0708", the product of fifty-one dollars ($51.00)
multiplied by the base year public [,]school district enrollment as
computed pursuant to subparagraph two of paragraph n of subdivision 1
of section 3602 of [t1e '] THE education law and (H) for a school
district designated as rural[.] high need pursuant to clause (c) of
subparagraph 2 of paragraph c of subdivision 6 of section 3602 OF the
education law for the school aid computer listing[:] produced by the
commissioner of education in support[.. o] OF the enacted budget for
the 2007-08 school year and entitled "SA0708", the product of two
hundred dollars ($200.00) multiplied by the base year public school
district enrollment as computed pursuant to subparagraph two of para-
graph n of subdivision [':.]1 of section 3602 of the education law and
(I) for school districts that were designated as small city school
districts or central school districts whose boundaries include a
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portion of a small city for the school aid computer listing produced
by the commissioner of education in support of the enacted budget for
the 2014-15 school year and entitled "SA1415" the product of twenty-
five dollars ($25.00) multiplied by the base year public school
district enrollment as computed pursuant to subparagraph two of para-
graph n of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law and for
school districts for which the quotient, computed [']to two decimals
without rounding, of the public school enrollment of the school
district on the date enrollment was counted for the base year divided
by the square miles of the district, as determined by the commissioner
of education is less than two hundred and fifty (250), the product of
sixteen dollars ($16.00) multiplied by the base year public school
district enrollment as computed pursuant to subparagraph 2 of para-
graph n of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law and (J)
For a district for which (1) the quotient, computed to two decimals
without rounding, of the public school enrollment of the school
district on the date enrollment was counted for the base year divided
by the square miles of the district, as determined by the commissioner
of education is greater than eight hundred (800) and (2) the tax
effort ratio, as defined in subdivision 16 [of-section] OF SECTION
3602 of the education law is greater than four and (3) the base year
public school district enrollment as computed pursuant to subparagraph
2 of paragraph n of subdivision [I] 1 of section [1 360.2] 3602 OF the
education law is greater than the 2010-11[.] public school district
enrollment as computed [16] pursuant to subparagraph 2 of paragraph n
of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law, the product of
two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) multiplied by the base year
public school district enrollment as [computed-pursuant] COMPUTED
PURSUANT to subparagraph 2 of paragraph n of subdivision 1 of section
3602 of the education law, provided that such amount shall not exceed
one million dollars ($1,000,000) and (K) For school districts that
were: (1) designated as low or average need pursuant to clause (c) of
subparagraph 2 of paragraph c of subdivision six of section 3602 of
the education [20] law for the school aid computer listing produced by
the commissioner of education in support of the enacted budget for the
2007-08 SCHOOL YEAR and entitled "SA0708", or in the case of a reor-
ganized district that had a predecessor district that was so desig-
nated and (2) designated as high need pursuant to the regulations of
the commissioner of education in the most recently available study
included in the school aid computer listing produced by the commis-
sioner of education in support of the enacted budget for the 2013-14
state fiscal year and entitled "SA131-4" known as the 2008 need
resource capacity category code, the product of (a) the positive
difference, if any, of the absolute value of the amount set forth for
such school district as "GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT" under the heading
"2011-12 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced
by the commissioner of education in support of the executive budget
request submitted for the 2011-12 state fiscal year and entitled
"BT111-2", minus [theorbduct] THE PRODUCT of six and eight tenths
percent (0.068): multiplied by the ['']total general fund expenditures
of such district for the 2010-11 school year, multiplied by (b)
fifty-five hundredths [A0.55)] (0.55) and (L) the amount set forth
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[by] FOR such school district as "GEA RESTORATION['.'-]" under the
[he4ding12014-15] HEADING "2014-15 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid
[']computer listing produced by the commissioner of education in[,]
support of the executive budget request submitted for the 2014-15
state fiscal year and entitled "BT141-5". Provided further, notwith-
standing any provision of law to the contrary, that a district's gap
elimination adjustment restoration for the 2014-15 school year shall
not exceed the product of seventy percent (0.70) and the gap elimi-
nation adjustment for the base year for the district. [Provided
further that the gap elimination adjustment restoration amount for the
2015-16 school year and thereafter shall equal the product of the gap
elimination percentage for such district and the gap elimination
adjustment restoration allocation established pursuant to subdivision
18 of section 3602 of the education law.]
Provided further that the gap elimination adjustment restoration amount
for the 2015-2016 school year [and thereafter] shall equal [the prod-
uct of the gap elimination percentage for such district and] the gap
elimination adjustment restoration allocation established pursuant to
subdivision 18 of section 3602 of the education law.
Provided further that the gap elimination adjustment for the 2015-16
school year shall be equal to the gap elimination adjustment for the
2014-15 school year, [plus, if the preliminary growth amount exceeds
the allowable growth amount, the product of the gap elimination
adjustment percentage for such school district and the positive
difference, if any, between the preliminary growth amount less the
allowable growth amount, and] less the gap elimination adjustment
restoration amount for the 2015-16 school year, if any, allocated
pursuant to a chapter of the laws of New York.
Provided further that, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of
law, for the 2014-2015 school year, in lieu of the apportionment
computed pursuant to subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education
law, a school district, other than a special act school district as
defined in subdivision [6] 8 of section 4001 of the education law,
from funds appropriated herein shall be eligible for total foundation
aid equal to the sum of the total foundation aid base computed pursu-
ant to paragraph j of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education
law, plus the phase-in foundation increase factor, which shall equal
for the 2014-15 school year: (1) for a city school district in a city
having a population of one million or more, four and thirty-two
hundredths percent(0.0432) or (2) for a school district other than a
city school district having a population of one million or more for
which (A) the quotient of the positive difference of the foundation
formula aid minus the foundation aid base computed pursuant to para-
graph j of subdivision one of this section divided by the foundation
formula aid is greater than twenty-two percent (0.22) and (B) a
combined wealth ratio less than thirty-five hundredths (0.35), seven
percent (0.07) or (3) for all other school districts, four and thir-
ty-one hundredths percent (0.0431), provided further that, notwith-
standing any inconsistent provision of law, for the 2014-15 school
year a city school district of a city having a population of one
million or more may use amounts apportioned pursuant to this subdivi-
sion for afterschool programs.
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Provided further that notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law,
no school district shall be eligible for an apportionment of general
support for public schools from the funds appropriated herein for the
2014-15 school year [or 2015-16 school year] in excess of the amount
apportioned to such school district in the base year, as defined in
subdivision 1 of section 3602 of education law, unless such school
district has submitted documentation that has been approved by the
commissioner of education by September 1 of the current year, as
defined in subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law, demon-
strating that it has fully implemented the standards and procedures
for conducting annual professional performance reviews of classroom
teachers and building principals in accordance with the requirements
of section 3012-c of the education law and the commissioner of
education's regulations, and provided further that, any apportionment
withheld pursuant to this appropriation shall not occur prior to April
1 of the current year and shall not have any effect on the base year
calculation for use in the subsequent school year.
Provided further that, if any payments of ineligible amounts pursuant to
THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING PARAGRAPH OF this appropriation were made,
and the school district has not submitted documentation that has been
approved by the commissioner of education by September 1 of the
current school year demonstrating that it has fully implemented the
standards and procedures for conducting annual professional perform-
ance reviews of classroom teachers and building principals in accord-
ance with the requirements of section 3012-c of the education law and
the regulations of the commissioner of education, the total amount of
such payments shall be deducted from future payments to the school
district; provided further that, if the amount of the deduction is
greater than the sum of the amounts available for such deductions in
the applicable school year, the remainder of the deduction shall be
withheld from payments from funds appropriated herein scheduled to be
made to the school district pursuant to section 3609-a of the educa-
tion law for the subsequent school year.
PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF
LAW, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE INCREMENTAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN
ACHIEVE MAXIMUM EDUCATION IMPACT, AND IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAXIMIZE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN
TEACHING THROUGH ACCOUNTABILITY, A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE
FOR ANY APPORTIONMENT OF GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INCLUDING
FROM THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN, FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR IN
EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT APPORTIONED TO SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE BASE
YEAR, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION
LAW, IF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING A
PLAN ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT HAS
BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER BY SEPTEMBER 1 OF THE CURRENT YEAR,
AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION LAW,
DEMONSTRATING THAT IT HAS FULLY IMPLEMENTED AT A MINIMUM THE FOLLOWING
STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORM-
ANCE REVIEWS OF CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND BUILDING PRINCIPALS TO DETER-
MINE TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL EFFECTIVENESS THAT PROVIDE FOR: (I) STATE
ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER COMPARABLE MEASURES OF STUDENT GROWTH WHICH
SHALL COMPRISE 50 PERCENT OF THE EVALUATION AND WHICH SHALL BE
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PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN REGULATIONS AND REQUIRE THAT ANY
COMPARABLE MEASURES OF STUDENT GROWTH BE MEASURED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS,
PROVIDED THAT THE EVALUATION SHALL CONTAIN NO LOCALLY SELECTED MEAS-
URES OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT SUBCOMPONENT; (II) SUBJECTIVE MEASURES OF
EFFECTIVENESS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER WHICH SHALL
COMPRISE 50 PERCENT OF THE EVALUATION AND BE LOCALLY DEVELOPED,
PROVIDED THAT (A) AT LEAST 35 PERCENT OF THE EVALUATION SHALL BE BASED
ON AT LEAST ONE UNANNOUNCED OBSERVATION BY AN INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR,
WHICH MAY INCLUDE A BUILDING PRINCIPAL OR ADMINISTRATOR FROM OUTSIDE
OF THE SCHOOL, A TRAINED EVALUATOR FROM A LIST DETERMINED BY THE
COMMISSIONER, OR APPOINTED FACULTY AT A STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
OR CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND (B) THE REMAIN-
ING PERCENTAGE OF THE EVALUATION SHALL BE BASED ON AT LEAST ONE UNAN-
NOUNCED OBSERVATION BY AN ADMINISTRATOR OR PRINCIPAL FROM THE SAME
SCHOOL; AND (III) A SCORING RUBRIC WHICH ENSURES THAT IT IS POSSIBLE
TO RECEIVE ANY ONE OF FOUR RATINGS LIMITED TO HIGHLY EFFECTIVE, EFFEC-
TIVE, DEVELOPING AND INEFFECTIVE, WITH EXPLICIT MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM
SCORING RANGES FOR EACH CATEGORY AND WITH SCORING BANDS FOR THE STATE
ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER COMPARABLE MEASURES SUBCOMPONENT AND THE OTHER
MEASURES OF TEACHER AND LEADER EFFECTIVENESS SUBCOMPONENT AS SET BY
THE DEPARTMENT IN REGULATIONS, PROVIDED THAT IF A CLASSROOM TEACHER OR
BUILDING PRINCIPAL RECEIVES AN INEFFECTIVE RATING ON ANY ONE OF THESE
SUBCOMPONENTS, THE HIGHEST OVERALL COMPOSITE RATING HE OR SHE MAY
RECEIVE IS DEVELOPING.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN ORDER TO ENSURE
THAT THE INCREMENTAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN ACHIEVE MAXIMUM EDUCA-
TION IMPACT, AND IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAXIMIZE
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING THROUGH ACCOUNT-
ABILITY, OFFER STUDENTS ALTERNATIVES TO LOW- PERFORMING AND FAILING
SCHOOLS AND ARE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY ADMINISTERED, A SCHOOL
DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY APPORTIONMENT OF GENERAL SUPPORT
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INCLUDING FROM THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN, FOR
THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT APPORTIONED TO SUCH
SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE BASE YEAR, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION 1 OF
SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, IF (I) THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET
HAS NOTIFIED THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION IN WRITING THAT BY MARCH 31
OF THE BASE YEAR THE LEGISLATURE HAS ENACTED A CHAPTER OR CHAPTERS OF
LAW IDENTICAL TO LEGISLATION SUBMITTED BY THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE VII OF THE NEW YORK CONSTITUTION AS LEGISLATIVE BILL NUMBERS
S.2010-A AND A.3010-A, AND (II) ALL OTHER APPLICABLE ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA AND CONDITIONS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUCH LEGISLATION HAVE
BEEN MET.
PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, IF ANY PAYMENTS OF INELIGIBLE AMOUNTS PURSUANT TO
THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING TWO PARAGRAPHS OF THIS APPROPRIATION WERE
MADE, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUCH PAYMENTS SHALL BE DEDUCTED FROM FUTURE
PAYMENTS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, IF THE AMOUNT
OF THE DEDUCTION IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF THE AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR
SUCH DEDUCTIONS IN THE APPLICABLE SCHOOL YEAR, THE REMAINDER OF THE
DEDUCTION SHALL BE WITHHELD FROM PAYMENTS FROM FUNDS APPROPRIATED
HEREIN SCHEDULED TO BE MADE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SECTION
3609-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW FOR THE SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEAR. PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT THE SUM OF THE INELIGIBLE AMOUNTS PURSUANT TO THE IMME-
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DIATELY PRECEDING TWO PARAGRAPHS OF THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL NOT BE
GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT BY WHICH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S APPORTIONMENT
OF GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED
HEREIN FOR THE APPLICABLE SCHOOL YEAR WOULD OTHERWISE EXCEED THE
AMOUNT APPORTIONED TO SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE PRIOR SCHOOL YEAR.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY APPORTIONMENT WITHHELD PURSUANT TO THIS
APPROPRIATION SHALL NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE BASE YEAR CALCULATION
FOR USE IN THE SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEAR.
Provided further that notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law,
expenditures from a school district's smart schools allocation, as
authorized in a chapter of the laws of 2014 implementing the smart
schools bond act of 2014, shall not be eligible for an apportionment
of the funds appropriated herein.
Provided further that notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law,
for the purposes of this appropriation and of calculating the alloca-
ble growth amount for the 2014-15 school year pursuant to paragraph gg
of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law, the allowable
growth amount shall equal the sum of (i) the product of the positive
difference of the personal income growth index minus one, multiplied
by the statewide total of the sum of (1) the apportionments, including
the gap elimination adjustment, due and owing during the base year to
school districts and boards of cooperative educational services from
the general support for public schools as computed based on an elec-
tronic data file used to produce the school aid computer listing
produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted budget for the
base year plus (2) the competitive awards amount for the base year,
and (ii) $388,000,000 to support increased foundation aid and gap
elimination adjustment restoration for the 2014-15 school year.
Provided further that notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS APPROPRIATION AND OF CALCULATING
THE ALLOCABLE GROWTH AMOUNT FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO
PARAGRAPH GG OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3602 OF THE EDUCATION LAW,
the allowable growth amount for the 2015-16 school year shall equal
THE SUM OF (1) the product of the positive difference of the personal
income growth index minus one, multiplied by the statewide total of
(i) the apportionments, including the gap elimination adjustment, due
and owing during the base year, to school districts and boards of
cooperative educational services from the general support for public
schools as computed based on an electronic data file used to produce
the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in
support of the enacted budget for the base year, excluding any such
apportionments [paid or to be paid from funds] appropriated for such
purpose from the commercial gaming revenue fund plus (ii) the compet-
itive awards amount for the base year [computed pursuant to paragraph
ee of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law], AND (2)
$687,000,000.
Provided further that notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the competitive awards amount for purposes of calculating
the allocable growth amount shall be fifty million dollars for the
2015-16 school year.
Provided further that notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years, the apportionments
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computed pursuant to subdivision 5-a of section 3602 of the education
law shall equal the amounts set forth for such school district as
"SUPPLEMENTAL PUB EXCESS COST" under the heading "2013-14 ESTIMATED
AIDS" in the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner
of education in support of the budget for the 2014-15 school year and
entitled "SA141-5" and that for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years
the apportionments computed pursuant to subdivisions 12 and 16 of
section 3602 shall equal the amounts set forth for such school
district as "ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT" and "HIGH TAX AID" under the head-
ing "2014-15 ESTIMATED AIDS" in the school aid computer listing
produced by the commissioner of education in support of the budget for
the 2014-15 school year and entitled "SA141-5".
PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
CONTRARY, FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE
ELIGIBLE FOR AN APPORTIONMENT COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3602-E OF
THE EDUCATION LAW EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR SUCH SCHOOL
DISTRICT AS "UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN" UNDER THE HEADING "2014-15
ESTIMATED AIDS" IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE
COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION IN SUPPORT OF THE BUDGET FOR THE 2014-15
SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED "SA141-5".
PROVIDED FURTHER THAT TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW, EACH BOARD
OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES RECEIVING A PAYMENT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 3609-D OF THE EDUCATION LAW IN THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR SHALL
BE REQUIRED TO SET ASIDE FROM SUCH PAYMENT AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN THE
AMOUNT OF STATE AID RECEIVED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION 5 OF SECTION 1950
OF THE EDUCATION LAW IN THE BASE YEAR THAT WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COOPER-
ATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENTS (CO-SERS) FOR CAREER EDUCATION, AS DETER-
MINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, AND SHALL BE REQUIRED TO USE
SUCH AMOUNT TO SUPPORT CAREER EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
Provided further that notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, in determining the final payment for the state fiscal year
pursuant to section 3609-a of the education law, the general support
for public schools appropriations for the state fiscal year ending
March 31, 2016 shall be deemed to include the portion of this appro-
priation made available for 2014-15 state fiscal year payments for
general support for public schools as provided for herein added to the
sum of other such designated appropriated amounts, and the director of
the budget, in approving the final payment for the state fiscal year
pursuant to clause (iii) of subparagraph (3) of paragraph b of subdi-
vision 1 of section 3609-a of the education law, may direct the
commissioner of education to apportion an advance in an amount less
than that reported by the commissioner of education pursuant to such
clause (iii) of subparagraph (3) of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of
section 3609-a of the education law, and provided further that FOR THE
2014-15 STATE FISCAL YEAR such reduction shall not exceed the sum of
(1) the amount by which the 2014-15 state fiscal year need computed
based on the electronic data file used to produce the school aid
computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of the
enacted budget for the 2014-15 state fiscal year and entitled
"SA141-5" is less than the amount appropriated for payments for the
2014-15 state fiscal year for general support for public schools, (2)
any amounts withheld in the 2014-15 fiscal year from school districts
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that have not submitted documentation that has been approved by the
commissioner of education by September 1 of the 2014-15 school year
demonstrating that it has fully implemented the standards and proce-
dures for conducting annual professional performance reviews of class-
room teachers and building principals in accordance with the require-
ments of section 3012-c of the education law and the commissioner of
education's regulations and (3) $91,700,000; AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT
FOR THE 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR SUCH REDUCTION SHALL NOT EXCEED THE
SUM OF (1) THE AMOUNT BY WHICH THE 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR NEED
COMPUTED BASED ON THE ELECTRONIC DATA FILE USED TO PRODUCE THE SCHOOL
AID COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE
ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR IS LESS THAN THE
AMOUNT APPROPRIATED FOR PAYMENTS FOR THE 2015-16 STATE FISCAL YEAR FOR
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, (2) ANY AMOUNTS WITHHELD IN THE
2015-16 FISCAL YEAR DUE TO LACK OF THE NOTIFICATION OF ENACTMENT OF A
CHAPTER OR CHAPTERS OF LAW IDENTICAL TO LEGISLATION SUBMITTED BY THE
GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO ARTICLE VII OF THE NEW YORK CONSTITUTION AS
LEGISLATIVE BILL NUMBERS S.2010-A AND A.3010-A AND THE FAILURE TO MEET
ALL OTHER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND CONDITIONS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
SUCH LEGISLATION, AND (3) ANY AMOUNTS WITHHELD IN THE 2015-16 FISCAL
YEAR FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE NOT SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION THAT
HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION BY SEPTEMBER 1,
2015 DEMONSTRATING THAT THEY HAVE FULLY IMPLEMENTED THE STANDARDS AND
PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEWS OF
CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND BUILDING PRINCIPALS AS SET FORTH IN THIS APPRO-
PRIATION.
Provided further that, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of
law, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, funds
appropriated herein may be interchanged with any other item of appro-
priation for general support for public schools within the general
fund local assistance account office of prekindergarten through grade
twelve education program. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, funds appropriated herein shall be available for payment of
liabilities heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, funds
appropriated herein shall be available for payment of financial
assistance net of any disallowances, refunds, reimbursement and cred-
its, and may be suballocated to other departments and agencies to
accomplish the intent of this appropriation subject to the approval of
the director of the budget. Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, the portion of this appropriation covering fiscal year
2014-15 shall supersede and replace any appropriation for this item
covering fiscal year 2014-15 set forth in chapter 53 of the laws of
2013. Notwithstanding section 40 of the state finance law or any
provision of law to the contrary, this appropriation shall lapse on
March 31, 2016 .......................................................
[30,344,968,000] 30,254,748,000 ................ (re. $18,181,583,827)
For phase-in of a five-year plan to implement a statewide universal
full-day prekindergarten program in accordance with section 3602-ee
of the education law, for the purpose of incentivizing and funding
state-of-the-art innovative pre-kindergarten[,] programs and to
encourage program creativity through competition, provided that of
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the amounts appropriated herein, three hundred forty million dollars
($340,000,000) PER YEAR shall be available to reimburse school
districts and/or eligible entities for the cost of awarded[,]
programs operating in the 2014-15 THROUGH 2016-17 school [year]
YEARS [and three hundred forty million dollars ($340;000,000) shall
be available to reimburse school districts and/or eligible entities
for the cost of awarded programs operating in the 2015-16 school
year]; provided further that if the program is oversubscribed in any
region or regions of the state, the department shall notify the
division of the budget, which shall develop a plan for distribution
of available slots within any oversubscribed regions; provided
further that, of the annual amount appropriated herein, the
subscription for the [new] NEW York [city] CITY region is three
hundred million dollars ($300,000,000); provided further that up to
25 percent of a school district's and/or eligible entity's awarded
funds shall be made available in the final quarter of the year in
which services are provided as an advance on subsequent school year
liabilities; provided further that funds appropriated herein shall
only be awarded to school districts and/or eligible entities which
meet requirements provided for in section 3602-ee of the education
law; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
IN ANY SCHOOL YEAR FOR WHICH FUNDS ARE APPROPRIATED HEREIN THAT IS
AFTER A SCHOOL YEAR IN WHICH THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN AND MADE
AVAILABLE TO THE NEW YORK CITY REGION WERE NOT FULLY UTILIZED FOR
SLOTS IN THE NEW YORK CITY REGION, SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE AVAILABLE
FOR A SUBSEQUENT AWARD OF FUNDS IN SUCH REGION.
Provided further that the commissioner of education shall evaluate
applications and make awards on a competitive basis based on merit
and factors including but not limited to (i) curriculum, (ii) family
engagement, (iii) learning environment, (iv) staffing patterns, (v)
teacher education and experience, (vi) facility quality, (vii) phys-
ical well-being, health and nutrition, (viii) partnerships, and (ix)
student and community need, in order to ensure quality of early
childhood education.
Provided further that funds appropriated herein shall only be used to
supplement and not supplant current local expenditure's [3.]of
[:]federal, state or local funds on prekindergarten programs and the
number of [Placements] PLACEMENTS in such programs from such sources
and that current local expenditures shall include any local expendi-
tures of federal, state or local funds used to supplement or extend
services provided directly or via contract to eligible children
enrolled in a universal pre-kindergarten program in accordance with
section 3602-e[e] of the education law. Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, the funds appropriated herein
shall only be available for a statewide universal full-day pre-kin-
dergarten program and, as of July 1, 2016, may be suballocated or
transferred to any other appropriation for the sole purpose of
administering such program. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO
THE CONTRARY, PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES FOR FEWER THAN 180 DAYS
WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION 16 OF SECTION
3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW. Notwithstanding section 40 of the state
finance law or any provision of law to the contrary, this appropri-
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ation shall remain in full force and effect to[.] the maximum extent
allowed by law ... [$]1,500,000,000 ........... (re. $1,500,000,000)
For services and expenses of a $490,000 2014-15 school year program
for mentoring and tutoring OPERATED BY THE HILLSIDE WORK-SCHOLARSHIP
CONNECTION PROGRAM, WHICH IS based on model programs proven to be
effective in producing outcomes that include, but are not limited
to, improved graduation rates, provided that such services shall be
provided to students in one or more city school districts located in
a city having a population in excess of 125,000 and less than
1,000,000 inhabitants [provided further that such program will be
operated by a community based organization] ........................
490,000 ............................................. (re. $490,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For services and expenses of remaining obligations of a $10,220,000
teacher resources and computer training centers program for the
2012-13 school year ... 3,066,000 ................... (re. $249,000)
Funds appropriated herein shall be available for services and expenses
of a $14,260,000 teacher resources and computer training center
program for the 2013-14 school year ................................
9,982,000 ............................................ (re. $47,000)
For nonpublic school aid payable in the 2013-14 state fiscal year.
Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the
contrary, the amount appropriated herein represents the maximum
amount payable during the 2013-14 state fiscal year ................
94,016,000 .......................................... (re. $197,000)
For aid payable for the 2011-12 school year for additional nonpublic
school aid. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, funds
appropriated herein shall be available for payment of aid heretofore
accrued and hereafter to accrue ... 34,549,000 .... (re. $2,249,000)
For academic intervention for nonpublic schools based on a plan to be
developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the
director of the budget ... 922,000 .................. (re. $922,000)
For services and expenses of Safety Equipment for Nonpublic Schools
... 4,500,000 ..................................... (re. $1,435,000)
For services and expenses of the New York state center for school
safety for the 2013-14 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall
be used to operate a statewide center and shall be subject to an
expenditure plan approved by the director of the budget ............
466,000 ............................................. (re. $466,000)
For services and expenses of the health education program for the
2013-14 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for health-related programs including, but not limited to, those
providing instruction and supportive services in comprehensive
health education and/or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
education. Of the amounts appropriated herein, $86,000 shall be
available for the program previously operated as the school health
demonstration program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
the contrary, funds appropriated herein may be suballocated, subject
to the approval of the director of the budget, to any state agency
or department to accomplish the purpose of this appropriation ...
691,000 ............................................. (re. $621,000)
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For competitive grants for the 2013-14 school year for extended day
programs and school violence prevention programs pursuant to section
2814 of the education law provided, however, notwithstanding any
inconsistent provisions of law, eligible entities receiving funds
for extended day programs may include not-for-profit organizations
working in collaboration with a public school or school district ...
24,344,000 ........................................ (re. $3,787,000)
For aid payable for the 2013-14 school year for support of county
vocational education and extension boards pursuant to section 1104
of the education law, provided, however, that notwithstanding any
inconsistent provision of law, rule, or regulation, any apportion-
ment of aid shall be based on a quota amounting to one-half of the
salary paid each teacher, director, assistant, and supervisor, where
such salary is attributable to a course of study first submitted to
the commissioner for approval pursuant to section 1103 of the educa-
tion law on or before July 1, 2010, but not to exceed the amount
computed by the commissioner based upon an assumed annualized salary
equal to ten thousand five hundred dollars per school year on
account of the employment of such teacher, director, assistant or
supervisor and provided further that payment from this appropriation
shall first be made for approved claims for salary expenses for the
2013-14 school year, and any amount remaining after payment of such
claims shall be available for payment of unpaid claims for prior
school years ... 932,000 ............................. (re. $86,000)
For services and expenses of the primary mental health project at the
children's institute for the 2013-14 school year ...................
894,000 ............................................. (re. $364,000)
For services and expenses associated with the math and science high
schools for the 2013-14 school year in the amount of $1,382,000,
provided that such funds shall be allocated equally among those
entities that received program funding for the 2007-08 school year
... 1,382,000 ....................................... (re. $392,000)
Funds appropriated herein shall be available for educational services
and expenses of the Syracuse city school district for the say yes to
education program ... 350,000 ......................... (re. $2,000)
For services and expenses of the center for autism and related disa-
bilities at the state university of New York at Albany .............
740,000 ............................................. (re. $223,000)
For additional aid for the center for autism and related disabilities
at the state university of New York at Albany ......................
250,000 ............................................. (re. $200,000)
For educational services and expenses for DACA (Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals) eligible out of school youth and young adults
... 1,000,000 ..................................... (re. $1,000,000)
The appropriation made by chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013, is
hereby amended and reappropriated to read:
For services and expenses of a $490,000 2013-14 school year program
for mentoring and tutoring OPERATED BY THE HILLSIDE WORK-SCHOLARSHIP
CONNECTION PROGRAM, WHICH IS based on model programs proven to be
effective in producing outcomes that include, but are not limited
to, improved graduation rates, provided that such services shall be
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provided to students in one or more city school districts located in
a city having a population in excess of 125,000 and less than
1,000,000 inhabitants [provided further that such program will be
operated by a community based organization] ........................
490,000 ............................................. (re. $490,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For nonpublic school aid payable in the 2012-13 state fiscal year.
Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the
contrary, the amount appropriated herein represents the maximum
amount payable during the 2012-13 state fiscal year ................
90,400,000 ............................................ (re. $6,000)
For aid payable for additional nonpublic school aid. Notwithstanding
any inconsistent provision of law, funds appropriated herein shall
be available for payment of aid heretofore accrued and hereafter to
accrue provided that, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or
regulation to the contrary, the amount appropriated herein repres-
ents the maximum amount payable during the 2012-13 state fiscal year
... 26,220,000 ...................................... (re. $163,000)
For academic intervention for nonpublic schools based on a plan to be
developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the
director of the budget ... 922,000 .................. (re. $922,000)
For services and expenses of the New York state center for school
safety for the 2012-13 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall
be used to operate a state-wide center and shall be subject to an
expenditure plan approved by the director of the budget ............
466,000 .............................................. (re. $30,000)
For services and expenses of the health education program for the
2012-13 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for health-related programs including, but not limited to, those
providing instruction and supportive services in comprehensive
health education and/or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
education. Of the amounts appropriated herein, $86,000 shall be
available for the program previously operated as the school health
demonstration program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
the contrary, funds appropriated herein may be suballocated, subject
to the approval of the director of the budget, to any state agency
or department to accomplish the purpose of this appropriation ...
691,000 ............................................. (re. $401,000)
For competitive grants for the 2012-13 school year for extended day
programs and school violence prevention programs pursuant to section
2814 of the education law provided, however, notwithstanding any
inconsistent provisions of law, eligible entities receiving funds
for extended day programs may include not-for-profit organizations
working in collaboration with a public school or school district ...
24,344,000 ........................................ (re. $5,720,000)
For services and expenses of the center for autism and related disa-
bilities at the state university of New York at Albany .............
490,000 .............................................. (re. $70,000)
For additional services and expenses of the center for autism and
related disabilities at the state university of New York at Albany
... 250,000 ........................................... (re. $1,000)
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By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For aid payable for additional nonpublic school aid. Notwithstanding
any inconsistent provision of law, funds appropriated herein shall
be available for payment of aid heretofore accrued and hereafter to
accrue provided that, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or
regulation to the contrary, the amount appropriated herein repres-
ents the maximum amount payable during the 2011-12 state fiscal year
... 26,220,000 ........................................ (re. $6,000)
For academic intervention for nonpublic schools based on a plan to be
developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the
director of the budget ... 922,000 .................. (re. $922,000)
For services and expenses of the New York state center for school
safety for the 2011-12 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall
be used to operate a statewide center and shall be subject to an
expenditure plan approved by the director of the budget ............
466,000 ............................................. (re. $366,000)
For services and expenses of the health education program for the
2011-12 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for health-related programs including, but not limited to, those
providing instruction and supportive services in comprehensive
health education and/or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
education. Of the amounts appropriated herein, $86,000 shall be
available for the program previously operated as the school health
demonstration program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
the contrary, funds appropriated herein may be suballocated, subject
to the approval of the director of the budget, to any state agency
or department to accomplish the purpose of this appropriation ......
691,000 ............................................. (re. $327,000)
For competitive grants for the 2011-12 school year for extended day
programs and school violence prevention programs pursuant to section
2814 of the education law provided, however, notwithstanding any
inconsistent provisions of law, eligible entities receiving funds
for extended day programs may include not-for-profit organizations
working in collaboration with a public school or school district ...
24,344,000 ....................................... (re. $11,172,000)
For the smart scholars early college high school program, provided,
however that expenditure of funds herein shall be subject to a
payment schedule developed by the commissioner and approved by the
director of budget ... 6,000,000 .................. (re. $1,226,000)
The appropriation made by chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011, as
amended by chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014, is hereby
amended and reappropriated to read:
For a school district management efficiency awards program. Funds
appropriated herein shall be used to provide competitive awards to
school districts based on a plan developed by the commissioner and
approved by the director of the budget. Provided that such funds may
only be awarded to a school district which demonstrates that it has
implemented one or more long term efficiencies within two years
prior to a response to a request for proposal or during the current
school year in school district management, operations, procurement
practices or other cost savings measures and will not result in an
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increase in cost to the state or the locality and: (i) have resulted
or will result in a significant reduction in total operating
expenses compared to the prior year and/or significant reductions in
the administrative component, or the equivalent, of the school
district budget and/or transportation operating expenses and/or
transportation capital expenses and/or other non-personal service
costs included in the program component of the school district budg-
et compared to the prior year; and (ii) are expected to result in
substantial and recurring cost savings in total operating expenses
and/or recurring significant reductions in administrative expendi-
tures, or the equivalent, and/or transportation operating expenses
and/or transportation capital expenses and/or other non-personal
service costs included in the program component of the school
district budget in future years; provided further that, a school
district that submits documentation that has been approved by the
commissioner by September 1 of 2013 and of each school year in which
a payment is made from this appropriation demonstrating that it has
fully implemented new standards and procedures for conducting annual
professional performance reviews of classroom teachers and building
principals to determine teacher and principal effectiveness shall
receive bonus points in the scoring of its grant application.
Provided further that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, in addition to the competitive awards amount as defined in
paragraph ee of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law,
a minimum of $37,500,000 shall be available for the payment of grant
awards made in the 2013-14 school year, with additional amounts to
be made available in the 2014-15 THROUGH 2016-17 state fiscal [year]
YEARS as necessary to continue such awards, [and] make an additional
round of awards pursuant to subdivision 6-a of section 3641 of the
education law in the 2014-15 school year not to exceed the amount
awarded in the 2013-14 school year pursuant to such subdivision 6-a,
AND MAKE ADDITIONAL MASTER TEACHERS AWARDS TO THE EXTENT THAT THE
MASTER TEACHERS PROGRAM AUTHORIZED HEREIN WOULD NOT OTHERWISE EXPEND
THE MAXIMUM SCHOOL YEAR AMOUNT AUTHORIZED HEREIN; and such
$37,500,000 shall be made available for $12,500,000 of prekindergar-
ten grants, $10,000,000 of school-wide extended learning grants,
$7,500,000 of community schools grants, $5,500,000 for a master
teacher program and $2,000,000 for the early college high school
program; provided, however, that no school district shall receive
any portion of the funds appropriated herein unless it shall have
submitted documentation that has been approved by the commissioner
by September 1 of 2013 and of each school year in which a payment to
such district from this appropriation would otherwise be made demon-
strating that it has fully implemented new standards and procedures
for conducting annual professional performance reviews of classroom
teachers and building principals to determine teacher and principal
effectiveness.
Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the $12,500,000 appropriated herein available for full-day
and half-day pre-kindergarten grants shall be awarded, based on a
request for proposals developed by the commissioner and approved by
the director of the budget, to school districts to establish new
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full-day and half-day pre-kindergarten placements and/or to convert
existing half-day pre-kindergarten placements into full-day place-
ments; provided that preference shall be granted for full-day place-
ments while ensuring that a portion of grants include half-day
placements based on eligible applications; and provided, further,
that such grants shall only be used to supplement, not supplant
existing pre-kindergarten programs, and provided further, however,
that any portion of such $12,500,000 that is not awarded shall
remain available for subsequent awards in the 2013-14 school year or
for full-day and half-day pre-kindergarten grants to be awarded in
subsequent school years. Provided, further, that such grants from
funds appropriated herein shall be awarded based on factors includ-
ing, but not limited to, the following: (i) measures of school
district need, (ii) measures of the need of students to be served by
each of the school districts, (iii) the school district's proposal
to target the highest need schools and students, (iv) the extent to
which the district's proposal would prioritize funds to maximize the
total number of eligible children in the district served in pre-kin-
dergarten programs, and (v) proposal quality. Provided, however,
that full-day and half-day pre-kindergarten grants appropriated
herein shall only be available to support programs (i) that provide
instruction for at least five hours per school day for full-day
pre-kindergarten programs and at least two and one-half hours per
school day for half-day pre-kindergarten programs; (ii) that agree
to offer instruction consistent with the New York state pre-kinder-
garten foundation for the common core standards within three years;
(iii) that ensure that, to the extent community-based providers are
part of such program, such providers meet the requirements of para-
graphs d-1 and d-2 of subdivision 12 of section 3602-e of the educa-
tion law; and (iv) that otherwise comply with all of the same rules
and requirements as universal pre-kindergarten programs pursuant to
section 3602-e of the education law except as modified herein.
Provided, further, that a school district's pre-kindergarten grant
shall equal the product of (A) (i) two multiplied by the approved
number of new full-day pre-kindergarten placements plus (ii) the
approved number of half-day pre-kindergarten placement conversions
and new half-day pre-kindergarten placements, and (B) the district's
selected aid per pre-kindergarten pupil pursuant to subparagraph i
of paragraph b of subdivision 10 of section 3602-e of the education
law; provided, however, that no district shall receive a grant in
excess of the total actual grant expenditures incurred by the
district in the current school year as approved by the commissioner.
Provided, further, that as a condition of eligibility for receipt of
such funding, a school district shall agree to adopt approved quali-
ty indicators within two years, including, but not limited to, valid
and reliable measures of environmental quality, the quality of
teacher-student interactions and child outcomes, and ensure that any
such assessment of child outcomes shall not be used to make high-
stakes educational decisions for individual children. Provided,
further, that no school district shall receive more than forty
percent of the total pre-kindergarten grant allocation.
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Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the $10,000,000 appropriated herein available for school-
wide extended learning grants shall be awarded to school districts
or school districts in collaboration with not-for-profit community-
based organizations based on responses to a request for proposals
for planning and implementation grants that is (i) developed by the
commissioner; (ii) approved by the director of the budget; and (iii)
issued by the commissioner. Provided, further, that such grants
shall be awarded based on factors including, but not limited to, the
following: (i) the school district's proposal to target the schools
and students with the greatest need, and (ii) proposal quality.
Provided, further, that to assess proposal quality in order to award
implementation grant funding, the commissioner shall take into
account factors including, but not limited to: (i) the extent to
which the school district's proposal would maximize the use of the
additional learning time through a comprehensive restructuring of
the school day and/or year, (ii) the extent to which the proposal
would provide additional learning time for students in grades six
through eight, and (iii) how the additional learning time would be
utilized, including, but not limited to, additional time spent on
core academics. Provided, however, that no district shall be eligi-
ble to receive a school-wide extended learning grant unless its
proposal would increase student learning time by at least 25
percent. Provided, further, that a school district's schoolwide
extended learning implementation grant shall equal its average daily
attendance in the school-wide extended learning program multiplied
by the expected cost per pupil of the additional learning time;
provided, further, that the expected cost per pupil of the addi-
tional learning time shall equal the greater of $1,500 or (A) the
quotient of (i) the school district's approved operating expense,
pursuant to paragraph t of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the
education law, for the year prior to the base year, divided by (ii)
the district's public school district enrollment, pursuant to
subparagraph (2) of paragraph n of such subdivision, for the year
prior to the base year, multiplied by (B) 10 percent (0.10), multi-
plied by (C) the quotient of (i) the average of the national consum-
er price indexes determined by the United States department of labor
for the 12-month period preceding January first of the base year,
divided by (ii) the average of the national consumer price indexes
determined by the United States department of labor for the 12-month
period preceding January first of the year two years prior to the
base year; provided, however, that in extraordinary cases the
commissioner may award a grant that exceeds the per pupil limit
described above; provided further, however, that no district shall
receive a grant in excess of the total actual grant expenditures
incurred by the district in the current school year as approved by
the commissioner. Provided, further, that no school district shall
receive more than forty percent of the total school-wide extended
learning grant allocation.
Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the $7,500,000 appropriated herein available for community
schools grants shall be awarded, based on a request for proposals
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(i) developed by the state council on children and families in coor-
dination with the commissioner, (ii) approved by the director of the
budget and (iii) issued by the commissioner, to school districts, or
in a city with a population of one million or more an eligible enti-
ty, to improve student outcomes through the implementation of commu-
nity schools programs that use school buildings as community hubs to
deliver co-located or school-linked academic, health, mental health,
nutrition, counseling, legal and/or other services to students and
their families. In a city with a population of one million or more,
eligible entities shall mean the city school district of the city of
New York, or not-for-profit organizations, which shall include not-
for-profit community-based organizations. An eligible entity that is
a not-for-profit may apply for a community school grant provided
that it collaborates with the city school district of the city of
New York and receives the approval of the chancellor of the city
school district of the city of New York. Provided, further, that
such grants shall be awarded based on factors including, but not
limited to, the following: (i) measures of school district need,
(ii) measures of the need of students to be served by each of the
school districts, (iii) the school district's proposal to target the
highest need schools and students, (iv) the sustainability of the
proposed community schools program, and (v) proposal quality.
Provided, further, that to assess proposal quality in order to award
such funding, the commissioner shall take into account factors
including, but not limited to: (i) the extent to which the school
district's proposal would provide such community services through
partnerships with local governments and non-profit organizations,
(ii) the extent to which the proposal would provide for delivery of
such services directly in school buildings, (iii) the extent to
which the proposal articulates how such services would facilitate
measurable improvement in student and family outcomes, (iv) the
extent to which the proposal articulates and identifies how existing
funding streams and programs would be used to provide such community
services, and (v) the extent to which the proposal ensures the safe-
ty of all students, staff and community members in school buildings
used as community hubs. Provided, however, that community schools
grants appropriated herein shall be paid to school districts in
installments upon successful implementation of each phase of a
school district's approved proposal. Provided, further, that no
school district shall receive more than forty percent of the total
community schools grant allocation, and that each individual commu-
nity school site shall be limited to a maximum grant of $500,000.
Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the $5,500,000 appropriated herein available for a master
teachers program shall support the award of stipends of $15,000 per
annum over four years to individual high-performing teachers in
math, science and related fields, and of related costs, administered
by the state university of New York pursuant to a plan developed in
consultation with the commissioner, who shall consult with appropri-
ate state organizations representing K-12 public school teachers and
approved by the director of the budget, to build a corps of
outstanding math, science and related fields teachers in order to
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improve the quality of instruction at public secondary schools.
Such plan for use of funding appropriated herein shall: (i) estab-
lish an application process; (ii) guidelines by which applications
from eligible teachers shall be evaluated, which shall include, but
not be limited to, achievement of a rating of highly effective on
the annual professional performance review; and (iii) provide peri-
odic opportunities for professional development for successful
applicants. Provided, further, that priority shall be given to
applicants in regions of the state where a similar program is not
otherwise offered. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, upon approval of the director of the budget, such
$5,500,000 of master teachers program funding may be sub-allocated,
interchanged, transferred or otherwise made available to the state
university of New York for the sole purpose of administering such
program. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the rights of
labor organizations representing teachers to collectively bargain
terms and conditions pursuant to article 14 of the civil service
law.
Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the $2,000,000 appropriated herein available for the early
college high school program shall support the continuation and
expansion of such program pursuant to a plan developed by the
commissioner and approved by the director of the budget. Provided,
however, that a portion of the payments to early college high school
programs awarded funding from this appropriation shall be awarded on
a sliding scale based upon the number of college credits earned
annually by participating students, consistent with guidelines
established by the commissioner. Provided further that, notwith-
standing any provision of law to the contrary, higher education
partners participating in an early college high schools program, or
the entity/entities responsible for setting tuition at the institu-
tion, shall be authorized to set a reduced rate of tuition and/or
fees, or to waive tuition and/or fees entirely, for students
enrolled in such early college high schools program with no
reduction in other state, local or other support for such students
earning college credit that such higher education partner would
otherwise be eligible to receive.
Provided further that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, of the amount appropriated herein, a minimum of
$12,500,000 PER YEAR shall be available IN THE 2014-15 THROUGH
2016-17 SCHOOL YEARS for the payment of grant awards [made in the
2014-15 school year] as follows: $2,500,000 of pathways in technolo-
gy early college high school program grants and $10,000,000 of
teacher excellence fund grants; provided further that, notwithstand-
ing any provision of law to the contrary, such [$25,000,000]
$12,500,000, plus any other amounts so designated in other items of
appropriation within the general fund local assistance account
office of prekindergarten through grade twelve education program,
shall constitute the competitive awards amount authorized for the
2013-14 school year by chapter 53 of the laws of 2013.
Provided further that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the $2,500,000 appropriated herein available for pathways
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in technology early college high school (P-TECH) program grants
shall be awarded pursuant to a plan developed by the commissioner
and approved by the director of the budget, provided that such plan
shall include but not be limited to (i) assurances that K-12, higher
education and private-sector partners commit to the required
elements and responsibilities of a P-TECH program, (ii) provisions
to ensure regional diversity of grant recipients, and (iii) priority
for P-TECH programs serving students in academically challenged
school districts; provided further that the commissioner shall make
available the request for proposals for such program on or before
May fifteenth and the commissioner shall issue awards on or before
August fifteenth; and provided further that a portion of the
payments to P-TECH programs awarded funding from this appropriation
shall be made on a sliding scale based upon the number of college
credits earned annually by participating students, consistent with
guidelines established by the commissioner. Provided further that,
notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, higher educa-
tion partners participating in a P-TECH program, or the
entity/entities responsible for setting tuition at the institution,
shall be authorized to set a reduced rate of tuition and/or fees, or
to waive tuition and/or fees entirely, for students enrolled in such
P-TECH program with no reduction in other state, local or other
support for such students earning college credit that such higher
education partner would otherwise be eligible to receive.
Provided further that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the $10,000,000 appropriated herein available for teacher
excellence fund grants shall be awarded to eligible school districts
pursuant to a request for proposals based on a plan developed by the
commissioner and approved by the director of the budget; provided
that such plan shall include an application for award of such grants
to such eligible school districts to provide annual teacher excel-
lence fund performance awards of up to $20,000 to eligible teachers
rated as "highly effective" on the most recent annual professional
performance review, in accordance with the requirements of section
3012-c of the education law and the regulations of the commissioner,
pursuant to such districts' approved applications; provided that in
making such grants the commissioner shall prioritize school
districts' applications based on factors including but not limited
to (i) the extent to which the school district's application would
recognize and reward such teachers in school buildings with the
greatest academic need, in difficult-to-staff subject or certif-
ication areas and grade levels, and at critical points in a teach-
er's career in order to encourage highly effective teachers to
remain in the classroom, and (ii) the quality of the school
district's application; and provided further that the commissioner
shall make available the application for such grants on or before
May fifteenth and the commissioner shall issue preliminary grant
awards on or before October fifteenth.
PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
CONTRARY, OF THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED HEREIN, A MINIMUM OF
$25,000,000 PER YEAR SHALL BE AVAILABLE IN THE 2015-16 AND 2016-17
SCHOOL YEARS FOR THE PAYMENT OF GRANT AWARDS AS FOLLOWS: $12,500,000
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FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD PREKINDERGARTEN GRANTS, $2,500,000 FOR AN
EXPANDED MASTER TEACHER PROGRAM, $1,500,000 OF PATHWAYS IN TECHNOLO-
GY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM GRANTS, $1,500,000 FOR A SCHOOL
DISTRICT TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM, $1,500,000 FOR A NEW YORK STATE
MASTERS-IN-EDUCATION TEACHER INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM,
$1,500,000 FOR QUALITYSTARSNY, AND $4,000,000 FOR TAKEOVER AND
RESTRUCTURING OF FAILING SCHOOLS OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO
SECTIONS 211-F AND 211-G OF THE EDUCATION LAW; PROVIDED FURTHER
THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, SUCH
$25,000,000, PLUS ANY OTHER AMOUNTS SO DESIGNATED IN OTHER ITEMS OF
APPROPRIATION WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT
OFFICE OF PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE EDUCATION PROGRAM,
SHALL CONSTITUTE THE COMPETITIVE AWARDS AMOUNT AUTHORIZED FOR THE
2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
CONTRARY, THE $12,500,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR GRANTS
TO FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS FOR
THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN SHALL BE AWARDED, BASED ON A REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR
OF THE BUDGET, TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ESTABLISH NEW FULL-DAY AND
HALF-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN PLACEMENTS FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS; PROVIDED
THAT SUCH GRANTS SHALL ONLY BE USED TO SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT
EXISTING PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS; AND PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER,
THAT ANY PORTION OF SUCH $12,500,000 THAT IS NOT AWARDED SHALL
REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR SUBSEQUENT AWARDS IN THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR OR
FOR FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN GRANTS TO BE AWARDED IN
SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEARS. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT SUCH GRANTS FROM
FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AWARDED BASED ON FACTORS INCLUD-
ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: (I) MEASURES OF SCHOOL
DISTRICT NEED, (II) MEASURES OF THE NEED OF STUDENTS TO BE SERVED BY
EACH OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, (III) THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PROPOSAL
TO TARGET THE HIGHEST NEED SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS, (IV) THE EXTENT TO
WHICH THE DISTRICT'S PROPOSAL WOULD PRIORITIZE FUNDS TO MAXIMIZE THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT SERVED IN PRE-KIN-
DERGARTEN PROGRAMS, AND (V) PROPOSAL QUALITY. PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN GRANTS APPROPRIATED
HEREIN SHALL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS (I) THAT PROVIDE
INSTRUCTION FOR AT LEAST FIVE HOURS PER SCHOOL DAY FOR FULL-DAY
PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS AND AT LEAST TWO AND ONE-HALF HOURS PER
SCHOOL DAY FOR HALF-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS; (II) THAT AGREE
TO OFFER INSTRUCTION CONSISTENT WITH THE NEW YORK STATE PRE-KINDER-
GARTEN FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS; (III) THAT ENSURE
THAT, TO THE EXTENT COMMUNITY-BASED PROVIDERS ARE PART OF SUCH
PROGRAM, SUCH PROVIDERS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPHS D-1 AND
D-2 OF SUBDIVISION 12 OF SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW; AND
(IV) THAT OTHERWISE COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE SAME RULES AND REQUIRE-
MENTS AS UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS PURSUANT TO SECTION
3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW EXCEPT AS MODIFIED HEREIN; PROVIDED THAT
NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3602-E OF
THE EDUCATION LAW NOTWITHSTANDING, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS APPRO-
PRIATION, AN ELIGIBLE CHILD SHALL BE A RESIDENT CHILD WHO IS THREE
YEARS OF AGE ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER FIRST OF THE YEAR IN WHICH HE OR
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SHE IS ENROLLED. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT AS A CONDITION OF ELIGIBIL-
ITY FOR RECEIPT OF SUCH FUNDING, A SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST CURRENTLY
OFFER A PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN, OR CHIL-
DREN WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE ELIGIBLE UNDER PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVI-
SION 1 OF SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW; PROVIDED, FURTHER,
THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY APPLY FOR ONLY AS MANY FULL-DAY OR HALF-
DAY PLACEMENTS FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN AS IT CURRENTLY OFFERS
FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN, OR CHILDREN WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE
ELIGIBLE UNDER PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3602-E OF THE
EDUCATION LAW. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S GRANT FOR
THREE-YEAR-OLD PREKINDERGARTEN SHALL EQUAL THE PRODUCT OF (A) (I)
TWO MULTIPLIED BY THE APPROVED NUMBER OF NEW FULL-DAY PRE-KINDERGAR-
TEN PLACEMENTS PLUS (II) THE APPROVED NUMBER OF NEW HALF-DAY
PRE-KINDERGARTEN PLACEMENTS, AND (B) THE DISTRICT'S SELECTED AID PER
PRE-KINDERGARTEN PUPIL PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH I OF PARAGRAPH B OF
SUBDIVISION 10 OF SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT NO DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE A GRANT IN EXCESS OF THE
TOTAL ACTUAL GRANT EXPENDITURES INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT IN THE
CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR AS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER. PROVIDED,
FURTHER, THAT AS A CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR RECEIPT OF SUCH
FUNDING, A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL AGREE TO ADOPT APPROVED QUALITY
INDICATORS WITHIN TWO YEARS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, VALID
AND RELIABLE MEASURES OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, THE QUALITY OF
TEACHER-STUDENT INTERACTIONS AND CHILD OUTCOMES, AND ENSURE THAT ANY
SUCH ASSESSMENT OF CHILD OUTCOMES SHALL NOT BE USED TO MAKE
HIGH-STAKES EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN. PROVIDED,
FURTHER, THAT NO SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE MORE THAN FORTY
PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN
GRANT ALLOCATION.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
CONTRARY, THE $2,500,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR AN
EXPANDED MASTER TEACHERS PROGRAM SHALL SUPPORT THE AWARD OF STIPENDS
OF $15,000 PER ANNUM OVER FOUR YEARS TO INDIVIDUAL HIGH-PERFORMING
TEACHERS, AND OF RELATED COSTS, ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY
OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO A PLAN DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
COMMISSIONER, WHO SHALL CONSULT WITH APPROPRIATE STATE ORGANIZATIONS
REPRESENTING K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND APPROVED BY THE DIREC-
TOR OF THE BUDGET, TO BUILD A CORPS OF OUTSTANDING TEACHERS IN ORDER
TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION AT PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
SUCH PLAN FOR USE OF FUNDING APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL: (I) ALLOCATE
AT LEAST 80 PERCENT OF SUCH STIPENDS TO HIGH-PERFORMING TEACHERS IN
MATH, SCIENCE AND RELATED FIELDS AND UP TO 20 PERCENT OF SUCH
STIPENDS TO HIGH PERFORMING TEACHERS IN MATH, SCIENCE AND RELATED
FIELDS AND UP TO 20 PERCENT OF SUCH STIPENDS TO HIGH PERFORMING
TEACHERS WITH AN EXTENSION TO THEIR CONTENT AREA CERTIFICATE IN
BILINGUAL EDUCATION OR WHO HOLD CERTIFICATION IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND
LANGUAGE AND HIGH-PERFORMING TEACHERS WITH DUAL CERTIFICATION IN A
CONTENT AREA AND SPECIAL EDUCATION; (II) ESTABLISH AN APPLICATION
PROCESS; (III) GUIDELINES BY WHICH APPLICATIONS FROM ELIGIBLE TEACH-
ERS SHALL BE EVALUATED, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,
ACHIEVEMENT OF A RATING OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE ON THE ANNUAL PROFES-
SIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW; AND (IV) PROVIDE PERIODIC OPPORTUNITIES
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FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS. PROVIDED,
FURTHER, THAT PRIORITY SHALL BE GIVEN TO APPLICANTS IN REGIONS OF
THE STATE WHERE A SIMILAR PROGRAM IS NOT OTHERWISE OFFERED. NOTWITH-
STANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UPON APPROVAL OF THE
DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, SUCH $2,500,000 OF MASTER TEACHERS PROGRAM
FUNDING MAY BE SUB-ALLOCATED, INTERCHANGED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE
MADE AVAILABLE TO THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE SOLE
PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING SUCH PROGRAM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL BE
CONSTRUED TO LIMIT THE RIGHTS OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING
TEACHERS TO COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE 14 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
CONTRARY, THE $1,500,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR PATHWAYS
IN TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL (P-TECH) PROGRAM GRANTS
SHALL BE AWARDED PURSUANT TO A PLAN DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER
AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PLAN
SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO (I) ASSURANCES THAT K-12, HIGHER
EDUCATION AND PRIVATE-SECTOR PARTNERS COMMIT TO THE REQUIRED
ELEMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A P-TECH PROGRAM, (II) PROVISIONS
TO ENSURE REGIONAL DIVERSITY OF GRANT RECIPIENTS, AND (III) PRIORITY
FOR P-TECH PROGRAMS SERVING STUDENTS IN ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGED
SCHOOL DISTRICTS; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE
AVAILABLE THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR SUCH PROGRAM ON OR BEFORE
MAY FIFTEENTH AND THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE AWARDS ON OR BEFORE
AUGUST FIFTEENTH; AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT A PORTION OF THE
PAYMENTS TO P-TECH PROGRAMS AWARDED FUNDING FROM THIS APPROPRIATION
SHALL BE MADE ON A SLIDING SCALE BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF COLLEGE
CREDITS EARNED ANNUALLY BY PARTICIPATING STUDENTS, CONSISTENT WITH
GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT IN
CONNECTION WITH SUCH GUIDELINES, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL EXECUTE A
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK TO DEVELOP COMMON DATA
COLLECTION, SHARING AND REPORTING MECHANISMS BASED ON STUDENT-LEVEL
DATA FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN P-TECH AND SMART SCHOLARS EARLY
COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS
PARTICIPATING IN A P-TECH PROGRAM, OR THE ENTITY/ENTITIES RESPONSI-
BLE FOR SETTING TUITION AT THE INSTITUTION, SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO
SET A REDUCED RATE OF TUITION AND/OR FEES, OR TO WAIVE TUITION
AND/OR FEES ENTIRELY, FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SUCH P-TECH PROGRAM
WITH NO REDUCTION IN OTHER STATE, LOCAL OR OTHER SUPPORT FOR SUCH
STUDENTS EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT THAT SUCH HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNER
WOULD OTHERWISE BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
CONTRARY, THE $1,500,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR A SCHOOL
DISTRICT TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM SHALL BE USED TO PROVIDE RESIDENT
TEACHERS WITH THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING TO MAKE AN
IMMEDIATE IMPACT IN SCHOOLS IN THE STATE, PURSUANT TO A PLAN DEVEL-
OPED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT SUCH PLAN SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR
SELECTION OF EXPERIENCED NONPROFIT ENTITIES TO MANAGE THE PROGRAM.
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PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NO SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE MORE THAN
FORTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL GRANT ALLOCATION.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
CONTRARY, $1,500,000 OF THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE MADE
AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF NEW YORK STATE MASTERS-IN-EDUCATION TEACHER
INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AWARDS. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT ELIGI-
BILITY FOR AN AWARD UNDER THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL BE LIMITED TO
STUDENTS WHO ARE MATRICULATED IN AN APPROVED MASTER'S DEGREE IN
EDUCATION PROGRAM AT A NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER
EDUCATION LEADING TO A CAREER AS A TEACHER IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR
SECONDARY EDUCATION SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD, PROVIDED THE
APPLICANT: (A) EARNED AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM A COLLEGE LOCATED
IN NEW YORK STATE; AND (B) WAS A NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT WHILE EARN-
ING SUCH UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE; AND (C) ACHIEVED ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
AS AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT, AS DEFINED BY THE HIGHER EDUCATION
SERVICES CORPORATION IN REGULATION; AND (D) ENROLLS IN FULL-TIME
STUDY IN AN APPROVED MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION PROGRAM AT A NEW
YORK STATE PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION LEADING TO A
CAREER AS TEACHER IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY EDUCATION; AND
(E) SIGNS A CONTRACT WITH THE CORPORATION AGREEING TO TEACH IN THE
CLASSROOM ON A FULL-TIME BASIS FOR FIVE YEARS IN A SCHOOL LOCATED
WITHIN NEW YORK STATE PROVIDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY
EDUCATION RECOGNIZED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS OR THE UNIVERSITY OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK INCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT
TO ARTICLE 56 OF THE EDUCATION LAW; AND (F) COMPLIES WITH THE APPLI-
CABLE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 13 OF EDUCATION LAW AND ALL REQUIREMENTS
PROMULGATED BY THE CORPORATION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE
PROGRAM. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT: (A) AWARDS SHALL BE GRANTED TO
APPLICANTS THAT THE CORPORATION HAS CERTIFIED ARE ELIGIBLE TO
RECEIVE SUCH AWARDS; AND (B) UP TO FIVE HUNDRED AWARDS MAY BE MADE
FOR THE 2015-2016 ACADEMIC YEAR, PROVIDED SUCH AWARDS SHALL BE MADE
TO RECIPIENTS AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE TERM, AS
DEFINED BY THE CORPORATION. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THE CORPORATION SHALL
GRANT SUCH AWARDS IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE ANNUAL TUITION CHARGED
STATE RESIDENT STUDENTS ATTENDING A GRADUATE PROGRAM FULL-TIME AT
THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, OR ACTUAL TUITION CHARGED, WHICH-
EVER IS LESS, FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO ACADEMIC YEARS OF FULL-TIME
GRADUATE STUDY LEADING TO CERTIFICATION AS AN ELEMENTARY OR SECOND-
ARY CLASSROOM TEACHER; PROVIDED: (I) A STUDENT WHO RECEIVES EDUCA-
TIONAL GRANTS AND/OR SCHOLARSHIPS THAT COVER THE STUDENT'S FULL COST
OF ATTENDANCE SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD UNDER THIS PROGRAM;
(II) FOR A STUDENT WHO RECEIVES EDUCATIONAL GRANTS AND/OR SCHOLAR-
SHIPS THAT COVER LESS THAN THE STUDENT'S FULL COST OF ATTENDANCE,
SUCH GRANTS AND/OR SCHOLARSHIPS SHALL NOT BE DEEMED DUPLICATIVE OF
THIS PROGRAM AND MAY BE HELD CONCURRENTLY WITH AN AWARD UNDER THIS
PROGRAM, PROVIDED THAT THE COMBINED BENEFITS DO NOT EXCEED THE
STUDENT'S FULL COST OF ATTENDANCE; AND (III) AN AWARD UNDER THIS
PROGRAM SHALL BE APPLIED TO TUITION AFTER THE APPLICATION OF ALL
OTHER EDUCATIONAL GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS LIMITED TO TUITION AND
SHALL BE REDUCED IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO SUCH EDUCATIONAL GRANTS
AND/OR SCHOLARSHIPS. PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT UPON NOTIFICATION OF AN
AWARD UNDER THIS PROGRAM, THE INSTITUTION SHALL DEFER THE AMOUNT OF
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TUITION EQUAL TO THE AWARD. NO AWARD SHALL BE FINAL UNTIL THE RECIP-
IENT'S SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A TERM HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE
INSTITUTION. A RECIPIENT OF AN AWARD UNDER THIS PROGRAM SHALL NOT BE
ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD UNDER THE NEW YORK STATE MATH AND SCIENCE
TEACHING INCENTIVE PROGRAM. PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT AWARDS GRANTED
PURSUANT TO THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL REQUIRE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE
AWARD RECIPIENT AND THE CORPORATION TO AUTHORIZE THE CORPORATION TO
CONVERT TO A STUDENT LOAN THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE AWARD GIVEN PURSU-
ANT TO THIS APPROPRIATION, PLUS INTEREST, ACCORDING TO A SCHEDULE TO
BE DETERMINED BY THE CORPORATION IF: (A) TWO YEARS AFTER THE
COMPLETION OF THE DEGREE PROGRAM AND RECEIPT OF INITIAL CERTIF-
ICATION IT IS FOUND THAT A RECIPIENT IS NOT TEACHING IN A PUBLIC
SCHOOL LOCATED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE PROVIDING ELEMENTARY OR SECOND-
ARY EDUCATION RECOGNIZED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS OR THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK INCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED PURSU-
ANT TO ARTICLE 56 OF THE EDUCATION LAW; OR (B) A RECIPIENT HAS NOT
TAUGHT IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL LOCATED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE PROVIDING
ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY EDUCATION RECOGNIZED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS
OR THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK INCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS
AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 56 OF THE EDUCATION LAW FOR FIVE OF
THE SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM
AND RECEIPT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION; OR (C) A RECIPIENT FAILS TO
COMPLETE HIS OR HER GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM IN EDUCATION; OR (D) A
RECIPIENT FAILS TO RECEIVE OR MAINTAIN HIS OR HER TEACHING CERTIF-
ICATE OR LICENSE IN NEW YORK STATE; OR (E) A RECIPIENT FAILS TO
RESPOND TO REQUESTS BY THE CORPORATION FOR THE STATUS OF HIS OR HER
ACADEMIC OR PROFESSIONAL PROGRESS. PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT THE
PRECEDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS: (A) SHALL BE DEFERRED FOR ANY INTER-
RUPTION IN GRADUATE STUDY OR EMPLOYMENT AS ESTABLISHED BY THE RULES
AND REGULATIONS OF THE CORPORATION; (B) SHALL BE CANCELLED UPON THE
DEATH OF THE RECIPIENT; AND (C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF
THIS APPROPRIATION TO THE CONTRARY, AUTHORIZE THE CORPORATION TO
PROVIDE FOR THE WAIVER OR SUSPENSION OF ANY FINANCIAL OBLIGATION
WHICH WOULD INVOLVE EXTREME HARDSHIP PURSUANT TO RULES AND REGU-
LATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE CORPORATION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
PROVISION OF THE LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UPON APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR
OF THE BUDGET, SUCH $1,500,000 OF MASTERS-IN-EDUCATION TEACHER
INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FUNDING MAY BE SUB-ALLOCATED, INTER-
CHANGED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE HIGHER
EDUCATION SERVICES CORPORATION FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING
SUCH PROGRAM.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
CONTRARY, THE $1,500,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR QUALITYS-
TARSNY SHALL BE USED, PURSUANT TO A PLAN APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF
THE BUDGET, TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF A STATEWIDE SYSTEM TO
ASSESS, IMPROVE, AND COMMUNICATE THE LEVEL OF QUALITY IN EARLY
EDUCATION AND CARE SETTINGS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UPON APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR
OF THE BUDGET, THE $1,500,000 OF FUNDING APPROPRIATED HEREIN FOR
QUALITYSTARSNY MAY BE SUBALLOCATED, INTERCHANGED, TRANSFERRED OR
OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING SUCH SYSTEM.
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PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
CONTRARY, THE $4,000,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR TAKEOVER
AND RESTRUCTURING OF FAILING SCHOOLS OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO
SECTIONS 211-F AND 211-G OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE AWARDED,
SUBJECT TO A PLAN DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND APPROVED BY THE
DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, TO SUPPORT THE APPROVED TURNAROUND OR INTER-
VENTION EFFORTS OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR SCHOOLS.
PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF
LAW, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, FUNDS
APPROPRIATED HEREIN MAY BE INTERCHANGED WITH THE APPROPRIATION FOR
SCHOOL DISTRICT PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS WITHIN THE GENERAL
FUND LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH
GRADE TWELVE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
Notwithstanding section 40 of the state finance law or any provision
of law to the contrary, this appropriation shall lapse on March 31,
[2016] 2017 ... 250,000,000 ..................... (re. $199,961,000)
Funds appropriated herein shall be used to provide competitive grants
pursuant to a request for proposals, developed by the commissioner
and approved by the director of budget, to those school districts
that are participating in the race to the top program and/or which
demonstrate satisfactory progress, as determined by the commission-
er, towards implementation of elements such as high quality student
assessments; use of data to improve instruction and student perform-
ance and provision of professional development to improve teacher
performance; and that those eligible districts also demonstrate the
most improved academic achievement gains and student outcomes such
as establishing or expanding participation in college level or early
college programs; and other appropriate measures of student perform-
ance; provided further that in determining the amount of the award
to be made from the funds appropriated herein for those school
districts identified as making the greatest achievement gains and
eligible for such award, the maximum grant award available to each
school district shall be based upon the size of the district meas-
ured by public school enrollment of the district; and provided
further that such amount shall be adjusted based upon measures of
district need and provided further that no district receiving a
grant may be awarded more than forty percent of the total amount
awarded; and provided further that any such funds awarded to a
school district shall be used to increase student performance,
narrow the achievement gap, and increase academic performance in
traditionally underserved student groups.
Provided further that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, in addition to the competitive awards amount as defined in
paragraph ee of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law,
a minimum of $37,500,000 shall be available for the payment of grant
awards made in the 2013-14 school year, with additional amounts to
be made available in the 2014-15 THROUGH 2016-17 state fiscal [year]
YEARS as necessary to continue such awards, [and] make an additional
round of awards pursuant to subdivision 6-a of section 3641 of the
education law in the 2014-15 school year not to exceed the amount
awarded in the 2013-14 school year pursuant to such subdivision 6-a,
AND MAKE ADDITIONAL MASTER TEACHERS AWARDS TO THE EXTENT THAT THE
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MASTER TEACHERS PROGRAM AUTHORIZED HEREIN WOULD NOT OTHERWISE EXPEND
THE MAXIMUM SCHOOL YEAR AMOUNT AUTHORIZED HEREIN; and such
$37,500,000 shall be made available for $12,500,000 of pre-kinder-
garten grants, $10,000,000 of school-wide extended learning grants,
$7,500,000 of community schools grants, $5,500,000 for a master
teacher program and $2,000,000 for the early college high school
program; provided, however, that no school district shall receive
any portion of the funds appropriated herein unless it shall have
submitted documentation that has been approved by the commissioner
by September 1 of 2013 and of each school year in which a payment to
such district from this appropriation would otherwise be made demon-
strating that it has fully implemented new standards and procedures
for conducting annual professional performance reviews of classroom
teachers and building principals to determine teacher and principal
effectiveness.
Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the $12,500,000 appropriated herein available for full-day
and half-day pre-kindergarten grants shall be awarded, based on a
request for proposals developed by the commissioner and approved by
the director of the budget, to school districts to establish new
full-day and half-day pre-kindergarten placements and/or to convert
existing half-day pre-kindergarten placements into full-day place-
ments; provided that preference shall be granted for full-day place-
ments while ensuring that a portion of grants include half-day
placements based on eligible applications; and provided, further,
that such grants shall only be used to supplement, not supplant
existing pre-kindergarten programs, and provided further, however,
that any portion of such $12,500,000 that is not awarded shall
remain available for subsequent awards in the 2013-14 school year or
for full-day and half-day pre-kindergarten grants to be awarded in
subsequent school years. Provided, further, that such grants from
funds appropriated herein shall be awarded based on factors includ-
ing, but not limited to, the following: (i) measures of school
district need, (ii) measures of the need of students to be served by
each of the school districts, (iii) the school district's proposal
to target the highest need schools and students, (iv) the extent to
which the district's proposal would prioritize funds to maximize the
total number of eligible children in the district served in pre-kin-
dergarten programs, and (v) proposal quality. Provided, however,
that full-day and half-day pre-kindergarten grants appropriated
herein shall only be available to support programs (i) that provide
instruction for at least five hours per school day for full-day
pre-kindergarten programs and at least two and one-half hours per
school day for half-day pre-kindergarten programs; (ii) that agree
to offer instruction consistent with the New York state pre-kinder-
garten foundation for the common core standards within three years;
(iii) that ensure that, to the extent community-based providers are
part of such program, such providers meet the requirements of para-
graphs d-1 and d-2 of subdivision 12 of section 3602-e of the educa-
tion law; and (iv) that otherwise comply with all of the same rules
and requirements as universal pre-kindergarten programs pursuant to
section 3602-e of the education law except as modified herein.
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Provided, further, that a school district's pre-kindergarten grant
shall equal the product of (A) (i) two multiplied by the approved
number of new full-day pre-kindergarten placements plus (ii) the
approved number of half-day pre-kindergarten placement conversions
and new half-day pre-kindergarten placements, and (B) the district's
selected aid per pre-kindergarten pupil pursuant to subparagraph i
of paragraph b of subdivision 10 of section 3602-e of the education
law; provided, however, that no district shall receive a grant in
excess of the total actual grant expenditures incurred by the
district in the current school year as approved by the commissioner.
Provided, further, that as a condition of eligibility for receipt of
such funding, a school district shall agree to adopt approved quali-
ty indicators within two years, including, but not limited to, valid
and reliable measures of environmental quality, the quality of
teacher-student interactions and child outcomes, and ensure that any
such assessment of child outcomes shall not be used to make highs-
takes educational decisions for individual children. Provided,
further, that no school district shall receive more than forty
percent of the total pre-kindergarten grant allocation.
Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the $10,000,000 appropriated herein available for school-
wide extended learning grants shall be awarded to school districts
or school districts in collaboration with not-for-profit community-
based organizations based on responses to a request for proposals
for planning and implementation grants that is (i) developed by the
commissioner; (ii) approved by the director of the budget; and (iii)
issued by the commissioner. Provided, further, that such grants
shall be awarded based on factors including, but not limited to, the
following: (i) the school district's proposal to target the schools
and students with the greatest need, and (ii) proposal quality.
Provided, further, that to assess proposal quality in order to award
implementation grant funding, the commissioner shall take into
account factors including, but not limited to: (i) the extent to
which the school district's proposal would maximize the use of the
additional learning time through a comprehensive restructuring of
the school day and/or year, (ii) the extent to which the proposal
would provide additional learning time for students in grades six
through eight, and (iii) how the additional learning time would be
utilized, including, but not limited to, additional time spent on
core academics. Provided, however, that no district shall be eligi-
ble to receive a school-wide extended learning grant unless its
proposal would increase student learning time by at least 25
percent. Provided, further, that a school district's schoolwide
extended learning implementation grant shall equal its average daily
attendance in the school-wide extended learning program multiplied
by the expected cost per pupil of the additional learning time;
provided, further, that the expected cost per pupil of the addi-
tional learning time shall equal the greater of $1,500 or (A) the
quotient of (i) the school district's approved operating expense,
pursuant to paragraph t of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the
education law, for the year prior to the base year, divided by (ii)
the district's public school district enrollment, pursuant to
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subparagraph (2) of paragraph n of such subdivision, for the year
prior to the base year, multiplied by (B) 10 percent (0.10), multi-
plied by (C) the quotient of (i) the average of the national consum-
er price indexes determined by the United States department of labor
for the 12-month period preceding January first of the base year,
divided by (ii) the average of the national consumer price indexes
determined by the United States department of labor for the 12-month
period preceding January first of the year two years prior to the
base year; provided, however, that in extraordinary cases the
commissioner may award a grant that exceeds the per pupil limit
described above; provided further, however, that no district shall
receive a grant in excess of the total actual grant expenditures
incurred by the district in the current school year as approved by
the commissioner. Provided, further, that no school district shall
receive more than forty percent of the total school-wide extended
learning grant allocation.
Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the $7,500,000 appropriated herein available for community
schools grants shall be awarded, based on a request for proposals
(i) developed by the state council on children and families in coor-
dination with the commissioner, (ii) approved by the director of the
budget and (iii) issued by the commissioner, to school districts, or
in a city with a population of one million or more an eligible enti-
ty, to improve student outcomes through the implementation of commu-
nity schools programs that use school buildings as community hubs to
deliver co-located or school-linked academic, health, mental health,
nutrition, counseling, legal and/or other services to students and
their families. In a city with a population of one million or more,
eligible entities shall mean the city school district of the city of
New York, or not-for-profit organizations, which shall include not-
for-profit community-based organizations. An eligible entity that is
a not-for-profit may apply for a community school grant provided
that it collaborates with the city school district of the city of
New York and receives the approval of the chancellor of the city
school district of the city of New York. Provided, further, that
such grants shall be awarded based on factors including, but not
limited to, the following: (i) measures of school district need,
(ii) measures of the need of students to be served by each of the
school districts, (iii) the school district's proposal to target the
highest need schools and students, (iv) the sustainability of the
proposed community schools program, and (v) proposal quality.
Provided, further, that to assess proposal quality in order to award
such funding, the commissioner shall take into account factors
including, but not limited to: (i) the extent to which the school
district's proposal would provide such community services through
partnerships with local governments and non-profit organizations,
(ii) the extent to which the proposal would provide for delivery of
such services directly in school buildings, (iii) the extent to
which the proposal articulates how such services would facilitate
measurable improvement in student and family outcomes, (iv) the
extent to which the proposal articulates and identifies how existing
funding streams and programs would be used to provide such community
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services, and (v) the extent to which the proposal ensures the safe-
ty of all students, staff and community members in school buildings
used as community hubs. Provided, however, that community schools
grants appropriated herein shall be paid to school districts in
installments upon successful implementation of each phase of a
school district's approved proposal. Provided, further, that no
school district shall receive more than forty percent of the total
community schools grant allocation, and that each individual commu-
nity school site shall be limited to a maximum grant of $500,000.
Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the $5,500,000 appropriated herein available for a master
teachers program shall support the award of stipends of $15,000 per
annum over four years to individual high-performing teachers in
math, science and related fields, and of related costs, administered
by the state university of New York pursuant to a plan developed in
consultation with the commissioner, who shall consult with appropri-
ate state organizations representing K-12 public school teachers,
and approved by the director of the budget, to build a corps of
outstanding math, science and related fields teachers in order to
improve the quality of instruction at public secondary schools. Such
plan for use of funding appropriated herein shall: (i) establish an
application process; (ii) guidelines by which applications from
eligible teachers shall be evaluated, which shall include, but not
be limited to, achievement of a rating of highly effective on the
annual professional performance review; and (iii) provide periodic
opportunities for professional development for successful appli-
cants. Provided, further, that priority shall be given to applicants
in regions of the state where a similar program is not otherwise
offered. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon
approval of the director of the budget, such $5,500,000 of master
teachers program funding may be sub-allocated, interchanged, trans-
ferred or otherwise made available to the state university of New
York for the sole purpose of administering such program. Nothing
herein shall be construed to limit the rights of labor organizations
to collectively bargain terms and conditions pursuant to article 14
of the civil service law.
Provided, further, that notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the $2,000,000 appropriated herein available for the early
college high school program shall support the continuation and
expansion of such program pursuant to a plan developed by the
commissioner and approved by the director of the budget. Provided,
however, that a portion of the payments to early college high school
programs awarded funding from this appropriation shall be awarded on
a sliding scale based upon the number of college credits earned
annually by participating students, consistent with guidelines
established by the commissioner. Provided further that, notwith-
standing any provision of law to the contrary, higher education
partners participating in an early college high schools program, or
the entity/entities responsible for setting tuition at the institu-
tion, shall be authorized to set a reduced rate of tuition and/or
fees, or to waive tuition and/or fees entirely, for students
enrolled in such early college high schools program with no
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reduction in other state, local or other support for such students
earning college credit that such higher education partner would
otherwise be eligible to receive.
Provided further that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, of the amount appropriated herein, a minimum of
$12,500,000 PER YEAR shall be available IN THE 2014-15 THROUGH
2016-17 SCHOOL YEARS for the payment of grant awards [made in the
2014-15 school year] as follows: $2,500,000 of pathways in technolo-
gy early college high school program grants and $10,000,000 of
teacher excellence fund grants; provided further that, notwithstand-
ing any provision of law to the contrary, such [$25,000,000]
$12,500,000, plus any other amounts so designated in other items of
appropriation within the general fund local assistance account
office of prekindergarten through grade twelve education program,
shall constitute the competitive awards amount authorized for the
2013-14 school year by chapter 53 of the laws of 2013.
Provided further that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the $2,500,000 appropriated herein available for pathways
in technology early college high school (P-TECH) program grants
shall be awarded pursuant to a plan developed by the commissioner
and approved by the director of the budget, provided that such plan
shall include but not be limited to (i) assurances that K-12, higher
education and private-sector partners commit to the required
elements and responsibilities of a P-TECH program, (ii) provisions
to ensure regional diversity of grant recipients, and (iii) priority
for P-TECH programs serving students in academically challenged
school districts; provided further that the commissioner shall make
available the request for proposals for such program on or before
May fifteenth and the commissioner shall issue awards on or before
August fifteenth; and provided further that a portion of the
payments to P-TECH programs awarded funding from this appropriation
shall be made on a sliding scale based upon the number of college
credits earned annually by participating students, consistent with
guidelines established by the commissioner. Provided further that,
notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, higher educa-
tion partners participating in a P-TECH program, or the
entity/entities responsible for setting tuition at the institution,
shall be authorized to set a reduced rate of tuition and/or fees, or
to waive tuition and/or fees entirely, for students enrolled in such
P-TECH program with no reduction in other state, local or other
support for such students earning college credit that such higher
education partner would otherwise be eligible to receive.
Provided further that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the $10,000,000 appropriated herein available for teacher
excellence fund grants shall be awarded to eligible school districts
pursuant to a request for proposals based on a plan developed by the
commissioner and approved by the director of the budget; provided
that such plan shall include an application for award of such grants
to such eligible school districts to provide annual teacher excel-
lence fund performance awards of up to $20,000 to eligible teachers
rated as "highly effective" on the most recent annual professional
performance review, in accordance with the requirements of section
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3012-c of the education law and the regulations of the commissioner,
pursuant to such districts' approved applications; provided that in
making such grants the commissioner shall prioritize school
districts' applications based on factors including but not limited
to (i) the extent to which the school district's application would
recognize and reward such teachers in school buildings with the
greatest academic need, in difficult-to-staff subject or certif-
ication areas and grade levels, and at critical points in a teach-
er's career in order to encourage highly effective teachers to
remain in the classroom, and (ii) the quality of the school
district's application; and provided further that the commissioner
shall make available the application for such grants on or before
May fifteenth and the commissioner shall issue preliminary grant
awards on or before October fifteenth.
PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
CONTRARY, OF THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED HEREIN, A MINIMUM OF
$25,000,000 PER YEAR SHALL BE AVAILABLE IN THE 2015-16 AND 2016-17
SCHOOL YEARS FOR THE PAYMENT OF GRANT AWARDS AS FOLLOWS: $12,500,000
FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD PREKINDERGARTEN GRANTS, $2,500,000 FOR AN
EXPANDED MASTER TEACHER PROGRAM, $1,500,000 OF PATHWAYS IN TECHNOLO-
GY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM GRANTS, $1,500,000 FOR A SCHOOL
DISTRICT TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM, $1,500,000 FOR A NEW YORK STATE
MASTERS-IN-EDUCATION TEACHER INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM,
$1,500,000 FOR QUALITYSTARSNY, AND $4,000,000 FOR TAKEOVER AND
RESTRUCTURING OF FAILING SCHOOLS OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO
SECTIONS 211-F AND 211-G OF THE EDUCATION LAW; PROVIDED FURTHER
THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, SUCH
$25,000,000, PLUS ANY OTHER AMOUNTS SO DESIGNATED IN OTHER ITEMS OF
APPROPRIATION WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT
OFFICE OF PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE EDUCATION PROGRAM,
SHALL CONSTITUTE THE COMPETITIVE AWARDS AMOUNT AUTHORIZED FOR THE
2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
CONTRARY, THE $12,500,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR GRANTS
TO FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS FOR
THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN SHALL BE AWARDED, BASED ON A REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR
OF THE BUDGET, TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ESTABLISH NEW FULL-DAY AND
HALF-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN PLACEMENTS FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS; PROVIDED
THAT SUCH GRANTS SHALL ONLY BE USED TO SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT
EXISTING PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS; AND PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER,
THAT ANY PORTION OF SUCH $12,500,000 THAT IS NOT AWARDED SHALL
REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR SUBSEQUENT AWARDS IN THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR OR
FOR FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN GRANTS TO BE AWARDED IN
SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEARS. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT SUCH GRANTS FROM
FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE AWARDED BASED ON FACTORS INCLUD-
ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: (I) MEASURES OF SCHOOL
DISTRICT NEED, (II) MEASURES OF THE NEED OF STUDENTS TO BE SERVED BY
EACH OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, (III) THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PROPOSAL
TO TARGET THE HIGHEST NEED SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS, (IV) THE EXTENT TO
WHICH THE DISTRICT'S PROPOSAL WOULD PRIORITIZE FUNDS TO MAXIMIZE THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT SERVED IN PRE-KIN-
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DERGARTEN PROGRAMS, AND (V) PROPOSAL QUALITY. PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN GRANTS APPROPRIATED
HEREIN SHALL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS (I) THAT PROVIDE
INSTRUCTION FOR AT LEAST FIVE HOURS PER SCHOOL DAY FOR FULL-DAY
PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS AND AT LEAST TWO AND ONE-HALF HOURS PER
SCHOOL DAY FOR HALF-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS; (II) THAT AGREE
TO OFFER INSTRUCTION CONSISTENT WITH THE NEW YORK STATE PRE-KINDER-
GARTEN FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS; (III) THAT ENSURE
THAT, TO THE EXTENT COMMUNITY-BASED PROVIDERS ARE PART OF SUCH
PROGRAM, SUCH PROVIDERS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPHS D-1 AND
D-2 OF SUBDIVISION 12 OF SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW; AND
(IV) THAT OTHERWISE COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE SAME RULES AND REQUIRE-
MENTS AS UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS PURSUANT TO SECTION
3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW EXCEPT AS MODIFIED HEREIN; PROVIDED THAT
NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3602-E OF
THE EDUCATION LAW NOTWITHSTANDING, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS APPRO-
PRIATION, AN ELIGIBLE CHILD SHALL BE A RESIDENT CHILD WHO IS THREE
YEARS OF AGE ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER FIRST OF THE YEAR IN WHICH HE OR
SHE IS ENROLLED. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT AS A CONDITION OF ELIGIBIL-
ITY FOR RECEIPT OF SUCH FUNDING, A SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST CURRENTLY
OFFER A PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN, OR CHIL-
DREN WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE ELIGIBLE UNDER PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVI-
SION 1 OF SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW; PROVIDED, FURTHER,
THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY APPLY FOR ONLY AS MANY FULL-DAY OR HALF-
DAY PLACEMENTS FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN AS IT CURRENTLY OFFERS
FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN, OR CHILDREN WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE
ELIGIBLE UNDER PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION 1 OF SECTION 3602-E OF THE
EDUCATION LAW. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S GRANT FOR
THREE-YEAR-OLD PREKINDERGARTEN SHALL EQUAL THE PRODUCT OF (A) (I)
TWO MULTIPLIED BY THE APPROVED NUMBER OF NEW FULL-DAY PRE-KINDERGAR-
TEN PLACEMENTS PLUS (II) THE APPROVED NUMBER OF NEW HALF-DAY
PRE-KINDERGARTEN PLACEMENTS, AND (B) THE DISTRICT'S SELECTED AID PER
PRE-KINDERGARTEN PUPIL PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH I OF PARAGRAPH B OF
SUBDIVISION 10 OF SECTION 3602-E OF THE EDUCATION LAW; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT NO DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE A GRANT IN EXCESS OF THE
TOTAL ACTUAL GRANT EXPENDITURES INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT IN THE
CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR AS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER. PROVIDED,
FURTHER, THAT AS A CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR RECEIPT OF SUCH
FUNDING, A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL AGREE TO ADOPT APPROVED QUALITY
INDICATORS WITHIN TWO YEARS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, VALID
AND RELIABLE MEASURES OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, THE QUALITY OF
TEACHER-STUDENT INTERACTIONS AND CHILD OUTCOMES, AND ENSURE THAT ANY
SUCH ASSESSMENT OF CHILD OUTCOMES SHALL NOT BE USED TO MAKE
HIGH-STAKES EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN. PROVIDED,
FURTHER, THAT NO SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE MORE THAN FORTY
PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN
GRANT ALLOCATION.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
CONTRARY, THE $2,500,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR AN
EXPANDED MASTER TEACHERS PROGRAM SHALL SUPPORT THE AWARD OF STIPENDS
OF $15,000 PER ANNUM OVER FOUR YEARS TO INDIVIDUAL HIGH-PERFORMING
TEACHERS, AND OF RELATED COSTS, ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY
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OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO A PLAN DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
COMMISSIONER, WHO SHALL CONSULT WITH APPROPRIATE STATE ORGANIZATIONS
REPRESENTING K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND APPROVED BY THE DIREC-
TOR OF THE BUDGET, TO BUILD A CORPS OF OUTSTANDING TEACHERS IN ORDER
TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION AT PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
SUCH PLAN FOR USE OF FUNDING APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL: (I) ALLOCATE
AT LEAST 80 PERCENT OF SUCH STIPENDS TO HIGH PERFORMING TEACHERS IN
MATH, SCIENCE AND RELATED FIELDS AND UP TO 20 PERCENT OF SUCH
STIPENDS TO HIGH PERFORMING TEACHERS WITH AN EXTENSION TO THEIR
CONTENT AREA CERTIFICATE IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION OR WHO HOLD CERTIF-
ICATION IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AND HIGH-PERFORMING TEACHERS
WITH DUAL CERTIFICATION IN A CONTENT AREA AND SPECIAL EDUCATION;
(II) ESTABLISH AN APPLICATION PROCESS; (III) GUIDELINES BY WHICH
APPLICATIONS FROM ELIGIBLE TEACHERS SHALL BE EVALUATED, WHICH SHALL
INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ACHIEVEMENT OF A RATING OF HIGHLY
EFFECTIVE ON THE ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW; AND (IV)
PROVIDE PERIODIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR
SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT PRIORITY SHALL BE
GIVEN TO APPLICANTS IN REGIONS OF THE STATE WHERE A SIMILAR PROGRAM
IS NOT OTHERWISE OFFERED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO
THE CONTRARY, UPON APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, SUCH
$2,500,000 OF MASTER TEACHERS PROGRAM FUNDING MAY BE SUB-ALLOCATED,
INTERCHANGED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE STATE
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING SUCH
PROGRAM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT THE RIGHTS OF
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING TEACHERS TO COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN
TERMS AND CONDITIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 14 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE
LAW.
PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
CONTRARY, THE $1,500,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR PATHWAYS
IN TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL (P-TECH) PROGRAM GRANTS
SHALL BE AWARDED PURSUANT TO A PLAN DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER
AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PLAN
SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO (I) ASSURANCES THAT K-12, HIGHER
EDUCATION AND PRIVATE-SECTOR PARTNERS COMMIT TO THE REQUIRED
ELEMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A P-TECH PROGRAM, (II) PROVISIONS
TO ENSURE REGIONAL DIVERSITY OF GRANT RECIPIENTS, AND (III) PRIORITY
FOR P-TECH PROGRAMS SERVING STUDENTS IN ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGED
SCHOOL DISTRICTS; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE
AVAILABLE THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR SUCH PROGRAM ON OR BEFORE
MAY FIFTEENTH AND THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE AWARDS ON OR BEFORE
AUGUST FIFTEENTH; AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT A PORTION OF THE
PAYMENTS TO P-TECH PROGRAMS AWARDED FUNDING FROM THIS APPROPRIATION
SHALL BE MADE ON A SLIDING SCALE BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF COLLEGE
CREDITS EARNED ANNUALLY BY PARTICIPATING STUDENTS, CONSISTENT WITH
GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT IN
CONNECTION WITH SUCH GUIDELINES, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL EXECUTE A
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK TO DEVELOP COMMON DATA
COLLECTION, SHARING AND REPORTING MECHANISMS BASED ON STUDENT-LEVEL
DATA FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN P-TECH AND SMART SCHOLARS EARLY
COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING
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ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS
PARTICIPATING IN A P-TECH PROGRAM, OR THE ENTITY/ENTITIES RESPONSI-
BLE FOR SETTING TUITION AT THE INSTITUTION, SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO
SET A REDUCED RATE OF TUITION AND/OR FEES, OR TO WAIVE TUITION
AND/OR FEES ENTIRELY, FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SUCH P-TECH PROGRAM
WITH NO REDUCTION IN OTHER STATE, LOCAL OR OTHER SUPPORT FOR SUCH
STUDENTS EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT THAT SUCH HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNER
WOULD OTHERWISE BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
CONTRARY, THE $1,500,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR A SCHOOL
DISTRICT TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM SHALL BE USED TO PROVIDE RESIDENT
TEACHERS WITH THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING TO MAKE AN
IMMEDIATE IMPACT IN SCHOOLS IN THE STATE, PURSUANT TO A PLAN DEVEL-
OPED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT SUCH PLAN SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR
SELECTION OF EXPERIENCED NONPROFIT ENTITIES TO MANAGE THE PROGRAM.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NO SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE MORE THAN
FORTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL GRANT ALLOCATION.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
CONTRARY, $1,500,000 OF THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE MADE
AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF NEW YORK STATE MASTERS-IN-EDUCATION TEACHER
INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AWARDS. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT ELIGI-
BILITY FOR AN AWARD UNDER THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL BE LIMITED TO
STUDENTS WHO ARE MATRICULATED IN AN APPROVED MASTER'S DEGREE IN
EDUCATION PROGRAM AT A NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER
EDUCATION LEADING TO A CAREER AS A TEACHER IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR
SECONDARY EDUCATION SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD, PROVIDED THE
APPLICANT: (A) EARNED AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM A COLLEGE LOCATED
IN NEW YORK STATE; AND (B) WAS A NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT WHILE EARN-
ING SUCH UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE; AND (C) ACHIEVED ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
AS AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT, AS DEFINED BY THE HIGHER EDUCATION
SERVICES CORPORATION IN REGULATION; AND (D) ENROLLS IN FULL-TIME
STUDY IN AN APPROVED MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION PROGRAM AT A NEW
YORK STATE PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION LEADING TO A
CAREER AS TEACHER IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY EDUCATION; AND
(E) SIGNS A CONTRACT WITH THE CORPORATION AGREEING TO TEACH IN THE
CLASSROOM ON A FULL-TIME BASIS FOR FIVE YEARS IN A SCHOOL LOCATED
WITHIN NEW YORK STATE PROVIDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY
EDUCATION RECOGNIZED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS OR THE UNIVERSITY OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK INCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT
TO ARTICLE 56 OF THE EDUCATION LAW; AND (F) COMPLIES WITH THE APPLI-
CABLE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 13 OF EDUCATION LAW AND ALL REQUIREMENTS
PROMULGATED BY THE CORPORATION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE
PROGRAM. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT: (A) AWARDS SHALL BE GRANTED TO
APPLICANTS THAT THE CORPORATION HAS CERTIFIED ARE ELIGIBLE TO
RECEIVE SUCH AWARDS; AND (B) UP TO FIVE HUNDRED AWARDS MAY BE MADE
FOR THE 2015-2016 ACADEMIC YEAR, PROVIDED SUCH AWARDS SHALL BE MADE
TO RECIPIENTS AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE TERM, AS
DEFINED BY THE CORPORATION. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THE CORPORATION SHALL
GRANT SUCH AWARDS IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE ANNUAL TUITION CHARGED
STATE RESIDENT STUDENTS ATTENDING A GRADUATE PROGRAM FULL-TIME AT
THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, OR ACTUAL TUITION CHARGED, WHICH-
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EVER IS LESS, FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO ACADEMIC YEARS OF FULL-TIME
GRADUATE STUDY LEADING TO CERTIFICATION AS AN ELEMENTARY OR SECOND-
ARY CLASSROOM TEACHER; PROVIDED: (I) A STUDENT WHO RECEIVES EDUCA-
TIONAL GRANTS AND/OR SCHOLARSHIPS THAT COVER THE STUDENT'S FULL COST
OF ATTENDANCE SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD UNDER THIS PROGRAM;
(II) FOR A STUDENT WHO RECEIVES EDUCATIONAL GRANTS AND/OR SCHOLAR-
SHIPS THAT COVER LESS THAN THE STUDENT'S FULL COST OF ATTENDANCE,
SUCH GRANTS AND/OR SCHOLARSHIPS SHALL NOT BE DEEMED DUPLICATIVE OF
THIS PROGRAM AND MAY BE HELD CONCURRENTLY WITH AN AWARD UNDER THIS
PROGRAM, PROVIDED THAT THE COMBINED BENEFITS DO NOT EXCEED THE
STUDENT'S FULL COST OF ATTENDANCE; AND (III) AN AWARD UNDER THIS
PROGRAM SHALL BE APPLIED TO TUITION AFTER THE APPLICATION OF ALL
OTHER EDUCATIONAL GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS LIMITED TO TUITION AND
SHALL BE REDUCED IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO SUCH EDUCATIONAL GRANTS
AND/OR SCHOLARSHIPS. PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT UPON NOTIFICATION OF AN
AWARD UNDER THIS PROGRAM, THE INSTITUTION SHALL DEFER THE AMOUNT OF
TUITION EQUAL TO THE AWARD. NO AWARD SHALL BE FINAL UNTIL THE RECIP-
IENT'S SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A TERM HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE
INSTITUTION. A RECIPIENT OF AN AWARD UNDER THIS PROGRAM SHALL NOT BE
ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD UNDER THE NEW YORK STATE MATH AND SCIENCE
TEACHING INCENTIVE PROGRAM. PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT AWARDS GRANTED
PURSUANT TO THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL REQUIRE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE
AWARD RECIPIENT AND THE CORPORATION TO AUTHORIZE THE CORPORATION TO
CONVERT TO A STUDENT LOAN THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE AWARD GIVEN PURSU-
ANT TO THIS APPROPRIATION, PLUS INTEREST, ACCORDING TO A SCHEDULE TO
BE DETERMINED BY THE CORPORATION IF: (A) TWO YEARS AFTER THE
COMPLETION OF THE DEGREE PROGRAM AND RECEIPT OF INITIAL CERTIF-
ICATION IT IS FOUND THAT A RECIPIENT IS NOT TEACHING IN A PUBLIC
SCHOOL LOCATED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE PROVIDING ELEMENTARY OR SECOND-
ARY EDUCATION RECOGNIZED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS OR THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK INCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED PURSU-
ANT TO ARTICLE 56 OF THE EDUCATION LAW; OR (B) A RECIPIENT HAS NOT
TAUGHT IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL LOCATED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE PROVIDING
ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY EDUCATION RECOGNIZED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS
OR THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK INCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS
AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 56 OF THE EDUCATION LAW FOR FIVE OF
THE SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM
AND RECEIPT OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION; OR (C) A RECIPIENT FAILS TO
COMPLETE HIS OR HER GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM IN EDUCATION; OR (D) A
RECIPIENT FAILS TO RECEIVE OR MAINTAIN HIS OR HER TEACHING CERTIF-
ICATE OR LICENSE IN NEW YORK STATE; OR (E) A RECIPIENT FAILS TO
RESPOND TO REQUESTS BY THE CORPORATION FOR THE STATUS OF HIS OR HER
ACADEMIC OR PROFESSIONAL PROGRESS. PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT THE
PRECEDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS: (A) SHALL BE DEFERRED FOR ANY INTER-
RUPTION IN GRADUATE STUDY OR EMPLOYMENT AS ESTABLISHED BY THE RULES
AND REGULATIONS OF THE CORPORATION; (B) SHALL BE CANCELLED UPON THE
DEATH OF THE RECIPIENT; AND (C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF
THIS APPROPRIATION TO THE CONTRARY, AUTHORIZE THE CORPORATION TO
PROVIDE FOR THE WAIVER OR SUSPENSION OF ANY FINANCIAL OBLIGATION
WHICH WOULD INVOLVE EXTREME HARDSHIP PURSUANT TO RULES AND REGU-
LATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE CORPORATION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
PROVISION OF THE LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UPON APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR
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OF THE BUDGET, SUCH $1,500,000 OF MASTERS-IN-EDUCATION TEACHER
INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FUNDING MAY BE SUB-ALLOCATED, INTER-
CHANGED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE HIGHER
EDUCATION SERVICES CORPORATION FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING
SUCH PROGRAM.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
CONTRARY, THE $1,500,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR QUALITYS-
TARSNY SHALL BE USED, PURSUANT TO A PLAN APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF
THE BUDGET, TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF A STATEWIDE SYSTEM TO
ASSESS, IMPROVE, AND COMMUNICATE THE LEVEL OF QUALITY IN EARLY
EDUCATION AND CARE SETTINGS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UPON APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR
OF THE BUDGET, THE $1,500,000 OF FUNDING APPROPRIATED HEREIN FOR
QUALITYSTARSNY MAY BE SUB-ALLOCATED, INTERCHANGED, TRANSFERRED OR
OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING SUCH SYSTEM.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE
CONTRARY, THE $4,000,000 APPROPRIATED HEREIN AVAILABLE FOR TAKEOVER
AND RESTRUCTURING OF FAILING SCHOOLS OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO
SECTIONS 211-F AND 211-G OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL BE AWARDED,
SUBJECT TO A PLAN DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND APPROVED BY THE
DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, TO SUPPORT THE APPROVED TURNAROUND OR INTER-
VENTION EFFORTS OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR SCHOOLS.
PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF
LAW, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, FUNDS
APPROPRIATED HEREIN MAY BE INTERCHANGED WITH THE APPROPRIATION FOR
SCHOOL DISTRICT MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY GRANTS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND
LOCAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT OFFICE OF PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE
TWELVE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
Notwithstanding section 40 of the state finance law or any provision
of law to the contrary, this appropriation shall lapse on March 31,
[2016] 2017 ... 250,000,000 ..................... (re. $232,895,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2010, as transferred by chapter
53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For nonpublic school aid payable in the 2010-11 state fiscal year.
Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the
contrary, the amount appropriated herein represents the maximum
amount payable during the 2010-11 state fiscal year ................
80,605,000 ............................................ (re. $2,000)
For aid payable for additional nonpublic school aid. Notwithstanding
any inconsistent provision of law, funds appropriated herein shall
be available for payment of aid heretofore accrued and hereafter to
accrue provided that, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or
regulation to the contrary, the amount appropriated herein repres-
ents the maximum amount payable during the 2010-11 state fiscal year
... 28,500,000 ....................................... (re. $10,000)
For academic intervention for nonpublic schools based on a plan to be
developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the
director of the budget ... 922,000 .................. (re. $920,000)
For services and expenses of the New York state center for school
safety for the 2010-11 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall
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be used to operate a statewide center and shall be subject to an
expenditure plan approved by the director of the budget ............
466,000 ............................................. (re. $315,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2010, as transferred and
amended by chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For services and expenses of the health education program for the
2010-11 school year. Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for health-related programs including, but not limited to, those
providing instruction and supportive services in comprehensive
health education and/or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
education. Of the amounts appropriated herein, $86,000 shall be
available for the program previously operated as the school health
demonstration program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
the contrary, funds appropriated herein may be suballocated, subject
to the approval of the director of the budget, to any state agency
or department to accomplish the purpose of this appropriation ......
691,000 ............................................. (re. $292,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2009:
For academic intervention for nonpublic schools based on a plan to be
developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the
director of the budget ... 922,000 .................. (re. $915,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2009, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For nonpublic school aid payable in the 2009-10 state fiscal year.
Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the
contrary, the amount appropriated herein represents the maximum
amount payable during the 2009-10 state fiscal year ................
80,605,000 ............................................ (re. $6,000)
For aid payable for additional nonpublic school aid. Notwithstanding
any inconsistent provision of law, funds appropriated herein shall
be available for payment of aid heretofore accrued and hereafter to
accrue provided that, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or
regulation to the contrary, the amount appropriated herein repres-
ents the maximum amount payable during the 2009-10 state fiscal year
... 30,000,000 ........................................ (re. $5,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2008:
For academic intervention for nonpublic schools based on a plan to be
developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the
director of the budget, provided, however, that the amount of this
appropriation available for expenditure and disbursement on and
after September 1, 2008 shall be reduced by six percent of the
amount that was undisbursed as of August 15, 2008 ..................
980,000 ............................................. (re. $922,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2008, as amended by chapter
496, section 3, of the laws of 2008:
For nonpublic school aid for the 2008-09 school year program. Notwith-
standing any inconsistent provision of law, funds appropriated here-
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in shall be available for payment of aid heretofore accrued and
hereafter to accrue provided that, notwithstanding any provision of
law, rule or regulation to the contrary, reimbursement, and the
State's liability for such reimbursement, shall be limited to nine-
ty-eight percent of the actual cost incurred by the nonpublic school
as approved by the commissioner of education; provided further that
on and after September 1, 2008, notwithstanding any inconsistent
provision of law, rule or regulation, the amount of state reimburse-
ment and liability for costs and activities funded through this
appropriation shall be further reduced by six percent of such
reduced amount, and that the amount of this appropriation available
for expenditure and disbursement on and after such date shall be
reduced by six percent of the amount that was undisbursed as of
August 15, 2008 ... 85,750,000 .................... (re. $1,633,000)
For aid payable for additional nonpublic school aid. Notwithstanding
any inconsistent provision of law, funds appropriated herein shall
be available for payment of aid heretofore accrued and hereafter to
accrue provided that, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or
regulation to the contrary, reimbursement, and the State's liability
for such reimbursement, shall be limited to ninety-eight percent of
the actual cost incurred by the nonpublic school as approved by the
commissioner of education; provided further that on and after
September 1, 2008, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of
law, rule or regulation, the amount of state reimbursement and
liability for costs and activities funded through this appropriation
shall be further reduced by six percent of such reduced amount, and
that the amount of this appropriation available for expenditure and
disbursement on and after such date shall be reduced by six percent
of the amount that was undisbursed as of August 15, 2008 ...
47,295,000 ........................................ (re. $3,306,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2007, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For academic intervention for nonpublic schools based on a plan to be
developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the
director of the budget ... 1,000,000 .............. (re. $1,000,000)
For nonpublic school aid for the 2007-08 school year program. Notwith-
standing any inconsistent provision of law, funds appropriated here-
in shall be available for payment of aid heretofore accrued and
hereafter to accrue ... 87,500,000 ................ (re. $4,918,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2006:
For academic intervention for nonpublic schools based on a plan to be
developed by the commissioner of education and approved by the
director of the budget ... 1,000,000 ................ (re. $642,000)
For nonpublic school aid for the 2006-07 school year program. Notwith-
standing any inconsistent provision of law, funds shall be available
for payment of aid heretofore accrued and hereafter to accrue ...
87,500,000 ........................................ (re. $7,514,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2005:
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For nonpublic school aid for the 2005-06 school year program. Notwith-
standing any inconsistent provision of law, funds shall be available
for payment of aid heretofore accrued and hereafter to accrue ...
87,500,000 ........................................ (re. $5,303,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Education Fund
Federal Department of Education Account - 25210
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For grants to schools for specific programs including, but not limited
to, grants for purposes under title I of the elementary and second-
ary education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of
law, a portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other
state departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the
director of the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this
appropriation ... 1,771,819,000 ............... (re. $1,770,955,000)
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for state grants for
improving teacher quality and mathematics and science partnerships
pursuant to title II of the elementary and secondary education act.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a portion of this
appropriation may be suballocated to other state departments and
agencies, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, as
needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation ..............
242,841,000 ..................................... (re. $242,841,000)
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for English language
acquisition program pursuant to title III of the elementary and
secondary education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, a portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other
state departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the
director of the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this
appropriation ... 61,000,000 ..................... (re. $61,000,000)
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for the 21st century
community learning centers pursuant to title IV of the elementary
and secondary education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent
provision of law, a portion of this appropriation may be suballo-
cated to other state departments and agencies, subject to the
approval of the director of the budget, as needed to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation ... 96,526,000 ...... (re. $87,024,000)
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for the charter
schools program pursuant to title V of the elementary and secondary
education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a
portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other state
departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the director of
the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation
... 28,000,000 ................................... (re. $28,000,000)
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for the rural educa-
tion initiative pursuant to title VI of the elementary and secondary
education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a
portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other state
departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the director of
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the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation
... 5,000,000 ..................................... (re. $5,000,000)
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for homeless educa-
tion program pursuant to title X of the elementary and secondary
education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a
portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other state
departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the director of
the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation
... 8,000,000 ..................................... (re. $8,000,000)
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for specific
programs including, but not limited to, the Carl D. Perkins voca-
tional and applied technology education act (VTEA).
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a portion of this
appropriation may be suballocated to other state departments and
agencies, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, as
needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation ..............
68,578,000 ....................................... (re. $65,937,000)
For various grants to schools and other eligible entities. Notwith-
standing any inconsistent provision of law, a portion of this appro-
priation may be suballocated to other state departments and agen-
cies, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, as
needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation ..............
29,425,000 ....................................... (re. $29,425,000)
For the education of individuals with disabilities including up to
$3,000,000 for services and expenses of early childhood direction
centers and $500,000 for services and expenses of the center for
autism and related disabilities at the state university of New York
at Albany. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a
portion of the funds appropriated herein shall be available, subject
to a plan developed by the commissioner of education and approved by
the director of the budget, for grants to ensure appropriately
certified teachers in schools providing special services or programs
as defined in paragraphs e, g, i and l of subdivision 2 of section
4401 of the education law to children placed by school districts and
in approved preschool programs that provide full and half-day educa-
tional programs in accordance with section 4410 of the education law
for children placed by school district. Provided further that, in
the allocation of funds, priority shall be given to those programs
with a demonstrated need to increase the number of certified teach-
ers to comply with state and federal requirements. Such funds shall
be made available for such activities as certification preparation,
training, assisting schools with personnel shortages and supporting
activities that improve the delivery of services to improve results
for children with disabilities. Provided further that notwithstand-
ing any inconsistent provision of law, of the funds appropriated
herein: (i) $2,000,000 shall be available for payments to schools
providing special services or programs as defined in paragraphs e,
g, i, and l of subdivision 2 of section 4401 of the education law to
help prevent excessive instructional staff turnover through a
targeted adjustment of compensation for teachers providing direct
instructional services to students at such schools. The commissioner
of education shall develop an allocation plan, subject to the
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approval of the director of the budget, that distributes funds
appropriated herein among eligible schools, as defined herein, that
qualify based on the following criteria: eligible schools are those
that have complied with all applicable requirements for previous
grants for this purpose and whose average teacher salary are below
the salary provided for similarly qualified teachers in public
schools in the region in which such eligible school is located. The
allocation to each qualifying school shall be calculated based on
the number of weighted full time equivalent (FTE) staff, as defined
herein, in the per FTE award amount. The total number of weighted
FTE shall be determined by multiplying the actual number of FTE
teachers providing classroom instruction at each school, as deter-
mined by the commissioner, by: 1) a factor of 2.0 for those schools
where average salaries that are 50 percent or less of those in
public school located in the same geographic region; 2) a factor of
1.5 for those schools where average salaries that are 50 percent and
75 percent of public schools located in the same geographic region;
or 3) a factor of 1.0 for those schools where the average salaries
that are 75-100 percent of public schools located in the same
geographic region. The per FTE teacher award amount shall be calcu-
lated by dividing the $2,000,000 by the total number of weighted FTE
staff; (ii) $2,000,000 shall be available for payments to schools
providing special services or programs as defined in paragraphs e,
g, i, and l of subdivision 2 of section 4401 of the education law
and approved preschool programs in accordance with section 4410 of
the education law to help prevent excessive instructional staff
turnover through a targeted adjustment of compensation for teachers
providing direct instructional services to students at such schools.
The commissioner of education shall develop an allocation plan,
subject to the approval of the director of the budget, that distrib-
utes funds appropriated herein among eligible schools; (iii) up to
$10,000,000 shall be available for costs associated with schools
operated under article 85 of the education law which otherwise would
be payable through the department's general fund aid to localities
appropriation, provided further that notwithstanding any inconsist-
ent provision of law, any disbursements against this $10,000,000
shall immediately reduce the amounts appropriated in the education
department's general fund aid to localities for costs associated
with schools operated under article 85 of the education law by an
equivalent amount, and the portion of such general fund appropri-
ation so affected shall have no further force or effect. Notwith-
standing any provision of the law to the contrary, funds appropri-
ated herein shall be available for payment of liabilities heretofore
accrued or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the approval of the
director of the budget, such funds shall be available to the depart-
ment net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a portion of this
appropriation may be suballocated to other state departments and
agencies, as needed, to accomplish the intent of this appropriation
... 815,347,000 ................................. (re. $815,347,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
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For grants to schools for specific programs including, but not limited
to, grants for purposes under title I of the elementary and second-
ary education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of
law, a portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other
state departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the
director of the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this
appropriation ... 1,771,819,000 ................. (re. $965,663,000)
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for state grants for
improving teacher quality and mathematics and science partnerships
pursuant to title II of the elementary and secondary education act.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a portion of this
appropriation may be suballocated to other state departments and
agencies, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, as
needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation ..............
242,841,000 ..................................... (re. $110,406,000)
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for English language
acquisition program pursuant to title III of the elementary and
secondary education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, a portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other
state departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the
director of the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this
appropriation ... 57,519,000 ..................... (re. $39,531,000)
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for the 21st century
community learning centers pursuant to title IV of the elementary
and secondary education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent
provision of law, a portion of this appropriation may be suballo-
cated to other state departments and agencies, subject to the
approval of the director of the budget, as needed to accomplish the
intent of this appropriation ... 96,526,000 ...... (re. $37,609,000)
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for the charter
schools program pursuant to title V of the elementary and secondary
education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a
portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other state
departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the director of
the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation
... 28,000,000 ................................... (re. $26,553,000)
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for the rural educa-
tion initiative pursuant to title VI of the elementary and secondary
education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a
portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other state
departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the director of
the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation
... 5,000,000 ..................................... (re. $4,085,000)
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for homeless educa-
tion program pursuant to title X of the elementary and secondary
education act. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a
portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other state
departments and agencies, subject to the approval of the director of
the budget, as needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation
... 8,000,000 ..................................... (re. $4,800,000)
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For grants to schools and other eligible entities for specific
programs including, but not limited to, the Carl D. Perkins voca-
tional and applied technology education act (VTEA).
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a portion of this
appropriation may be suballocated to other state departments and
agencies, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, as
needed to accomplish the intent of this appropriation ..............
68,578,000 ....................................... (re. $21,922,000)
For the education of individuals with disabilities including up to
$3,000,000 for services and expenses of early childhood direction
centers and $500,000 for services and expenses of the center for
autism and related disabilities at the state university of New York
at Albany. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a
portion of the funds appropriated herein shall be available, subject
to a plan developed by the commissioner of education and approved by
the director of the budget, for grants to ensure appropriately
certified teachers in schools providing special services or programs
as defined in paragraphs e, g, i and l of subdivision 2 of section
4401 of the education law to children placed by school districts and
in approved preschool programs that provide full and half-day educa-
tional programs in accordance with section 4410 of the education law
for children placed by school district. Provided further that, in
the allocation of funds, priority shall be given to those programs
with a demonstrated need to increase the number of certified teach-
ers to comply with state and federal requirements. Such funds shall
be made available for such activities as certification preparation,
training, assisting schools with personnel shortages and supporting
activities that improve the delivery of services to improve results
for children with disabilities. Provided further that notwithstand-
ing any inconsistent provision of law, of the funds appropriated
herein: (i) $2,000,000 shall be available for payments to schools
providing special services or programs as defined in paragraphs e,
g, i, and l of subdivision 2 of section 4401 of the education law to
help prevent excessive instructional staff turnover through a
targeted adjustment of compensation for teachers providing direct
instructional services to students at such schools. The commissioner
of education shall develop an allocation plan, subject to the
approval of the director of the budget, that distributes funds
appropriated herein among eligible schools, as defined herein, that
qualify based on the following criteria: eligible schools are those
that have complied with all applicable requirements for previous
grants for this purpose and whose average teacher salary are below
the salary provided for similarly qualified teachers in public
schools in the region in which such eligible school is located. The
allocation to each qualifying school shall be calculated based on
the number of weighted full time equivalent (FTE) staff, as defined
herein, in the per FTE award amount. The total number of weighted
FTE shall be determined by multiplying the actual number of FTE
teachers providing classroom instruction at each school, as deter-
mined by the commissioner, by: 1) a factor of 2.0 for those schools
where average salaries that are 50 percent or less of those in
public school located in the same geographic region; 2) a factor of
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1.5 for those schools where average salaries that are 50 percent and
75 percent of public schools located in the same geographic region;
or 3) a factor of 1.0 for those schools where the average salaries
that are 75-100 percent of public schools located in the same
geographic region. The per FTE teacher award amount shall be calcu-
lated by dividing the $2,000,000 by the total number of weighted FTE
staff; (ii) $2,000,000 shall be available for payments to schools
providing special services or programs as defined in paragraphs e,
g, i, and l of subdivision 2 of section 4401 of the education law
and approved preschool programs in accordance with section 4410 of
the education law to help prevent excessive instructional staff
turnover through a targeted adjustment of compensation for teachers
providing direct instructional services to students at such schools.
The commissioner of education shall develop an allocation plan,
subject to the approval of the director of the budget, that distrib-
utes funds appropriated herein among eligible schools; (iii) up to
$10,000,000 shall be available for costs associated with schools
operated under article 85 of the education law which otherwise would
be payable through the department's general fund aid to localities
appropriation, provided further that notwithstanding any inconsist-
ent provision of law, any disbursements against this $10,000,000
shall immediately reduce the amounts appropriated in the education
department's general fund aid to localities for costs associated
with schools operated under article 85 of the education law by an
equivalent amount, and the portion of such general fund appropri-
ation so affected shall have no further force or effect. Provided
that, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, of the
funds appropriated herein, up to $2,000,000 shall be available to
support program and/or fiscal audits and/or reviews of individual
preschool special education providers to be conducted by an external
audit firm selected through a competitive request for proposals
process or otherwise and, provided further that up to $2,000,000
shall be available for development of data collection and analysis
systems to improve the capacity of the State, school districts and
municipalities oversight of the provision of preschool special
education services. Provided further that, to the extent permitted
by federal law, $1,000,000 shall also be made available for grants
to be awarded to municipalities to enhance program oversight.
Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, funds
appropriated herein shall be available for payment of liabilities
heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the
approval of the director of the budget, such funds shall be avail-
able to the department net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements
and credits. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a
portion of this appropriation may be suballocated to other state
departments and agencies, as needed, to accomplish the intent of
this appropriation ... 815,347,000 .............. (re. $218,061,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Education Fund
Federal Department of Education Account
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By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for specific
programs in the, but not limited to, amounts indicated for such
programs, including $1,776,819,000 for purposes under title I of the
elementary and secondary education act, $247,841,000 for improving
teacher quality and mathematics and science partnerships pursuant to
title II of the elementary and secondary education act, $57,519,000
for English language acquisition pursuant to title III of the
elementary and secondary education act, $96,526,000 for 21st century
community learning centers pursuant to title IV of the elementary
and secondary education act, $23,000,000 for charter schools
programs pursuant to title V of the elementary and secondary educa-
tion act, $42,425,000 for other purposes pursuant to the elementary
and secondary education act and $68,578,000 for grants to schools
and other eligible entities for vocational and technical preparation
programs pursuant to the perkins career and technical improvement
act.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, funds
appropriated herein may be suballocated, subject to the approval of
the director of the budget, to any state agency or department to
accomplish the purpose of this appropriation .......................
2,312,708,000 ................................... (re. $100,000,000)
For the education of individuals with disabilities including up to
$3,000,000 for services and expenses of early childhood direction
centers and $500,000 for services and expenses of the center for
autism and related disabilities at the state university of New York
at Albany. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a
portion of the funds appropriated herein shall be available, subject
to a plan developed by the commissioner of education and approved by
the director of the budget, for grants to ensure appropriately
certified teachers in schools providing special services or programs
as defined in paragraphs e, g, i and l of subdivision 2 of section
4401 of the education law to children placed by school districts and
in approved preschool programs that provide full and half-day educa-
tional programs in accordance with section 4410 of the education law
for children placed by school district. Provided further that, in
the allocation of funds, priority shall be given to those programs
with a demonstrated need to increase the number of certified teach-
ers to comply with state and federal requirements. Such funds shall
be made available for such activities as certification preparation,
training, assisting schools with personnel shortages and supporting
activities that improve the delivery of services to improve results
for children with disabilities. Provided further that notwithstand-
ing any inconsistent provision of law, of the funds appropriated
herein: (i) $2,000,000 shall be available for payments to schools
providing special services or programs as defined in paragraphs e,
g, i, and l of subdivision 2 of section 4401 of the education law to
help prevent excessive instructional staff turnover through a
targeted adjustment of compensation for teachers providing direct
instructional services to students at such schools. The commissioner
of education shall develop an allocation plan, subject to the
approval of the director of the budget, that distributes funds
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appropriated herein among eligible schools, as defined herein, that
qualify based on the following criteria: eligible schools are those
that have complied with all applicable requirements for previous
grants for this purpose and whose average teacher salary are below
the salary provided for similarly qualified teachers in public
schools in the region in which such eligible school is located. The
allocation to each qualifying school shall be calculated based on
the number of weighted full time equivalent (FTE) staff, as defined
herein, in the per FTE award amount. The total number of weighted
FTE shall be determined by multiplying the actual number of FTE
teachers providing classroom instruction at each school, as deter-
mined by the commissioner, by: 1) a factor of 2.0 for those schools
where average salaries that are 50 percent or less of those in
public school located in the same geographic region; 2) a factor of
1.5 for those schools where average salaries that are 50 percent and
75 percent of public schools located in the same geographic region;
or 3) a factor of 1.0 for those schools where the average salaries
that are 75-100 percent of public schools located in the same
geographic region. The per FTE teacher award amount shall be calcu-
lated by dividing the $2,000,000 by the total number of weighted FTE
staff; (ii) $2,000,000 shall be available for payments to schools
providing special services or programs as defined in paragraphs e,
g, i, and l of subdivision 2 of section 4401 of the education law
and approved preschool programs in accordance with section 4410 of
the education law to help prevent excessive instructional staff
turnover through a targeted adjustment of compensation for teachers
providing direct instructional services to students at such schools.
The commissioner of education shall develop an allocation plan,
subject to the approval of the director of the budget, that distrib-
utes funds appropriated herein among eligible schools; (iii) up to
$10,000,000 shall be available for allowances to schools for the
blind and deaf to support services to students attending these
schools for costs which otherwise would be payable through the
department's general fund aid to localities appropriation, provided
further that notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, any
disbursements against this $10,000,000 shall immediately reduce the
amounts appropriated in the education department's general fund aid
to localities for allowances to private schools for the blind and
deaf by an equivalent amount, and the portion of such general fund
appropriation so affected shall have no further force or effect.
Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, funds
appropriated herein shall be available for payment of liabilities
heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the
approval of the director of the budget, such funds shall be avail-
able to the department net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements
and credits ... 815,347,000 ...................... (re. $67,548,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For grants to schools for specific programs. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law to the contrary, funds appropriated herein may be
suballocated, subject to the approval of the director of the budget,
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to any state agency or department to accomplish the purpose of this
appropriation ... 3,747,000 ....................... (re. $3,747,000)
For grants to schools for specific programs including, but not limited
to, grants for purposes under title I of the elementary and second-
ary education act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, funds appropriated herein may be suballocated, subject to
the approval of the director of the budget, to any state agency or
department to accomplish the purpose of this appropriation .........
1,867,017,000 .................................... (re. $50,000,000)
For education of individuals with disabilities including up to
$3,000,000 for services and expenses of early childhood direction
centers and $500,000 for services and expenses of the center for
autism and related disabilities at the state university of New York
at Albany. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a
portion of the funds appropriated herein shall be available, subject
to a plan developed by the commissioner of education and approved by
the director of the budget, for grants to ensure appropriately
certified teachers in schools providing special services or programs
as defined in paragraphs e, g, i and l of subdivision 2 of section
4401 of the education law to children placed by school districts and
in approved preschool programs that provide full and half-day educa-
tional programs in accordance with section 4410 of the education law
for children placed by school district. Provided further that, in
the allocation of funds, priority shall be given to those programs
with a demonstrated need to increase the number of certified teach-
ers to comply with state and federal requirements. Such funds shall
be made available for such activities as certification preparation,
training, assisting schools with personnel shortages and supporting
activities that improve the delivery of services to improve results
for children with disabilities. Provided further that notwithstand-
ing any inconsistent provision of law, of the funds appropriated
herein: (i) $2,000,000 shall be available for payments to schools
providing special services or programs as defined in paragraphs e,
g, i, and l of subdivision 2 of section 4401 of the education law to
help prevent excessive instructional staff turnover through a
targeted adjustment of compensation for teachers providing direct
instructional services to students at such schools. The commissioner
of education shall develop an allocation plan, subject to the
approval of the director of the budget, that distributes funds
appropriated herein among eligible schools, as defined herein, that
qualify based on the following criteria: eligible schools are those
that have complied with all applicable requirements for previous
grants for this purpose and whose average teacher salary are below
the salary provided for similarly qualified teachers in public
schools in the region in which such eligible school is located. The
allocation to each qualifying school shall be calculated based on
the number of weighted full time equivalent (FTE) staff, as defined
herein, in the per FTE award amount. The total number of weighted
FTE shall be determined by multiplying the actual number of FTE
teachers providing classroom instruction at each school, as deter-
mined by the commissioner, by: 1) a factor of 2.0 for those schools
where average salaries that are 50 percent or less of those in
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public school located in the same geographic region; 2) a factor of
1.5 for those schools where average salaries that are 50 percent and
75 percent of public schools located in the same geographic region;
or 3) a factor of 1.0 for those schools where the average salaries
that are 75-100 percent of public schools located in the same
geographic region. The per FTE teacher award amount shall be calcu-
lated by dividing the $2,000,000 by the total number of weighted FTE
staff; (ii) $2,000,000 shall be available for payments to schools
providing special services or programs as defined in paragraphs e,
g, i, and l of subdivision 2 of section 4401 of the education law
and approved preschool programs in accordance with section 4410 of
the education law to help prevent excessive instructional staff
turnover through a targeted adjustment of compensation for teachers
providing direct instructional services to students at such schools.
The commissioner of education shall develop an allocation plan,
subject to the approval of the director of the budget, that distrib-
utes funds appropriated herein among eligible schools; (iii) up to
$10,000,000 shall be available for allowances to schools for the
blind and deaf to support services to students attending these
schools for costs which otherwise would be payable through the
department's general fund aid to localities appropriation, provided
further that notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, any
disbursements against this $10,000,000 shall immediately reduce the
amounts appropriated in the education department's general fund aid
to localities for allowances to private schools for the blind and
deaf by an equivalent amount, and the portion of such general fund
appropriation so affected shall have no further force or effect.
Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, funds
appropriated herein shall be available for payment of liabilities
heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue and, subject to the
approval of the director of the budget, such funds shall be avail-
able to the department net of disallowances, refunds, reimbursements
and credits ... 801,867,000 .......................... (re. $50,000)
For the purposes of the teacher incentive fund program as funded by
the American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009. Funds appropri-
ated herein shall be subject to all applicable reporting and
accountability requirements contained in such act ..................
20,500,000 ....................................... (re. $20,500,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2010, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For grants to schools for specific programs. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law to the contrary, funds appropriated herein may be
suballocated, subject to the approval of the director of the budget,
to any state agency or department to accomplish the purpose of this
appropriation ... 3,747,000 ....................... (re. $3,747,000)
For grants to schools for specific programs including, but not limited
to, grants for purposes under title I of the elementary and second-
ary education act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, funds appropriated herein may be suballocated, subject to
the approval of the director of the budget, to any state agency or
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department to accomplish the purpose of this appropriation .........
1,867,017,000 .................................... (re. $45,000,000)
For the purposes of the teacher incentive fund program as funded by
the American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009. Funds appropri-
ated herein shall be subject to all applicable reporting and
accountability requirements contained in such act. Notwithstanding
any other provision of the law to the contrary and subject to the
approval of the director of the budget, a portion of the funds
appropriated herein may be transferred to the credit of the state
purposes account of the state education department to carry out the
purposes of this program ... 20,000,000 ........... (re. $4,998,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2009:
For grants to schools for specific programs ..........................
3,747,000 ......................................... (re. $1,000,000)
For grants to schools for specific programs including, but not limited
to, grants for purposes under title I of the elementary and second-
ary education act ... 1,807,000,000 .............. (re. $25,000,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Health and Human Services Fund
Federal Health and Human Services Account - 25122
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For grants to schools for specific programs ..........................
5,000,000 ......................................... (re. $5,000,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For grants to schools for specific programs ..........................
5,000,000 ............................................ (re. $10,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Federal Operating Grants Account - 25456
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For grants to schools for specific programs ..........................
5,000,000 ......................................... (re. $5,000,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Fund
Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Account - 25026
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for programs funded
through the national school lunch act ..............................
1,077,000,000 ................................. (re. $1,007,073,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for programs funded
through the national school lunch act ..............................
1,052,000,000 ................................... (re. $176,663,000)
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By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for programs funded
through the national school lunch act ..............................
966,000,000 ...................................... (re. $82,559,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For grants to schools and other eligible entities for programs funded
through the national school lunch act ..............................
821,987,000 ......................................... (re. $235,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
State Fiscal Stabilization Account - 25200
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2010, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For the purposes of the Race to the Top state fiscal stabilization
fund-state incentive grant as funded by the American recovery and
reinvestment act of 2009. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
to contrary, funds appropriated herein may be suballocated, subject
to the approval of the director of the budget, to any state agency
or department for the purposes of the state fiscal stabilization
fund-state incentive grants as funded by the American recovery and
reinvestment act of 2009, provided further that, subject to the
approval of the director of the budget, a portion of the funds
appropriated herein, may be transferred to the credit of the state
purposes account of the state education department to carry out the
purposes of this section. Funds appropriated herein shall be subject
to all applicable reporting and accountability requirements
contained in such act ... 750,000,000 ........... (re. $450,000,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Other
Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund
Commercial Gaming Revenue Account
The appropriation made by chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014, is
hereby amended and reappropriated to read:
For payment, pursuant to section 97-nnnn of the state finance law, of
additional aid to school districts otherwise eligible for an appor-
tionment pursuant to subdivision 4 of section 3602 of the education
law, in order to support elementary and secondary education, which,
notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, shall for
purposes of this appropriation mean support through after-school
programs, [sap] GAP elimination adjustment restoration apportion-
ments and/or foundation aid; provided that, [,]for the 2014-15
school year, $81,000,000 shall be available from the funds appropri-
ated herein and shall be payable, on[/] or after April 1, 2015, as a
portion of the gap elimination adjustment restoration in such year.
Provided further that, $81,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein
shall be available for the 2015-16 school year AND NO MORE THAN 70
PERCENT OF SUCH $81,000,000 SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE 2015-16 STATE
FISCAL YEAR; and provided further that, notwithstanding any
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provision of law to the contrary, the funds appropriated herein
shall only be available to support such purposes and shall not be
interchanged with any other item of appropriation; and provided that
notwithstanding section 40 of the state finance law or any provision
of law to the contrary, this appropriation shall remain in full
force and effect to the maximum extent allowed by [l] LAW ...
720,000,000 ..................................... (re. $720,000,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Other
State Lottery Fund
State Lottery Account - 20901
The appropriation made by chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014, is
hereby amended and reappropriated to read:
For general support for public schools for the 2014-15 and 2015-16
school years, provided that, notwithstanding any other provision of
law to the contrary, in computing the additional lottery grant
pursuant to subparagraph (4) of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of
section 92-c of the state finance law for the 2014-15 school year,
the base grant shall not exceed $2,024,980,000. Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, the portion of this appropriation
covering fiscal year 2014-15 shall supersede and replace any appro-
priation for this item covering fiscal year 2014-15 set forth in
chapter 53 of the laws of 2013. Notwithstanding section 40 of the
state finance law or any provision of law to the contrary, this
appropriation shall lapse on March 31, 2016 ........................
[4,036,960,000] 4,003,960,000 ................. (re. $1,978,980,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Other
State Lottery Fund
VLT Education Account - 20904
The appropriation made by chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014, is
hereby amended and reappropriated to read:
For general support for public schools for the 2014-15 and 2015-16
school years, for grants awarded pursuant to subparagraph (2-a) of
paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the state finance
law, provided that no more than $950,604,000 shall be available for
the 2014-15 state fiscal year payments for general support for
public schools for the 2014-15 school year. Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, the portion of this appropriation
covering fiscal year 2014-15 shall supersede and replace any appro-
priation for this item covering fiscal year 2014-15 set forth in
chapter 53 of the laws of 2013. Notwithstanding section 40 of the
state finance law or any provision of law to the contrary, this
appropriation shall lapse on March 31, 2016 ........................
[1,927,604,000] 1,902,604,000 ................... (re. $952,000,000)
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APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS
General Fund ....................... 0 2,200,000
Special Revenue Funds - Federal .... 0 27,100,000
---------------- ----------------
All Funds ........................ 0 29,300,000
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REGULATION OF ELECTIONS PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2006, as amended by chapter
496, section 1, of the laws of 2008:
The sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) is hereby appropriated
for services and expenses related to the alteration of poll sites to
provide accessibility for disabled voters. Such funds shall be allo-
cated to local boards of elections in proportion to the percentage
of the state's registered voters residing in each local board's
jurisdiction on December 31, 2004. Local boards of elections shall
submit an alteration plan to improve handicap accessibility to the
state board of elections. Such moneys shall be payable on the audit
and warrant of the state comptroller, on vouchers certified or
approved by the state board of elections pursuant to subdivision
four of section 3-100 of the election law, in the manner provided by
law, provided, however, that the amount of this appropriation avail-
able for expenditure and disbursement on and after September 1, 2008
shall be reduced by six percent of the amount that was undisbursed
as of August 15, 2008 ... 4,990,000 ............... (re. $2,200,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Health and Human Services Fund
Poll Site Accessibility Account - 25169
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For services and expenses including prior year liabilities related to
the alteration of poll sites to provide accessibility for disabled
voters. Such funds shall be allocated to local boards of elections
in proportion to the percentage of the state's registered voters
residing in each local board's jurisdiction on December 31, 2004.
Local boards of elections shall submit an alteration plan to improve
handicap accessibility to the state board of elections. Such moneys
shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the state comptroller,
on vouchers certified or approved by the state board of elections
pursuant to subdivision 4 of section 3-100 of the election law, in
the manner provided by law ... 1,000,000 ......... (re. $1,000,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For services and expenses including prior year liabilities related to
the alteration of poll sites to provide accessibility for disabled
voters. Such funds shall be allocated to local boards of elections
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in proportion to the percentage of the state's registered voters
residing in each local board's jurisdiction on December 31, 2004.
Local boards of elections shall submit an alteration plan to improve
handicap accessibility to the state board of elections. Such moneys
shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the state comptroller,
on vouchers certified or approved by the state board of elections
pursuant to subdivision 4 of section 3-100 of the election law, in
the manner provided by law ... 1,000,000 ......... (re. $1,000,000)
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2010:
For services and expenses including prior year liabilities related to
the alteration of poll sites to provide accessibility for disabled
voters. Such funds shall be allocated to local boards of elections
in proportion to the percentage of the state's registered voters
residing in each local board's jurisdiction on December 31, 2004.
Local boards of elections shall submit an alteration plan to improve
handicap accessibility to the state board of elections. Such moneys
shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the state comptroller,
on vouchers certified or approved by the state board of elections
pursuant to subdivision 4 of section 3-100 of the election law, in
the manner provided by law ... 1,000,000 ........... (re. $500,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund
Help America Vote Act Implementation Account
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2009:
Additional funding for services and expenses related to the implemen-
tation of the help America vote act of 2002, including the purchase
of new voting machines and disability accessible ballot marking
devices for use by the local boards of elections pursuant to the
help America vote act of 2002. Such moneys shall be allocated to the
local boards of elections in proportion to the percentage of the
state's registered voters residing in each local board's jurisdic-
tion on December 31, 2004 ... 7,000,000 ............ (re. $500,000)
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2009, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For services and expenses related to the implementation of the help
America vote act of 2002, including the purchase of new voting
machines and disability accessible ballot marking devices for use by
the local boards of elections pursuant to the help America vote act
of 2002. Such moneys shall be allocated to local boards of elections
in proportion to the percentage of the state's registered voters
residing in each local board's jurisdiction on December 31, 2004 ...
1,500,000 ........................................ (re. $1,500,000)
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2008, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For services and expenses related to the implementation of the help
America vote act of 2002, including the purchase of new voting
machines and disability accessible ballot marking devices for use by
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the local boards of elections pursuant to the help America vote act
of 2002. Such moneys shall be allocated to local boards of elections
in proportion to the percentage of the state's registered voters
residing in each local board's jurisdiction on December 31, 2004 ...
9,300,000 ........................................ (re. $9,300,000)
By chapter 50, section 1, of the laws of 2005, as added by chapter 62,
section 1, of the laws of 2005:
For services and expenses incurred for poll worker training and voter
education efforts pursuant to a chapter of the laws of 2005 ...
10,000,000 ....................................... (re. $3,300,000)
By chapter 181, section 20, of the laws of 2005, as amended by chapter
55, section 3, of the laws of 2006:
For services and expenses related to the purchase of new voting
machines and voting systems for use by local boards of elections
pursuant to the Help America Vote Act of 2002. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, such funds may only be expended in accord-
ance with the provisions of this act related to the allocation of
such funds and the procurement and purchase of voting systems and
voting machines, including section ten of this act entitled "Formula
for allocating Help America Vote Act money to local boards of
election" and section twelve of this act entitled "Help America Vote
Act voting machine and system implementation procurement process".
Such moneys shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the state
comptroller on vouchers certified or approved in the manner provided
by law ... 190,000,000 .......................... (re. $10,000,000)
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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
For payment according to the following schedule:
APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS
General Fund - State and Local ..... 1,195,000 14,019,400
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All Funds ........................ 1,195,000 14,019,400
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SCHEDULE
AIR AND WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ....................... 745,000
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
For services and expenses of the following
commissions notwithstanding any law to the
contrary:
The Interstate environmental commission ........... 15,000
The Susquehanna river basin commission ........... 259,000
The New England Interstate commission ............. 38,000
The Delaware river basin commission .............. 359,500
The Ohio river basin commission ................... 13,500
The Great Lakes commission ........................ 60,000
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SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ................... 450,000
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
For payment to Essex county under an agree-
ment with the department of environmental
conservation ................................... 300,000
For payment to Hamilton county under an
agreement with the department of environ-
mental conservation ............................ 150,000
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ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
Invasive species control and water dredging projects .................
2,000,000 ......................................... (re. $2,000,000)
Sewage-Right-to-Know program ... 500,000 .............. (re. $500,000)
Services and expenses of Cornell community integrated pest management
... 550,000 ......................................... (re. $550,000)
Pharmaceutical take back program ... 150,000 .......... (re. $150,000)
Dutch Hollow Brook Watershed ... 200,000 .............. (re. $200,000)
The Rockland Bergen Flood Mitigation task force ......................
100,000 ............................................. (re. $100,000)
Services and expenses of EPCAL sewage treatment facility .............
5,000,000 ......................................... (re. $5,000,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For services and expenses of Cornell community integrated pest manage-
ment ... 500,000 ..................................... (re. $43,000)
For upgrades to the Cornell research station at Shackleton Point .....
78,000 ............................................... (re. $78,000)
For invasive species control and water dredging projects .............
350,000 .............................................. (re. $81,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For services and expenses of the invasive species program including
$50,000 for Lake Chautauqua and $100,000 for Lake George ...........
500,000 ............................................. (re. $350,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2008, as amended chapter 1,
section 4, of the laws of 2009:
For services and expenses of the Greenwood Lake bi-state commission
... 226,000 ......................................... (re. $123,000)
For services and expenses of a Road Salt Study in the Adirondacks ...
150,000 ............................................. (re. $150,000)
For services and expenses of a Flood Mitigation Study - Village of
Larchmont ... 75,000 ................................. (re. $35,000)
Edgewood Oak Brush Plains Preserve Improvement .......................
376,000 ............................................. (re. $255,000)
For services and expenses of Children's Environmental Health Centers
and may be suballocated to the department of health ................
602,000 .............................................. (re. $25,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2007, as amended by chapter 55,
section 1, of the laws of 2008:
Edgewood Oak Brush Plains Preserve Improvement .......................
220,500 ............................................. (re. $119,000)
Peconic Estuary ... 196,000 ........................... (re. $196,000)
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By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2005, as amended by chapter 55,
section 1, of the laws of 2008:
Peconic Bay ... 196,000 ................................ (re. $51,000)
Invasive Species Eradication ... 980,000 ............... (re. $57,000)
For services and expenses of a Jamaica Bay waterfront access improve-
ment project ... 1,568,000 ........................ (re. $1,400,000)
AIR AND WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For services and expenses of the following commissions notwithstanding
any law to the contrary:
The Interstate environmental commission ... 15,000 ........ (re. $300)
The New England Interstate commission ... 38,000 ........ (re. $1,200)
The Ohio river basin commission ... 14,000 ................ (re. $200)
The Great Lakes commission ... 60,000 ..................... (re. $700)
SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For payment to Essex county under an agreement with the department of
environmental conservation ... 294,000 .............. (re. $294,000)
For payment to Hamilton county under an agreement with the department
of environmental conservation ... 147,000 ........... (re. $147,000)
For community impact research grants. Such grants shall be in an
amount of up to $50,000 for community groups for projects that
address a community's exposure to multiple environmental harms and
risks. Such projects shall include studies to investigate the envi-
ronment, or related public health issues of the community. Projects
shall include research that will be used to expand the knowledge or
understanding of the affected community. The results of the investi-
gation shall be disseminated to members of the affected community.
Community groups eligible for funding shall be located in the same
area as the environmental and/or related public health issues to be
addressed by the project. Such groups shall be primarily focused on
addressing the environmental and/or related public health issues of
the residents of the affected community and shall be comprised
primarily of members of the affected community .....................
490,000 ............................................. (re. $490,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For community impact research grants. Such grants shall be in an
amount of up to $50,000 for community groups for projects that
address a community's exposure to multiple environmental harms and
risks. Such projects shall include studies to investigate the envi-
ronment, or related public health issues of the community. Projects
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shall include research that will be used to expand the knowledge or
understanding of the affected community. The results of the investi-
gation shall be disseminated to members of the affected community.
Community groups eligible for funding shall be located in the same
area as the environmental and/or related public health issues to be
addressed by the project. Such groups shall be primarily focused on
addressing the environmental and/or related public health issues of
the residents of the affected community and shall be comprised
primarily of members of the affected community .....................
490,000 ............................................. (re. $490,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For community impact research grants. Such grants shall be in an
amount of up to $50,000 for community groups for projects that
address a community's exposure to multiple environmental harms and
risks. Such projects shall include studies to investigate the envi-
ronment, or related public health issues of the community. Projects
shall include research that will be used to expand the knowledge or
understanding of the affected community. The results of the investi-
gation shall be disseminated to members of the affected community.
Community groups eligible for funding shall be located in the same
area as the environmental and/or related public health issues to be
addressed by the project. Such groups shall be primarily focused on
addressing the environmental and/or related public health issues of
the residents of the affected community and shall be comprised
primarily of members of the affected community .....................
490,000 ............................................. (re. $220,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For community impact research grants. Such grants shall be in an
amount of up to $50,000 for community groups for projects that
address a community's exposure to multiple environmental harms and
risks. Such projects shall include studies to investigate the envi-
ronment, or related public health issues of the community. Projects
shall include research that will be used to expand the knowledge or
understanding of the affected community. The results of the investi-
gation shall be disseminated to members of the affected community.
Community groups eligible for funding shall be located in the same
area as the environmental and/or related public health issues to be
addressed by the project. Such groups shall be primarily focused on
addressing the environmental and/or related public health issues of
the residents of the affected community and shall be comprised
primarily of members of the affected community .....................
490,000 ............................................. (re. $370,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2010:
For community impact research grants. Such grants shall be in an
amount of up to $50,000 for community groups for projects that
address a community's exposure to multiple environmental harms and
risks. Such projects shall include studies to investigate the envi-
ronment, or related public health issues of the community. Projects
shall include research that will be used to expand the knowledge or
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understanding of the affected community. The results of the investi-
gation shall be disseminated to members of the affected community.
Community groups eligible for funding shall be located in the same
area as the environmental and/or related public health issues to be
addressed by the project. Such groups shall be primarily focused on
addressing the environmental and/or related public health issues of
the residents of the affected community and shall be comprised
primarily of members of the affected community .....................
490,000 ............................................. (re. $243,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2009:
For community impact research grants. Such grants shall be in an
amount of up to $50,000 for community groups for projects that
address a community's exposure to multiple environmental harms and
risks. Such projects shall include studies to investigate the envi-
ronment, or related public health issues of the community. Projects
shall include research that will be used to expand the knowledge or
understanding of the affected community. The results of the investi-
gation shall be disseminated to members of the affected community.
Community groups eligible for funding shall be located in the same
area as the environmental and/or related public health issues to be
addressed by the project. Such groups shall be primarily focused on
addressing the environmental and/or related public health issues of
the residents of the affected community and shall be comprised
primarily of members of the affected community .....................
490,000 ............................................. (re. $165,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2008:
For community impact research grants. Such grants shall be in an
amount of up to $50,000 for community groups for projects that
address a community's exposure to multiple environmental harms and
risks. Such projects shall include studies to investigate the envi-
ronment, or related public health issues of the community. Projects
shall include research that will be used to expand the knowledge or
understanding of the affected community. The results of the investi-
gation shall be disseminated to members of the affected community.
Community groups eligible for funding shall be located in the same
area as the environmental and/or related public health issues to be
addressed by the project. Such groups shall be primarily focused on
addressing the environmental and/or related public health issues of
the residents of the affected community and shall be comprised
primarily of members of the affected community .....................
490,000 .............................................. (re. $37,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2007, as amended by chapter 55,
section 1, of the laws of 2008:
For community impact research grants. Such grants shall be in an
amount of up to $50,000 for community groups for projects that
address a community's exposure to multiple environmental harms and
risks. Such projects shall include studies to investigate the envi-
ronment, or related public health issues of the community. Projects
shall include research that will be used to expand the knowledge or
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AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
understanding of the affected community. The results of the investi-
gation shall be disseminated to members of the affected community.
Community groups eligible for funding shall be located in the same
area as the environmental and/or related public health issues to be
addressed by the project. Such groups shall be primarily focused on
addressing the environmental and/or related public health issues of
the residents of the affected community and shall be comprised
primarily of members of the affected community .....................
490,000 .............................................. (re. $18,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2006, as amended by chapter 55,
section 1, of the laws of 2008:
For community impact research grants. Such grants shall be in an
amount of up to $25,000 for community groups for projects that
address a community's exposure to multiple environmental harms and
risks. Such projects shall include studies to investigate the envi-
ronment, economy and public health of the community. Projects shall
be of a research nature that will be used to expand the knowledge or
understanding of the affected community. The results of the investi-
gation shall be disseminated to members of the affected community.
Community groups eligible for funding shall be located in the same
area as the environmental and/or public health problems to be
addressed by the project. Such groups shall be primarily focused on
addressing the environmental and/or public health problems of the
residents of the affected community and shall be comprised primarily
of members of the affected community ... 490,000 ..... (re. $69,000)
By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2005:
For community impact research grants. Such grants shall be in an
amount of up to $25,000 for community groups for projects that
address a community's exposure to multiple environmental harms and
risks. Such projects shall include studies to investigate the envi-
ronment, economy and public health of the community. Projects shall
be of a research nature that will be used to expand the knowledge or
understanding of the affected community. The results of the investi-
gation shall be disseminated to members of the affected community.
Community groups eligible for funding shall be located in the same
area as the environmental and/or public health problems to be
addressed by the project. Such groups shall be primarily focused on
addressing the environmental and/or public health problems of the
residents of the affected community and shall be comprised primarily
of members of the affected community ... 500,000 ..... (re. $11,000)
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DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE
OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
For payment according to the following schedule:
APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS
General Fund ....................... 2,002,719,700 584,623,650
Special Revenue Funds - Federal .... 1,347,215,000 2,258,552,000
Special Revenue Funds - Other ...... 18,802,000 14,091,000
---------------- ----------------
All Funds ........................ 3,368,736,700 2,857,266,650
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SCHEDULE
CHILD CARE PROGRAM ......................................... 595,350,350
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
The money hereby appropriated is to be
available for payment of state aid hereto-
fore accrued or hereafter to accrue to
municipalities. Subject to the approval of
the director of the budget, the money
hereby appropriated shall be available to
the office net of disallowances, refunds,
reimbursements and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, in lieu of payments authorized by
the social services law, or payments of
federal funds otherwise due to the local
social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security
act or the federal food stamp act, funds
herein appropriated, in amounts certified
by the state commissioner or the state
commissioner of health as due from local
social services districts each month as
their share of payments made pursuant to
section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller
in an interest-bearing account with such
interest accruing to the credit of the
locality in order to ensure the orderly
and prompt payment of providers under
section 367-b of the social services law
pursuant to an estimate provided by the
commissioner of health of each local
social services district's share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of
the social services law.
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the amount herein appropriated may
be transferred to any other appropriation
within the office of children and family
services and/or the office of temporary
and disability assistance and/or suballo-
cated to the office of temporary and disa-
bility assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts'
costs of the above program and may be
increased or decreased by interchange with
any other appropriation or with any other
item or items within the amounts appropri-
ated within the office of children and
family services general fund - local
assistance account with the approval of
the director of the budget who shall file
such approval with the department of audit
and control and copies thereof with the
chairman of the senate finance committee
and the chairman of the assembly ways and
means committee.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the money hereby appropriated, in combina-
tion with the money appropriated in feder-
al block grant, federal day care account,
including any funds transferred or subal-
located by the office of temporary and
disability assistance special revenue
funds - federal / aid to localities feder-
al health and human services fund federal
temporary assistance to needy families
block grant funds at the request of local
social services districts and, upon
approval of the director of the budget,
transfer of federal temporary assistance
for needy families block grant funds made
available from the New York works compli-
ance fund program or otherwise specif-
ically appropriated therefor, shall
constitute the state block grant for child
care. The money hereby appropriated is to
be available to social services districts
for child care assistance pursuant to
title 5-C of article 6 of the social
services law and shall be apportioned
among the social services districts by the
office according to an allocation plan
developed by the office and submitted to
the director of the budget for approval
within 60 days of enactment of the budget.
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
A district's block grant allocation,
including any funds the office of tempo-
rary and disability assistance transfers
from a district's flexible fund for family
services allocation to the state block
grant for child care at the district's
request, for a particular federal fiscal
year is available only for child care
assistance expenditures made during that
federal fiscal year and which are claimed
by March 31 of the year immediately
following the end of that federal fiscal
year. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, any claims for child care assist-
ance made by a social services district
for expenditures made during a particular
federal fiscal year, other than claims
made under title XX of the federal social
security act and under the food stamp
employment and training program, shall be
counted against the social services
district's block grant allocation for that
federal fiscal year.
A social services district shall expend its
allocation from the block grant in accord-
ance with the applicable provisions in
federal law and regulations relating to
the federal funds included in the state
block grant for child care and the regu-
lations of the office of children and
family services. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, each district's claims
submitted under the state block grant for
child care will be processed in a manner
that maximizes the availability of federal
funds and ensures that the district meets
its maintenance of effort requirement in
each applicable federal fiscal year ........ 265,364,700
For services and expenses of a program to
increase participation of afterschool,
daycare, or other out-of-school care
providers who are eligible to participate
in the child and adult care food program.
Methods of increasing participation shall
include but not be limited to outreach and
technical assistance provided that such
funds shall be awarded to nonprofit organ-
izations through a competitive process and
provided further that such funds may be
transferred or to suballocated to any
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
state agency to accomplish the intent of
this appropriation ............................. 250,000
For services and expenses of the united
federation of teachers to provide profes-
sional development to child care providers
including but not necessarily limited to
licensed group family day care home,
registered family day care home and legal-
ly-exempt providers located in the city of
New York, to meet existing training
requirements and to enhance the develop-
ment of such providers ....................... 1,500,000
For services and expenses of the united
federation of teachers to establish and
operate a quality grant program for child
care providers which may include licensed
group family day care home providers,
registered family day care home providers
and legally-exempt providers located in
the city of New York ......................... 5,000,000
For services and expenses of the civil
service employees association, Local 1000,
AFSCME, AFL-CIO to provide professional
development to child care providers which
shall include but not necessarily be
limited to, licensed group family day care
home, registered family day care home and
legally-exempt providers located outside
the city of New York, to meet existing
training requirements and to enhance the
development of such providers; provided
however, that, pursuant to a request by
the civil services association, the funds
may be made available to CSEA Workers'
Opportunity Resources and Knowledge Insti-
tute (CSEA WORK Institute), or other
administrator designated by the union to
administer and implement the program for
the union including the payment of liabil-
ities incurred prior to April 1, 2015.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, not more
than $1,980,600 shall be available for
services provided during state fiscal year
2014-15 ...................................... 4,175,900
For services and expenses of the civil
service employees association, Local 1000,
AFSCME, AFL-CIO to establish and operate a
quality grant program for licensed group
family day care home, registered family
day care home and legally exempt providers
outside the city of New York; provided
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
however, that, pursuant to a request by
the civil services association, the funds
may be made available to CSEA Workers'
Opportunity Resources and Knowledge Insti-
tute (CSEA WORK Institute), or other
administrator designated by the union to
administer and implement the program for
the union including the payment of liabil-
ities incurred prior to April 1, 2015.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, not more
than $4,108,375 shall be available for
services provided during state fiscal year
2014-15 ...................................... 8,216,750
For services and expenses of child care
services provided to children of migrant
workers in programs operated by non-profit
organizations under contract with the
department of agriculture and markets to
provide such care. The funds appropriated
herein may be suballocated to the depart-
ment of agriculture and markets .............. 1,754,000
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Program account subtotal ................. 286,261,350
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Health and Human Services Fund
Federal Day Care Account - 25175
For services and expenses related to the
child care block grant.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, in lieu of payments authorized by
the social services law, or payments of
federal funds otherwise due to the local
social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security
act or the federal food stamp act, funds
herein appropriated, in amounts certified
by the state commissioner or the state
commissioner of health as due from local
social services districts each month as
their share of payments made pursuant to
section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller
in an interest-bearing account with such
interest accruing to the credit of the
locality in order to ensure the orderly
and prompt payment of providers under
section 367-b of the social services law
pursuant to an estimate provided by the
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OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
commissioner of health of each local
social services district's share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of
the social services law.
Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for aid to municipalities, for services
and expenses under the child care block
grant and for payments to the federal
government for expenditures made pursuant
to the social services law and the state
plan for individual and family grant
program under the disaster relief act of
1974.
Such funds are to be available for payment
of aid, services and expenses heretofore
accrued or hereafter to accrue to munici-
palities. Subject to the approval of the
director of the budget, such funds shall
be available to the office net of disal-
lowances, refunds, reimbursements, and
credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the amount herein appropriated may
be transferred to any other appropriation
within the office of children and family
services and/or the office of temporary
and disability assistance and/or suballo-
cated to the office of temporary and disa-
bility assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts'
costs of the above program and may be
increased or decreased by interchange with
any other appropriation or with any other
item or items within the amounts appropri-
ated within the office of children and
family services general fund - local
assistance account or special revenue
funds federal/state operations federal day
care account with the approval of the
director of the budget who shall file such
approval with the department of audit and
control and copies thereof with the chair-
man of the senate finance committee and
the chairman of the assembly ways and
means committee.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the money hereby appropriated including
any funds transferred by the office of
temporary and disability assistance
special revenue funds - federal / aid to
localities federal health and human
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
services fund, federal temporary assist-
ance to needy families block grant funds
at the request of local social services
districts and, upon approval of the direc-
tor of the budget, transfer of federal
temporary assistance for needy families
block grant funds made available from the
New York works compliance fund program or
otherwise specifically appropriated there-
for, in combination with the money appro-
priated in the general fund / aid to
localities local assistance account,
appropriated for the state block grant for
child care shall constitute the state
block grant for child care.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to
$216,755,000 of the state block grant for
child care may be used for child care
assistance pursuant to title 5-C of arti-
cle 6 of the social services law. The
funds that are to be available to social
services districts for child care assist-
ance shall be apportioned among the social
services districts by the office according
to the allocation plan developed by the
office and submitted to the director of
the budget for approval within 60 days of
enactment of the budget. A district's
block grant allocation, including any
funds the office of temporary and disabil-
ity assistance transfers from a district's
flexible fund for family services allo-
cation to the state block grant for child
care at the district's request, for a
particular federal fiscal year is avail-
able only for child care assistance
expenditures made during that federal
fiscal year and which are claimed by March
31 of the year immediately following the
end of that federal fiscal year. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, any
claims for child care assistance made by a
social services district for expenditures
made during a particular federal fiscal
year, other than claims made under title
XX of the federal social security act and
under the food stamp employment and train-
ing program, shall be counted against the
social services district's block grant
allocation for that federal fiscal year.
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A social services district shall expend its
allocation from the block grant in accord-
ance with the applicable provisions in
federal law and regulations relating to
the federal funds included in the state
block grant for child care and the regu-
lations of the office of children and
family services. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, each district's claims
submitted under the state block grant for
child care will be processed in a manner
that maximizes the availability of federal
funds and ensures that the district meets
its maintenance of effort requirement in
each applicable federal fiscal year. Funds
appropriated herein shall be subject to
the amount awarded in federal grant fund-
ing.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to
$38,332,000 of the funds may be available
for funding to social services districts
for child care assistance should addi-
tional health and human services funding
be available.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to
$22,034,000 may be available for services
and expenses for the operation and coordi-
nation of child care resource and referral
agencies. Such funds are to be available
pursuant to a plan prepared by the office
of children and family services and
approved by the director of the budget to
continue existing programs with existing
contractors that are satisfactorily
performing as determined by the office of
children and family services, to award new
contracts to not-for-profit organizations
to continue programs where the existing
contractors are not satisfactorily
performing as determined by the office of
children and family services and/or to
award new contracts to not-for-profit
organizations through a competitive proc-
ess.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to
$6,125,000 may be available for services
and expenses for the operation and coordi-
nation of legally exempt enrollment agen-
cies located in the city of New York.
Such funds are to be available pursuant to
a plan prepared by the office of children
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and family services and approved by the
director of the budget to continue exist-
ing programs with existing contractors
that are satisfactorily performing as
determined by the office of children and
family services, to award new contracts to
not-for-profit organizations to continue
programs where the existing contractors
are not satisfactorily performing as
determined by the office of children and
family services and/or to award new
contracts to not-for-profit organizations
through a competitive process.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to
$1,100,000 may be available for services
and expenses for the operation of
infant/toddler resource centers. Such
funds are to be available pursuant to a
plan prepared by the office of children
and family services and approved by the
director of the budget to continue exist-
ing programs with existing contractors
that are satisfactorily performing as
determined by the office of children and
family services, to award new contracts to
not-for-profit organizations to continue
programs where the existing contractors
are not satisfactorily performing as
determined by the office of children and
family services and/or to award new
contracts to not-for-profit organizations
through a competitive process.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to
$6,434,000 may be available for services
and expenses of child care provider train-
ing.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to
$10,240,000 may be available for services
and expenses of child care scholarships
education and ongoing professional devel-
opment.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to
$2,000,000 may be available for services
and expenses of the development and main-
tenance of automated systems in support of
licensing and oversight of child day care
providers.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to
$586,000 may be available for services and
expenses to make awards through a compet-
itive grant process for start-up expenses
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and for the promotion of child health and
safety, including equipment and minor
renovations.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to
$300,000 may be available for services and
expenses for the establishment and/or
operation of child care services in the
state's courts.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to
$2,020,000 may be available for services
and expenses of subsidy and quality activ-
ities at the state university of New York
including community colleges and state
operated campuses.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to
$2,020,000 may be available for services
and expenses of subsidy and quality activ-
ities at the city university of New York,
including community colleges and senior
colleges.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to
$750,000 may be available for suballo-
cation to the department of agriculture
and markets for services and expenses of
child care services provided to children
of migrant workers in programs operated by
non-profit organizations under contract
with the department of agriculture and
markets to provide such care.
Of the amount appropriated herein, up to
$50,000 may be available for services and
expenses of conducting a market rate
survey ..................................... 308,746,000
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Program account subtotal ................. 308,746,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Other
Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund
Quality Child Care and Protection Account - 21900
For services and expenses related to admin-
istering the "quality child care and
protection act" specifically, the
provision of grants to child day care
providers for health and safety purposes,
for training of child day care provider
staff and other activities to increase the
availability and/or quality of child care
programs. No expenditure shall be made
from this account until an expenditure
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
plan has been approved by the director of
the budget ..................................... 343,000
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Program account subtotal ..................... 343,000
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NEW YORK STATE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND PROGRAM ................ 350,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Education Fund
Rehabilitation Services/Supported Employment Account -
25213
For services and expenses related to the New
York state commission for the blind
including transfer or suballocation to the
state education department ..................... 350,000
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FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES PROGRAM ................... 2,749,001,550
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the amount appropriated herein,
shall be available under a foster care
block grant for state reimbursement of
eligible social services district expendi-
tures for the provision and administration
of foster care services including care,
maintenance, supervision, and tuition; for
supervision of foster children placed in
federally funded job corps programs; for
care, maintenance, supervision, and
tuition for adjudicated juvenile delin-
quents and persons in need of supervision
placed in residential programs operated by
authorized agencies and in out-of-state
residential programs; and for the
provision and administration of the
kinship guardian assistance program
including kinship guardianship assistance
payments and payments for non-recurring
guardianship expenses.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
a portion of the funds are available to
reimburse social services districts for
the change in the maximum state aid rates
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
established by the office of children and
family services for the 2015-16 rate year
pursuant to section 398-a of the social
services law and sections 4003 and 4405 of
the education law to reflect the continua-
tion of the cost of living adjustments
that became effective April 1, 2008 for
payments made to foster parents and for
salary and fringe benefit costs and other
critical nonpersonal services costs for
foster care programs as determined by the
office. Social services districts must
adjust the amount of payments made for
care provided by congregate care and
foster boarding home programs and to
foster parents to reflect the cost of
living adjustments in the manner specified
by the office. Each authorized agency
operating a congregate care or foster
boarding home program in New York state
for which the office sets a maximum state
aid rate pursuant to section 398-a of the
social services law or section 4003 or
4405 of the education law shall submit, at
the time and in a manner to be determined
by the office, a written certification,
attesting that the funds received for the
continuation of the cost of living adjust-
ment to the maximum state aid rate that
became effective April 1, 2008 for that
program will be or were used solely in
accordance with the requirements of the
cost of living adjustment established by
the office. Notwithstanding any inconsist-
ent provision of law, including section 1
of part C of chapter 57 of the laws of
2006, as amended by section 1 of part I of
chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, for the
period commencing on April 1, 2015 and
ending March 31, 2016 the commissioner
shall not apply any cost of living adjust-
ment for the purpose of establishing rates
of payments, contracts or any other form
of reimbursement.
Within the amounts appropriated herein,
state reimbursement to each social
services district for services identified
herein that are otherwise reimbursable by
the state from April 1, 2015 through March
31, 2016 shall be limited to a district
allocation, hereinafter referred to as the
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OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
district's block grant allocation.
Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, such block grant allocation shall be
based, in part, on each district's claims
for such costs, adjusted by the applicable
cost allocation methodology and net of any
retroactive payments for the 12 month
period ending June 30, 2014 that are
submitted on or before January 2, 2015
and, in part, on such other factors as
determined by the office of children and
family services and approved by the direc-
tor of the budget. Any portion of a social
services district's allocation from funds
appropriated herein not claimed by such
district during the state fiscal year may
be used by such district for expenditures
on preventive services provided pursuant
to section 409-a of the social services
law, independent living services and
aftercare services provided pursuant to
regulations of the department of family
assistance, claimed by such district
during the next state fiscal year up to
the amount remaining from the district's
foster care block grant allocation,
provided however, that any claims for such
services during the next state fiscal year
in excess of such amount shall be subject
to 62 percent state reimbursement exclu-
sive of any federal funds made available
for such purposes, in accordance with
directives of the department of family
assistance and subject to the approval of
the director of the budget. Any claims
submitted by a social services district
for reimbursement for a particular state
fiscal year for which the social services
district does not receive state or federal
reimbursement during that state fiscal
year may not be claimed against that
district's block grant apportionment for
the next state fiscal year.
The office of children and family services,
with the approval of the director of the
budget, may reduce a district's block
grant allocation by the state share
decrease related to federal retroactive
reimbursement for such foster care
services identified herein. The office,
with the approval of the director of the
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
budget, may reduce a district's block
grant allocation by the state share of
disallowances or sanctions taken against
the district pursuant to the social
services law or federal law.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the state shall not be responsible for
reimbursing a social services district and
a district shall not seek state reimburse-
ment for any portion of any state disal-
lowance or sanction taken against the
social services district, or any federal
disallowance attributable to final federal
agency decisions or to settlement made, on
or after July 1, 1995, when such disallow-
ance or sanction results from the failure
of the social services district to comply
with federal or state requirements,
including, but not limited to, failure to
document eligibility for federal or state
funds in the case record; provided, howev-
er, if the office determines that any
federal disallowance for services provided
between January 1, 1999 and May 31, 1999
results solely from the late enactment of
the state legislation implementing the
federal adoption and safe families act,
the state shall be solely responsible for
the full amount of the disallowance or
sanction; provided, further, however, this
provision shall be deemed to apply both
prospectively and retroactively regardless
of whether such sanctions or disallowances
are for services provided or claims made
prior to or after April 1, 2015.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any federal disallowance resulting from a
federal title IV-E eligibility review or
audit that uses extrapolated statistic
techniques shall be passed along by the
state to any and all social services
districts that the office of children and
family services has determined have not
complied with the title IV-E eligibility
requirements or have not taken the neces-
sary actions to ensure compliance with
such requirements including, but not
limited to, failing to: assess and fully
document all the criteria and have readily
available all the necessary documents to
establish and continue title IV-E eligi-
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
bility for all title IV-E eligible chil-
dren within the required time frames;
claim title IV-E funding only for cases
that meet all of the title IV-E eligibil-
ity criteria; and fully implement the
social services payment system on or
before April 1, 2005 for all direct and
voluntary agency foster care services.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the
office of children and family services
shall impose on social services districts
any federal disallowance issued against
the state as a result of a federal title
IV-E secondary eligibility review regard-
less of the date the children may have
entered foster care, the date the eligi-
bility or payment errors occurred, or the
filing date of any federal claims for
reimbursement; provided, however, that the
state shall be responsible for the disal-
lowed costs and expenditures related to
the placement of children in a facility
operated by the office of children and
family services, which shall be determined
in the same manner as the disallowed costs
and expenditures for social services
districts other than the city of New York.
In order to reimburse the federal govern-
ment for the full amount of any disallow-
ance imposed on the state by the federal
administration for children and families
within the timeframes necessary to avoid
any potential interest payments on such
amount, the office of children and family
services is authorized to immediately
offset funds otherwise due to each
district for a pro rata share of the total
disallowed costs based on the percentage
of applicable federal title IV-E claims
made by that district for the relevant
time period as compared to the total
applicable statewide title IV-E claims.
The amount of the offset against each
district will be adjusted, if necessary,
upon completion of the disallowance allo-
cation process. The final allocation of
the amount of any federal disallowance
resulting from a title IV-E secondary
eligibility review shall be allocated
among the districts so that each district
shall be responsible for the amount
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
attributable to each of the district's
children or cases that are determined by
the federal review to be unallowable. Each
district shall also be responsible for a
portion of the federal extrapolated disal-
lowance amount based on the relative error
rate for the district. The city of New
York's error rate will be based on the
federal sample and federal statistics. For
all social services districts other than
the city of New York, the error rate will
be based on a review conducted by the
district of a sample of children and/or
cases determined by the office of children
and family services and a re-review of a
sub-sample by the office of those children
and/or cases determined by the office. The
office of children and family services
will determine what is reasonable in
establishing the size of the sample and
sub-sample for each district. The office
of children and family services shall
notify each social services district of
the sample of children and/or cases from
the federal audit period that the social
services district must review. Any child
or case from the social services district
that was included in the federal sample
will automatically be included in the
social services district's review sample
and the determination made at the federal
review regarding that child or case will
govern for the purposes of the social
services district's review. The social
services district must complete and submit
the results of its review to the office of
children and family services within 60
days of receipt of the sample. The error
rate for the district will be based on the
findings of the district's review and the
office of children and family services'
re-review. If a social services district
does not complete its review within 60
days of receiving the sample from the
office of children and family services,
the office of children and family services
shall assign an error rate to the social
services district based on the relative
percentage of the district's applicable
title IV-E claims for the relevant period
as compared to applicable statewide title
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
IV-E claims for that period and other
circumstances that the office of children
and family services may consider in order
to allocate 100 percent of the federal
disallowance. The office of children and
family services shall apply each social
services district's error rate to the
total amount of the district's applicable
title IV-E claims including associated
administrative expenses. The resulting
dollar amounts for all of the social
services districts will be summed to
derive the total amount of title IV-E
claims deemed to be in error statewide. To
establish a disallowance percentage for
each social services district, the amount
of the district's title IV-E claims deemed
to be in error will be divided by the
amount of statewide title IV-E claims
deemed to be in error. The resulting
disallowance percentage for each district
will be applied to the entire title IV-E
extrapolated disallowance calculated by
the federal review to determine the amount
of the extrapolated disallowance for which
the district is responsible. Each district
will be credited for the amount already
disallowed for any individual children or
cases found to be in error during the
federal review. The exclusive appeal
rights for the review of the amount of the
federal disallowance assigned to each
social services district shall be pursuant
to article 78 of the civil practice laws
and rules; provided, however, that in any
such action all of the social services
districts shall be joined as necessary
parties and the venue of any such action
shall be in Rensselaer county. Any social
services district that fails to complete
its sample review in the required time
frames shall have no right to appeal and
shall not be a necessary party to any
action brought by another social services
district.
The money hereby appropriated is to be
available for payment of state aid hereto-
fore accrued or hereafter to accrue to
municipalities. Subject to the approval of
the director of the budget, the money
hereby appropriated shall be available to
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
the office net of disallowances, refunds,
reimbursements, and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the amount herein appropriated may
be transferred to any other appropriation
within the office of children and family
services and/or the office of temporary
and disability assistance and/or suballo-
cated to the office of temporary and disa-
bility assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts'
costs of the above program and may be
increased or decreased by interchange with
any other appropriation or with any other
item or items within the amounts appropri-
ated within the office of children and
family services general fund - local
assistance account with the approval of
the director of the budget who shall file
such approval with the department of audit
and control and copies thereof with the
chairman of the senate finance committee
and the chairman of the assembly ways and
means committee.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, in lieu of payments authorized by
the social services law, or payments of
federal funds otherwise due to the local
social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security
act or the federal food stamp act, funds
herein appropriated, in amounts certified
by the state comptroller or the state
commissioner of health as due from local
social services districts each month as
their share of payments made pursuant to
section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller
in an interest bearing account with such
interest accruing to the credit of the
locality in order to ensure the orderly
and prompt payment of providers under
section 367-b of the social services law
pursuant to an estimate provided by the
commissioner of health of each local
social services district's share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of
the social services law.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
law to the contrary, the office of chil-
dren and family services may, on behalf of
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
social services districts, make payments
to foster boarding homes paid directly by
social services districts by direct depos-
it or debit card. Local social services
districts shall reimburse the office for
the costs of administering such direct
deposit or debit card payments.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of the social services law or the state
finance law, the office of children and
family services shall, on a quarterly
basis, request that the office of tempo-
rary and disability assistance reimburse
the office of children and family services
for the non-federal share of the costs of
administering such direct deposit or debit
card payments to capture the local share
of such costs.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
if a social services district fails to
provide reimbursement to the office of
children and family services pursuant to
section 529 of the executive law within 60
days of receiving a bill for services
under such section, or by the date certain
set by such office for providing
reimbursement, whichever is later, the
offices of the department of family
assistance are authorized to exercise the
state's set-off rights by withholding any
amounts due and owing to such district
under this appropriation, up to such
amounts due and owing to the state under
section 529 of the executive law and
transferring such funds to the miscella-
neous special revenue fund youth facility
per diem account (YF) ...................... 444,852,000
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the amount appropriated herein
shall be made available to reimburse 62
percent of eligible social services
district expenditures that are claimed by
March 31, 2016 for child welfare services
which shall include and be limited to
preventive services provided pursuant to
section 409-a of the social services law
other than community optional preventive
services, child protective services, inde-
pendent living services, after-care
services as defined in regulations of the
department of family assistance, and
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
adoption administration and services,
other than adoption subsidies provided
pursuant to title 9 of article 6 of the
social services law and regulations of the
department of family assistance incurred
on or after October 1, 2014 and before
October 1, 2015 and that are otherwise
reimbursable by the state on or after
April 1, 2015, after first deducting ther-
efrom any federal funds properly received
or to be received on account thereof upon
certification by the social services
district that it will not be using these
funds to supplant other state and local
funds and that the district will not
submit claims for reimbursement under this
appropriation for the same type and level
of services that the county previously
provided and claimed under any contract in
existence on October 1, 2002 as other than
child protective, preventive, independent
living, after care or adoption services or
adoption administration.
The money hereby appropriated is to be
available for payment of state aid hereto-
fore accrued or hereafter to accrue to
municipalities. Subject to the approval of
the director of the budget, the money
hereby appropriated shall be available to
the office net of disallowances, refunds,
reimbursements, and credits; provided,
however, that notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for a district to
receive reimbursement for such services,
the amount of funds that the district
expends on such services from its flexible
fund for family services allocation and
any flexible fund for family services
funds transferred at the district's
request to the title XX social services
block grant must, to the extent that fami-
lies are eligible therefore, be equal to
or greater than the district's portion of
the $342,322,341 statewide child welfare
threshold amount, which shall be estab-
lished pursuant to a formula developed by
the office of temporary and disability
assistance and the office of children and
family services and approved by the direc-
tor of the budget.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
selected social services districts may
authorize the office of temporary and
disability assistance to intercept a
portion of the funds on behalf of the
office of children and family services
otherwise due to the districts under this
appropriation and/or under any other
general fund - aid to localities appropri-
ation available to such districts to
suballocate to the office of mental health
and subsequently for suballocation from
the office of mental health to the depart-
ment of health to use for the 38.9 percent
of the non-federal share of the medical
assistance payments for home and community
based waiver services provided in accord-
ance with subdivision 9 of section 366 of
the social services law as authorized by
such selected social services districts
which choose to use preventive services
funds to support such costs.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
social services districts may authorize
the office of temporary and disability
assistance to intercept a portion of the
funds on behalf of the office of children
and family services otherwise due to the
districts under this appropriation and/or
under any other general fund - aid to
localities appropriation available to such
districts to transfer to any miscellaneous
special revenue fund available to the
office of children and family services to
use for the local share of the federal
funds available for education and training
vouchers provided in accordance with
section 477 of title IV-E of the social
security act as authorized by such social
services districts which choose to use
funds to support such costs.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the amount herein appropriated may
be transferred to any other appropriation
within the office of children and family
services and/or the office of temporary
and disability assistance and/or suballo-
cated to the office of temporary and disa-
bility assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts'
costs of the above program and may be
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increased or decreased by interchange with
any other appropriation or with any other
item or items within the amounts appropri-
ated within the office of children and
family services general fund - local
assistance account with the approval of
the director of the budget who shall file
such approval with the department of audit
and control and copies thereof with the
chairman of the senate finance committee
and the chairman of the assembly ways and
means committee.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, in lieu of payments authorized by
the social services law, or payments of
federal funds otherwise due to the local
social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security
act or the federal food stamp act, funds
herein appropriated, in amounts certified
by the state comptroller or the state
commissioner of health as due from local
social services districts each month as
their share of payments made pursuant to
section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller
in an interest bearing account with such
interest accruing to the credit of the
locality in order to ensure the orderly
and prompt payment of providers under
section 367-b of the social services law
pursuant to an estimate provided by the
commissioner of health of each local
social services district's share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of
the social services law.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
law to the contrary, the office of chil-
dren and family services may, on behalf of
local social services districts, make
payments for adoption subsidies by direct
deposit or debit card. Local social
services districts shall reimburse the
office for the costs of administering such
direct deposit or debit card payments.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of the social services law or the state
finance law, the office of children and
family services shall, on a quarterly
basis, request that the office of tempo-
rary and disability assistance reimburse
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
the office of children and family services
in an amount equal to 38 percent of the
non-federal share of the costs of adminis-
tering such direct deposit or debit card
payments to capture the local share of
such costs.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the office of children and family services
shall reissue per diem rates, required
pursuant to section 529 of the executive
law, for calendar years 2002 through 2009
to remove any adjustments to the costs
included in determining such rates to
reflect any changes in federal funding
made available to the office or to local
social services districts for such costs
and, provided further, the office shall
not include any such adjustments in per
diem rates established hereafter.
All reimbursement made by local social
services districts for care, maintenance
and supervision under this section shall
be paid directly to the state through the
office of children and family services for
deposit into a miscellaneous special
revenue fund known as the youth facility
per diem account.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
if a social services district fails to
provide reimbursement to the office of
children and family services pursuant to
section 529 of the executive law within 60
days of receiving a bill for services
under such section, or by the date certain
set by such office for providing
reimbursement, whichever is later, the
offices of the department of family
assistance are authorized to exercise the
state's set-off rights by withholding any
amounts due and owing to such district
under this appropriation, up to such
amounts due and owing to the state under
section 529 of the executive law and
transferring such funds to the miscella-
neous special revenue fund youth facility
per diem account (YF) ...................... 635,073,000
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the amount appropriated herein shall be
available to reimburse for 98 percent of
65 percent of eligible social services
district expenditures that are claimed by
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March 31, 2016 for those community preven-
tive services provided from October 1,
2014 through September 30, 2015 at a cost
that does not exceed the cost that was in
effect on October 1, 2008 and that a
social services district can demonstrate
had been approved by the office of chil-
dren and family services on or before
October 1, 2008; provided, however, that
should insufficient funds be available to
provide state reimbursement for 98 percent
of 65 percent of such costs, reimbursement
shall be made proportionally to each
district based on the percentage of their
total eligible claims to the amount appro-
priated; and, provided further, however,
that if the amount appropriated exceeds
the amount of funds necessary to reimburse
98 percent of 65 percent of the eligible
social services district expenditures, the
office may, to the extent funds are avail-
able, provide reimbursement for 98 percent
of 65 percent of eligible social services
district expenditures for new community
preventive services programs approved by
the office and only up to the amounts
approved by the office. A local social
services district seeking federal and/or
state reimbursement for community preven-
tive services provided on or after October
1, 2014 must submit claims that separately
identify the costs of such services in a
form and manner and at such times as are
required by the department of family
assistance and that information regarding
outcome based measures that demonstrate
quality of services provided and program
effectiveness be submitted to the office
of children and family services in a form
and manner and at such times as required
by the office. Of the amount appropriated
herein, up to $1 million may be used to
provide additional funding to an eligible
program or programs with evaluation
results that show program effectiveness
and demonstrate private monetary support
as determined by the office of children
and family services and approved by the
director of the budget ...................... 12,124,750
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for suballocation to the office of mental
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health and subsequently for suballocation
from the office of mental health to the
department of health for 94 percent of 65
percent of the nonfederal share of medical
assistance payments for home and community
based waiver services provided in accord-
ance with subdivision 9 of section 366 of
the social services law as authorized by
selected social services districts which
choose to use preventive services funds to
support such costs and to authorize the
office of temporary and disability assist-
ance to intercept funds otherwise due to
the districts to provide the 38.9 percent
local share of such preventive services
expenditures.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, including section 1 of part C of
chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, as amended
by section 1 of part I of chapter 60 of
the laws of 2014, for the period commenc-
ing on April 1, 2015 and ending March 31,
2016 the commissioner shall not apply any
cost of living adjustment for the purpose
of establishing rates of payments,
contracts or any other form of reimburse-
ment ......................................... 6,201,000
For services and expenses of the office of
children and family services and local
social services districts for activities
necessary to comply with certain
provisions of the adoption and safe fami-
lies act of 1997 (P.L. 105-89) and chapter
7 of the laws of 1999 and chapter 668 of
the laws of 2006 requiring criminal record
checks for foster care parents, prospec-
tive adoptive parents, and adult household
members. Funds appropriated herein shall
be made available in accordance with a
plan to be developed by the commissioner
of the office of children and family
services and approved by the director of
the budget. Funds appropriated herein
shall be available for 94 percent of 98
percent of one-half of the non-federal
share of the national and state fees for
fingerprinting foster care parents,
prospective adoptive parents, and other
adult household members. Notwithstanding
any inconsistent provision of law, and
pursuant to chapter 7 of the laws of 1999
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and chapter 668 of the laws of 2006, local
social services districts shall reimburse
the commissioner of the office of children
and family services for an amount equal to
53.94 percent of the non-federal share of
the cost of obtaining state and national
fingerprint records. Notwithstanding any
inconsistent provision of law, and pursu-
ant to chapter 7 of the laws of 1999 and
chapter 668 of the laws of 2006, the
commissioner of the office of children and
family services shall, on behalf of local
social services districts, make payments
to the division of criminal justice
services for processing of state and
national criminal record checks and any
other related costs. The commissioner
shall ensure expenditures made pursuant to
this provision reflect appropriate federal
and local shares. The commissioner of the
office of children and family services
shall request that the commissioner of the
office of temporary and disability assist-
ance reimburse the commissioner of the
office of children and family services in
an amount equal to 53.94 percent of the
nonfederal share of such payments provided
that such reimbursement in payments
reflects actual expenditures made on
behalf of each local social services
district to capture the local share of
such costs.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of the social services law or the state
finance law, the commissioner shall, on a
quarterly basis, request that the commis-
sioner of the office of temporary and
disability assistance reimburse the
commissioner of the office of children and
family services in an amount equal to
53.94 percent of the non-federal share of
such fees to capture the local share of
such fees. Such reimbursement shall occur
on or before the one-hundred and twentieth
day following the close of the preceding
quarter and shall be charged among
districts based on the number of children
currently placed in foster care in each
local social services district provided
that this methodology is revised quarterly
to reflect most current available data.
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Amounts appropriated herein may, subject
to the director of the budget, be inter-
changed or transferred with any other
appropriation of the office of children
and family services or the office of
temporary and disability assistance as
necessary to reimburse the state share of
local social services district costs
appropriated herein .......................... 1,857,000
For services and expenses for the adoption
subsidy program pursuant to title 9 of
article 6 of the social services law.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the liability of the state to
social services districts and the amount
to be distributed or otherwise expended by
the state to reimburse social services
districts pursuant to section 456 of the
social services law shall be 62 percent of
eligible social services district expendi-
tures.
The amount hereby appropriated is to be
available for payment of aid heretofore
accrued or hereafter to accrue to munici-
palities. Subject to the approval of the
director of the budget, the amount hereby
appropriated shall be available to the
office net of disallowances, refunds,
reimbursements, and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the amount herein appropriated may
be transferred to any other appropriation
within the office of children and family
services and/or the office of temporary
and disability assistance and/or suballo-
cated to the office of temporary and disa-
bility assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts'
costs of the above program and may be
increased or decreased by interchange with
any other appropriation or with any other
item or items within the amounts appropri-
ated within the office of children and
family services general fund - local
assistance account with the approval of
the director of the budget who shall file
such approval with the department of audit
and control and copies thereof with the
chairman of the senate finance committee
and the chairman of the assembly ways and
means committee.
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Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, in lieu of payments authorized by
the social services law, or payments of
federal funds otherwise due to the local
social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security
act or the federal food stamp act, funds
herein appropriated, in amounts certified
by the state commissioner or the state
commissioner of health as due from local
social services districts each month as
their share of payments made pursuant to
section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller
in an interest-bearing account with such
interest accruing to the credit of the
locality in order to ensure the orderly
and prompt payment of providers under
section 367-b of the social services law
pursuant to an estimate provided by the
commissioner of health of each local
social services district's share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of
the social services law.
The amounts appropriated herein shall be
available for reimbursement of local
district claims only to the extent that
such claims are submitted within twenty-
four months of the last day of the state
fiscal year in which the expenditures were
incurred, unless waived for good cause by
the commissioner subject to the approval
of the director of the budget.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, including section 1 of part C of
chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, as amended
by section 1 of part I of chapter 60 of
the laws of 2014, for the period commenc-
ing on April 1, 2015 and ending March 31,
2016 the commissioner shall not apply any
cost of living adjustment for the purpose
of establishing rates of payments,
contracts or any other form of reimburse-
ment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
if a social services district fails to
provide reimbursement to the office of
children and family services pursuant to
section 529 of the executive law within 60
days of receiving a bill for services
under such section, or by the date certain
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set by such office for providing
reimbursement, whichever is later, the
offices of the department of family
assistance are authorized to exercise the
state's set-off rights by withholding any
amounts due and owing to such district
under this appropriation, up to such
amounts due and owing to the state under
section 529 of the executive law and
transferring such funds to the miscella-
neous special revenue fund youth facility
per diem account (YF) ...................... 187,625,000
For services and expenses for foster care,
adult and child protective services,
preventive and adoption services provided
by Indian tribes pursuant to subdivision 2
of section 39 of the social services law,
after deducting therefrom any federal
funds properly received or to be received.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any
other law to the contrary, the liability
of the state and the amount to be distrib-
uted or otherwise expended by the state
shall be 92 percent of eligible expendi-
tures ........................................ 3,700,000
For services and expenses of certain child
fatality review teams approved by the
office of children and family services for
the purposes of investigating and/or
reviewing the death of children ................ 829,100
For services and expenses of certain local
or regional multidisciplinary child abuse
investigation teams approved by the office
of children and family services for the
purpose of investigating reports of
suspected child abuse or maltreatment and
for new and established child advocacy
centers ...................................... 5,229,900
The money hereby appropriated is to be
available for payment of state aid hereto-
fore accrued or hereafter to accrue to
municipalities. Subject to the approval of
the director of the budget, the money
hereby appropriated shall be available to
the office net of disallowances, refunds,
reimbursements, and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the amount herein appropriated may
be transferred to any other appropriation
within the office of children and family
services and/or the office of temporary
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
and disability assistance and/or suballo-
cated to the office of temporary and disa-
bility assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts'
costs of the above program and may be
increased or decreased by interchange with
any other appropriation or with any other
item or items within the amounts appropri-
ated within the office of children and
family services general fund - local
assistance account with the approval of
the director of the budget who shall file
such approval with the department of audit
and control and copies thereof with the
chairman of the senate finance committee
and the chairman of the assembly ways and
means committee.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, in lieu of payments authorized by
the social services law, or payments of
federal funds otherwise due to the local
social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security
act or the federal food stamp act, funds
herein appropriated, in amounts certified
by the state commissioner or the state
commissioner of health as due from local
social services districts each month as
their share of payments made pursuant to
section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller
in an interest-bearing account with such
interest accruing to the credit of the
locality in order to ensure the orderly
and prompt payment of providers under
section 367-b of the social services law
pursuant to an estimate provided by the
commissioner of health of each local
social services district's share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of
the social services law.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the amount hereby appropriated
shall be available for the designated
purposes, less the amount, as certified by
the director of the budget, of any trans-
fers from the general fund to the tobacco
control and insurance initiatives pool
established pursuant to section 2807-v of
the public health law, to reflect the
state savings attributable to this program
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
resulting from an increase in the federal
medical assistance percentage available to
the state pursuant to the applicable
provisions of the federal social security
act.
The amounts appropriated herein shall be
available for reimbursement of local
district claims only to the extent that
such claims are submitted within twenty-
four months of the last day of the state
fiscal year in which the expenditures were
incurred, unless waived for good cause by
the commissioner subject to the approval
of the director of the budget.
For services and expenses of medical care
for foster children. The amount appropri-
ated herein shall be available for trans-
fer or suballocation to the department of
health for the medical assistance program
for such services and expenses .............. 37,450,000
For services and expenses, including local
administrative costs, for providing medi-
caid home and community based waiver
services pursuant to subdivision 12 of
section 366 of the social services law.
The amount appropriated herein is subject
to a spending plan approved by the divi-
sion of the budget and may be available
for transfer or suballocation to the
department of health for the medical
assistance program for such services and
expenses.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, including section 1 of part C of
chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, as amended
by section 1 of part I of chapter 60 of
the laws of 2014, for the period commenc-
ing on April 1, 2015 and ending March 31,
2016 the commissioner shall not apply any
cost of living adjustment for the purpose
of establishing rates of payments,
contracts or any other form of reimburse-
ment ........................................ 73,179,000
The money hereby appropriated is to be
available for payment of state aid hereto-
fore accrued or hereafter to accrue to
municipalities. Subject to the approval of
the director of the budget, the money
hereby appropriated shall be available to
the office net of disallowances, refunds,
reimbursements, and credits.
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the amount herein appropriated may
be transferred to any other appropriation
within the office of children and family
services and/or the office of temporary
and disability assistance and/or suballo-
cated to the office of temporary and disa-
bility assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts'
costs of the above program and may be
increased or decreased by interchange with
any other appropriation or with any other
item or items within the amounts appropri-
ated within the office of children and
family services general fund - local
assistance account with the approval of
the director of the budget who shall file
such approval with the department of audit
and control and copies thereof with the
chairman of the senate finance committee
and the chairman of the assembly ways and
means committee.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, in lieu of payments authorized by
the social services law, or payments of
federal funds otherwise due to the local
social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security
act or the federal food stamp act, funds
herein appropriated, in amounts certified
by the state commissioner or the state
commissioner of health as due from local
social services districts each month as
their share of payments made pursuant to
section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller
in an interest-bearing account with such
interest accruing to the credit of the
locality in order to ensure the orderly
and prompt payment of providers under
section 367-b of the social services law
pursuant to an estimate provided by the
commissioner of health of each local
social services district's share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of
the social services law.
The amounts appropriated herein shall be
available for reimbursement of local
district claims only to the extent that
such claims are submitted within twenty-
four months of the last day of the state
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
fiscal year in which the expenditures were
incurred, unless waived for good cause by
the commissioner subject to the approval
of the director of the budget.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, including section 1 of part C of
chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, as amended
by section 1 of part I of chapter 60 of
the laws of 2014, for the period commenc-
ing on April 1, 2015 and ending March 31,
2016 the commissioner shall not apply any
cost of living adjustment for the purpose
of establishing rates of payments,
contracts or any other form of reimburse-
ment.
Notwithstanding subdivision 10 of section
153 of the social services law and any
other provision of law to the contrary,
for state fiscal year 2015-16, the amount
appropriated herein shall be available for
18.424 percent reimbursement for local
expenditures for maintenance of hand-
icapped children placed by school
districts pursuant to article 89 of the
education law, except that in the case of
a student attending a state-operated
school for the deaf or blind pursuant to
article 87 or 88 of the education law who
was not placed in such school by a school
district shall be subject to 94 percent of
98 percent of 50 percent reimbursement by
the state after first deducting therefrom
any federal funds received or to be
received on account of such expenditures .... 40,533,000
The money hereby appropriated is to be
available for payment of state aid hereto-
fore accrued or hereafter to accrue to
municipalities. Subject to the approval of
the director of the budget, the money
hereby appropriated shall be available to
the office net of disallowances, refunds,
reimbursements, and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the amount herein appropriated may
be transferred to any other appropriation
within the office of children and family
services and/or the office of temporary
and disability assistance and/or suballo-
cated to the office of temporary and disa-
bility assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts'
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
costs of the above program and may be
increased or decreased by interchange with
any other appropriation or with any other
item or items within the amounts appropri-
ated within the office of children and
family services general fund - local
assistance account with the approval of
the director of the budget who shall file
such approval with the department of audit
and control and copies thereof with the
chairman of the senate finance committee
and the chairman of the assembly ways and
means committee.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, in lieu of payments authorized by
the social services law, or payments of
federal funds otherwise due to the local
social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security
act or the federal food stamp act, funds
herein appropriated, in amounts certified
by the state commissioner or the state
commissioner of health as due from local
social services districts each month as
their share of payments made pursuant to
section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller
in an interest-bearing account with such
interest accruing to the credit of the
locality in order to ensure the orderly
and prompt payment of providers under
section 367-b of the social services law
pursuant to an estimate provided by the
commissioner of health of each local
social services district's share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of
the social services law.
Notwithstanding section 398-a of the social
services law or any other law to the
contrary, the amount appropriated herein,
or such other amount as may be approved by
the director of the budget, shall be
available for 94 percent of 98 percent of
50 percent reimbursement after deducting
any federal funds available therefor to
social services districts for amounts
attributable to dormitory authority bill-
ings or approved refinancing of such bill-
ings which result in local social services
districts' claims in excess of a local
district's foster care block grant allo-
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
cation. In addition, subject to the
approval of the director of the budget, a
portion of funds appropriated herein, or
such other amount as may be approved by
the director of the budget, shall be
available for reimbursement related to
payments made by a social services
district to foster care providers subject
to the provisions of section 410-i of the
social services law for expenses directly
related to projects funded through the
housing finance agency for those foster
care providers which also received revised
or supplemental rates from the applicable
regulating agency to accommodate the hous-
ing finance agency payments or the refi-
nancing of previously approved dormitory
authority payments.
Notwithstanding section 398-a of the social
services law or any other law to the
contrary, such reimbursement shall be
available for 94 percent of 98 percent of
50 percent of social services district
costs, after deducting federal funds
available therefor, for those social
services districts' claims in excess of a
social services district's foster care
block grant allocation for those amounts
exclusively attributable to the previously
approved revised or supplemental rates. In
addition, subject to the approval of the
director of the budget, a portion of funds
appropriated herein may also be used for
payments to the dormitory authority of the
state of New York for advisory services
including, but not limited to, site visits
and review of applications, building plans
and cost estimates for voluntary agency
programs for which the office of children
and family services establishes maximum
state aid rates and for capital projects
for residential institutions for children
seeking financing under paragraph b of
subdivision 40 of section 1680 of the
public authorities law, as amended by
chapter 508 of the laws of 2006 .............. 6,620,000
For eligible services and expenses provided
during state fiscal year 2015-16 by a city
with a population in excess of one million
for a close to home initiative to provide
juvenile justice services. Funds appropri-
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ated herein shall be made available for
eligible services provided consistent with
plans that cover juvenile delinquents in
non-secure and limited secure settings
submitted by a city with a population in
excess of one million and approved by the
office of children and family services and
the director of the budget. The office of
children and family services shall not
reimburse any claims for expenditures for
residential services unless they are
submitted in final within twenty two
months of the calendar quarter in which
the claimed service or services were
delivered and shall not reimburse any
claims that were or will be transferred
from this appropriation to the foster care
block grant appropriation or the child
welfare services appropriation .............. 41,400,000
For payment of state aid for services and
expenses for programs pursuant to section
530 of the executive law for secure and
non-secure detention services provided
from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015;
provided, however, notwithstanding the
provisions of any other law to the contra-
ry, the liability of the state and the
amount to be distributed or otherwise
expended by the state pursuant to section
530 of the executive law shall be deter-
mined by first calculating the amount of
the expenditure or other liability pursu-
ant to such law after taking into consid-
eration any other limitations on the
amount of such expenditure or liability
set forth in the state budget for such
year, and then reducing the amount so
calculated by two percent of such amount.
Within the amounts appropriated herein,
state reimbursement shall be limited to
the amount of the municipality's distrib-
ution. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, allocations shall be based on a
plan developed by the office of children
and family services and approved by the
director of the budget and shall be based,
in part, on each municipality's history of
detention utilization, youth population
and other factors as determined by the
office. Any portion of a municipality's
distribution not claimed by the munici-
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
pality for reimbursement of detention
expenditures made during the period Janu-
ary 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015 may
be claimed by such municipality to reim-
burse 62 percent of expenditures during
such period for supervision and treatment
services for juveniles programs not other-
wise reimbursable pursuant to chapter 58
of the laws of 2011. Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, the
amount appropriated herein may provide for
reimbursement of up to 100 percent of the
cost of care, maintenance and supervision
for youth whose residence is outside the
county providing the services up to the
county's distribution; provided that upon
such reimbursement from this appropri-
ation, the office of children and family
services shall bill, and the home county
of such youth shall reimburse the office
of children and family services, for 51
percent of the cost of care, maintenance
and supervision of such youth.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the
office of children and family services may
require that such claims and data on
detention use be submitted to the office
electronically in the manner and format
required by the office.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the
office shall be authorized to promulgate
regulations permitting the office to
impose fiscal sanctions in the event that
the office finds non-compliance with regu-
lations governing secure and nonsecure
detention facilities and to establish cost
standards related to reimbursement of
secure and non-secure detention services.
Notwithstanding section 51 of the state
finance law and any other provision of law
to the contrary, the director of the budg-
et may, upon the advice of the commission-
er of the office of children and family
services, authorize the transfer or inter-
change of moneys appropriated herein with
any other local assistance - general fund
appropriation within the office of chil-
dren and family services except where
transfer or interchange of appropriation
is prohibited or otherwise restricted by
law.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
if a social services district fails to
provide reimbursement to the office of
children and family services pursuant to
section 529 of the executive law within 60
days of receiving a bill for services
under such section, or by the date certain
set by such office for providing
reimbursement, whichever is later, the
offices of the department of family
assistance are authorized to exercise the
state's set-off rights by withholding any
amounts due and owing to such district
under this appropriation, up to such
amounts due and owing to the state under
section 529 of the executive law and
transferring such funds to the miscella-
neous special revenue fund youth facility
per diem account (YF) ....................... 76,160,000
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the amount appropriated herein
shall be available to the office of chil-
dren and family services for payment of
the state share of a county's prior years
claim for reimbursement based upon a
subsequent review by the office of actual
expenditures for care, maintenance and
supervision provided to youth in
detention, to address any underpayment of
state aid to the county for services and
expenses for detention in a prior calendar
year ........................................ 12,344,000
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the amount appropriated herein
shall be available under the supervision
and treatment services for juveniles
program for 62 percent state reimbursement
to counties and the city of New York for
eligible expenditures for the provision
and administration of eligible supervision
and treatment services for juveniles
programs during the period of April 1,
2015 through March 31, 2016 that have been
approved by the office of children and
family services pursuant to a plan
approved by the director of the budget.
Within the amounts appropriated herein,
state reimbursement shall be limited to
the amount of such municipality's distrib-
ution. The office of children and family
services shall not reimburse any claims
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unless they are submitted within 12 months
of the calendar quarter in which the
claimed services were delivered. These
funds shall not be used to supplant other
state and local funds ........................ 8,376,000
Notwithstanding section 530 of the executive
law or any other law to the contrary, for
reimbursement of 49 percent of approved
capital expenditures for secure juvenile
detention, however, 100 percent reimburse-
ment shall be provided for approved capi-
tal expenditures associate with raising
the age of juvenile jurisdiction. Such
reimbursement shall be in the form of
depreciation of approved capital costs and
interest on bonds, notes or other indebt-
edness necessarily undertaken to finance
construction costs. Notwithstanding any
provision of laws to the contrary, funding
for such costs shall be limited to the
amount appropriated herein. Notwithstand-
ing any law to the contrary, the office of
children and family services may require
that such claims for reimbursement of
capital expenditures be submitted to the
office electronically in the manner and
format required by the office. Notwith-
standing section 51 of the state finance
law and any other provision of law to the
contrary, the director of the budget may,
upon the advice of the commissioner of the
office of children and family services,
authorize the interchange of moneys appro-
priated herein with any other local
assistance - general fund appropriation
within the office of children and family
services .................................... 10,000,000
For eligible services and expenses of youth
development programs as determined by the
office of children and family services.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law
to the contrary, a youth development
program shall mean a program designed to
provide community-level services to
promote positive youth development but
shall not include approved runaway
programs or transitional independent
living support programs as such terms are
defined in section 532-a of the executive
law. Each county or a city with a popu-
lation of one million or more, which shall
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
be known as a municipality, operating a
youth development program approved by the
office of children and family services
shall be eligible for one hundred percent
state reimbursement of its qualified
expenditures, subject to the amount avail-
able under this appropriation and exclu-
sive of any federal funds made available
therefor, not to exceed the municipality's
distribution of state aid for youth devel-
opment programs. The amount appropriated
herein for youth development programs
shall be distributed by the office of
children and family services to eligible
municipalities that have a comprehensive
plan that has been developed in consulta-
tion with the applicable municipal youth
bureau and approved by the office of chil-
dren and family services. The distribution
of the amount appropriated herein to
eligible municipalities by the office of
children and family services shall be
based on factors as determined by the
office and subject to the approval of the
director of budget; such factors shall
include the number of youth under the age
of twenty-one residing in the municipality
as shown by the last published federal
census certified in the same manner as
provided by section fifty-four of the
state finance law and may include, but not
be limited to, the percentage of youth
living in poverty within the municipality
or such other factors as provided for in
the regulations of the office of children
and family services. Up to fifteen percent
of the youth development funds that a
municipality would allocate to an approved
local youth bureau pursuant to an approved
comprehensive plan may be used for admin-
istrative functions performed by such
local youth bureau. Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, an
approved local youth bureau that is not
providing, operating, administering or
monitoring youth development programs
shall not receive funding under this
appropriation. The office shall not reim-
burse any claims for youth development
programs unless they are submitted within
twelve months of the calendar quarter in
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which the expenditure was made. The office
may require that such claims be submitted
to the office electronically in the manner
and format required by the office. A muni-
cipality may enter into contracts to
effectuate its youth development program
as approved by the office of children and
family services. No expenditures shall be
made from this appropriation for youth
development programs until a plan has been
approved by the director of the budget and
a certificate of approval allocating these
funds has been issued by the director of
the budget .................................. 14,121,700
For payment of state aid for programs for
the provision of eligible services to
runaway and homeless youth pursuant to a
plan, submitted by an eligible county, or
a city having a population of one million
or more, which shall be known as a munici-
pality, and approved by the office of
children and family services as part of
such municipality's comprehensive plan;
the office of children and family services
shall not reimburse any claims unless they
are submitted within 12 months of the
calendar quarter in which the claimed
service or services were delivered.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,
the office of children and family services
may require that such claims for provision
of services to runaway and homeless youth
be submitted to the office electronically
in the manner and format required by the
office, and the information regarding
outcome based measures that demonstrate
quality of services provided and program
effectiveness be submitted to the office
in a form and manner and at such times as
required by the office. No expenditures
shall be made from this appropriation
until an annual expenditure plan is
approved by the director of the budget and
a certificate of approval allocating these
funds has been issued by the director of
the budget and copies of such certificate
or any amendment thereto filed with the
state comptroller, the chairperson of the
senate finance committee and the chair-
person of the assembly ways and means
committee .................................... 2,355,800
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
For services and expenses provided by local
probation departments, for the post-place-
ment care of youth leaving a youth resi-
dential facility and for services and
expenses of the office of children and
family services related to community-based
programs for youth in the care of the
office of children and family services
which may include but not be limited to
multi-systemic therapy, family functional
therapy and/or functional therapeutic
foster care, and electronic monitoring.
Funds appropriated herein shall be made
available subject to the approval of an
expenditure plan by the director of the
budget. Funded programs shall submit
information regarding outcome based meas-
ures that demonstrate quality of services
provided and program effectiveness to the
office in a form and manner and at such
times as required by the office ................ 311,700
Notwithstanding sections 131-u and 459-c of
the social services law or any other law
to the contrary, for reimbursement of 98
percent of 50 percent of eligible expendi-
tures to local social services districts
for the provision and administration of,
after first deducting therefrom any feder-
al funds properly received or to be
received on account thereof: adult protec-
tive services; residential services for
victims of domestic violence who are
determined to be ineligible for public
assistance during the time the victims
were residing in residential programs for
victims of domestic violence; and nonresi-
dential services for victims of domestic
violence.
The money hereby appropriated is to be
available for payment of state aid hereto-
fore accrued or hereafter to accrue to
municipalities. Subject to the approval of
the director of the budget, the money
hereby appropriated shall be available to
the office net of disallowances, refunds,
reimbursements, and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the amount herein appropriated may
be transferred to any other appropriation
within the office of children and family
services and/or the office of temporary
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and disability assistance and/or suballo-
cated to the office of temporary and disa-
bility assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts'
costs of the above program and may be
increased or decreased by interchange with
any other appropriation or with any other
item or items within the amounts appropri-
ated within the office of children and
family services general fund - local
assistance account with the approval of
the director of the budget who shall file
such approval with the department of audit
and control and copies thereof with the
chairman of the senate finance committee
and the chairman of the assembly ways and
means committee.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, in lieu of payments authorized by
the social services law, or payments of
federal funds otherwise due to the local
social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security
act or the federal food stamp act, funds
herein appropriated, in amounts certified
by the state commissioner or the state
commissioner of health as due from local
social services districts each month as
their share of payments made pursuant to
section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller
in an interest-bearing account with such
interest accruing to the credit of the
locality in order to ensure the orderly
and prompt payment of providers under
section 367-b of the social services law
pursuant to an estimate provided by the
commissioner of health of each local
social services district's share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of
the social services law ..................... 44,000,000
For services and expenses of kinship care
programs. Such funds are available pursu-
ant to a plan prepared by the office of
children and family services and approved
by the director of the budget to continue
or expand existing programs with existing
contractors that are satisfactorily
performing as determined by the office of
children and family services, to award new
contracts to continue programs where the
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
existing contractors are not satisfactori-
ly performing as determined by the office
of children and family services and/or
award new contracts through a competitive
process. Such contracts shall provide for
submission of information regarding
outcome based measures that demonstrate
quality of services provided and program
effectiveness to the office in a form and
manner and at such times as required by
the office ..................................... 338,750
For services and expenses related to the
home visiting program. Such funds are to
be available pursuant to a plan prepared
by the office of children and family
services and approved by the director of
the budget to continue or expand existing
programs with existing contractors that
are satisfactorily performing as deter-
mined by the office of children and family
services, to award new contracts to
continue programs where the existing
contractors are not satisfactorily
performing as determined by the office of
children and family services and/or to
award new contracts through a competitive
process. Such contracts shall provide for
submission of information regarding
outcome based measures that demonstrate
quality of services provided and program
effectiveness to the office in a form and
manner and at such times as required by
the office .................................. 23,288,200
For services and expenses of the William B.
Hoyt memorial children and family trust
fund, for prevention and support service
programs for victims of family violence
pursuant to article 10-A of the social
services law. Programs funded through such
trust shall submit information regarding
outcome based measures that demonstrate
quality of services provided and program
effectiveness to the office in a form and
manner and at such times as required by
the office. Funds appropriated herein may
be transferred to the office of children
and family services miscellaneous special
revenue fund, children and family trust
fund ........................................... 621,850
For services and expenses for supportive
housing for young adults aged 25 years or
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
younger leaving or having recently left
foster care or who had been in foster care
for more than a year after their 16th
birthday and who are at-risk of street
homelessness or sheltered homelessness
provided under the joint project between
the state and the city of New York, known
as the New York New York III supportive
housing agreement. No expenditure shall be
made until a certificate of allocation has
been approved by the director of the budg-
et with copies to be filed with the chair-
persons of the senate finance committee
and the assembly ways and means committee.
The amount appropriated herein may be
transferred or otherwise made available to
the city of New York administration for
children's services for services and
expenses related to implementing the
project.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, including section 1 of part C of
chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, as amended
by section 1 of part I of chapter 60 of
the laws of 2014, for the period commenc-
ing on April 1, 2015 and ending March 31,
2016 the commissioner shall not apply any
cost of living adjustment for the purpose
of establishing rates of payments,
contracts or any other form of reimburse-
ment ......................................... 2,166,000
For services and expenses of the Catholic
Family Center in Rochester to establish
and operate a statewide kinship informa-
tion and referral network ...................... 220,500
For services and expenses of the advantage
after school program. Such funds are to be
available pursuant to a plan prepared by
the office of children and family services
and approved by the director of the budget
to extend or expand current contracts with
community based organizations, to award
new contracts to continue programs where
the existing contractors are not satisfac-
torily performing as determined by the
office of children and family services
and/or to award new contracts through a
competitive process to community based
organizations ............................... 17,255,300
For services and expenses of a
public/private partnership pilot program
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
to fund new and expand existing preven-
tive, early childhood development, and
other services to at-risk children, youth
and families and such funds shall not be
used to supplant other state, local or
federal funding. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law to the contrary, state
funding for the pilot program shall be
limited to the amount appropriated herein
and shall not constitute more than 65
percent of eligible program expenditures,
with the remaining 35 percent of program
expenditures to be supported with private
funds. The funds shall be distributed
through a competitive process for services
in an eligible region pursuant to a plan
prepared by the office of children and
family services and approved by the direc-
tor of the budget. Eligible regions are
the Capital, Central New York, Finger
Lakes, Long Island, Mid-Hudson, Mohawk
Valley, New York City, North Country,
Southern Tier or Western New York regions .... 3,409,000
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Program account subtotal ............... 1,711,642,550
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Health and Human Services Fund
Social Services Block Grant Account - 25182
For services and expenses for supportive
social services provided pursuant to title
XX of the federal social security act.
Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the moneys hereby appropriated shall
be apportioned by the office of children
and family services to local social
services districts, to reimburse local
district expenditures for supportive
services and training subject to the
approval of the director of the budget;
provided, however, that reimbursement to
social services districts for eligible
expenditures for services incurred during
a particular federal fiscal year will be
limited to expenditures claimed by March
31 of the following year.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
of the funds available herein, including
any funds transferred from the temporary
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
assistance to needy families block grant
to the title XX block grant, $66,000,000
shall be allocated to social services
districts, solely for reimbursement of
expenditures for the provision and admin-
istration of adult protective services,
residential services for victims of domes-
tic violence who are determined to be
ineligible for public assistance during
the time the victims were residing in
residential programs for victims of domes-
tic violence, and nonresidential services
for victims of domestic violence, pursuant
to an allocation plan developed by the
office and submitted for approval by the
division of the budget no later than 60
days following enactment of this chapter,
based on each district's claims for such
costs and any other factors as identified
in the allocation plan, adjusted by appli-
cable cost allocation methodology and net
of any retroactive payments for the 12
month period ending June 30, 2014 that are
submitted on or before January 2, 2015;
provided, however, that if the office
determines that the total amount of a
social services district's claims for such
services which could be reimbursed from
these funds is less than the amount allo-
cated to the district for such claims, the
office may, subject to approval by the
director of the budget, reallocate the
unused funds to other social services
districts with eligible claims that exceed
their allocation.
Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for aid to municipalities and for payments
to the federal government for expenditures
made pursuant to the social services law
and the state plan for individual and
family grant program under the disaster
relief act of 1974.
The funds hereby appropriated are to be
available for payment of state aid hereto-
fore accrued or hereafter to accrue to
municipalities. Subject to the approval of
the director of the budget, such funds
hereby appropriated shall be available to
the office net of disallowances, refunds,
reimbursements, and credits.
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Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the amount herein appropriated may
be transferred to any other appropriation
within the office of children and family
services and/or the office of temporary
and disability assistance and/or suballo-
cated to the office of temporary and disa-
bility assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts'
costs of the above program and may be
increased or decreased by interchange with
any other appropriation or with any other
item or items within the amounts appropri-
ated within the office of children and
family services general fund - local
assistance account with the approval of
the director of the budget who shall file
such approval with the department of audit
and control and copies thereof with the
chairman of the senate finance committee
and the chairman of the assembly ways and
means committee.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, in lieu of payments authorized by
the social services law, or payments of
federal funds otherwise due to the local
social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security
act or the federal food stamp act, funds
herein appropriated, in amounts certified
by the state comptroller or the state
commissioner of health as due from local
social services districts each month as
their share of payments made pursuant to
section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller
in an interest bearing account with such
interest accruing to the credit of the
locality in order to ensure the orderly
and prompt payment of providers under
section 367-b of the social services law
pursuant to an estimate provided by the
commissioner of health of each local
social services district's share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of
the social services law .................... 150,000,000
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Program account subtotal ................. 150,000,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
Federal Health and Human Services Fund
Title IV-a, IV-b, IV-e Account - 25175
For services and expenses for the foster
care and adoption assistance program, and
the kinship guardianship assistance
program, including related administrative
expenses, and for services and expenses
for child welfare and family preservation
and family support services provided
pursuant to title IV-a, subparts 1 and 2
of title IV-b and title IV-e of the feder-
al social security act including the
federal share of costs incurred implement-
ing the federal adoption and safe families
act of 1997 (P.L. 105-89); provided,
however, that reimbursement to social
services districts for eligible expendi-
tures for services other than the foster
care and adoption assistance program, and
the kinship guardianship assistance
program incurred during a particular
federal fiscal year will be limited to
expenditures claimed by March 31 of the
following year.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, in lieu of payments authorized by
the social services law, or payments of
federal funds otherwise due to the local
social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security
act or the federal food stamp act, funds
herein appropriated, in amounts certified
by the state commissioner or the state
commissioner of health as due from local
social services districts each month as
their share of payments made pursuant to
section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller
in an interest-bearing account with such
interest accruing to the credit of the
locality in order to ensure the orderly
and prompt payment of providers under
section 367-b of the social services law
pursuant to an estimate provided by the
commissioner of health of each local
social services district's share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of
the social services law.
Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for aid to municipalities and for payments
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
to the federal government for expenditures
made pursuant to the social services law
and the state plan for individual and
family grant program under the disaster
relief act of 1974.
Such funds are to be available for payment
of aid heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue to municipalities. Subject to the
approval of the director of the budget,
such funds shall be available to the
office net of disallowances, refunds,
reimbursements, and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the amount herein appropriated may
be transferred to any other appropriation
within the office of children and family
services and/or the office of temporary
and disability assistance and/or suballo-
cated to the office of temporary and disa-
bility assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts'
costs of the above program and may be
increased or decreased by interchange with
any other appropriation or with any other
item or items within the amounts appropri-
ated within the office of children and
family services general fund - local
assistance account with the approval of
the director of the budget who shall file
such approval with the department of audit
and control and copies thereof with the
chairman of the senate finance committee
and the chairman of the assembly ways and
means committee ............................ 868,900,000
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Program account subtotal ................. 868,900,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Other
Combined Expendable Trust Fund
Children and Family Trust Fund Account - 20128
For services and expenses related to the
administration and implementation of
contracts for prevention and support
service programs for victims of family
violence under the William B. Hoyt memori-
al children and family trust fund pursuant
to article 10-A of the social services
law. Funds appropriated to the children
and family trust fund shall be available
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
for expenditure for such services and
expenses herein .............................. 3,459,000
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Program fund subtotal ...................... 3,459,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Other
Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund
Children and Family Services Quality Enhancement Account
- 21900
For services and expenses related to activ-
ities to increase the availability and/or
quality of children and family services
programs. No expenditures shall be made
from this account until an expenditure
plan has been approved by the director of
the budget ................................... 5,000,000
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Program account subtotal ................... 5,000,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Other
Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund
Family Preservation and Federal Family Violence Services
Account - 22082
For services and expenses associated with
the home visiting program, the coordinated
children's services initiative, domestic
violence programs and related programs,
subject to the approval of the director of
the budget .................................. 10,000,000
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Program account subtotal .................. 10,000,000
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TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ............................ 24,034,800
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General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
For state reimbursement to local social
services districts for training expenses
associated with title IV-a, title IV-e,
title IV-d, title IV-f and title XIX of
the federal social security act or their
successor titles and programs.
Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for aid to municipalities and for payments
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
to the federal government for expenditures
made pursuant to the social services law
and the state plan for individual and
family grant program under the disaster
relief act of 1974.
Such funds are to be available for payment
of aid heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue to municipalities. Subject to the
approval of the director of the budget,
such funds shall be available to the
office net of disallowances, refunds,
reimbursements, and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the amount herein appropriated may
be transferred to any other appropriation
and/or suballocated to any other agency
for the purpose of paying local social
services district cost or may be increased
or decreased by interchange with any other
appropriation or with any other item or
items within the amounts appropriated
within the office of children and family
services - local assistance account with
the approval of the director of the budget
who shall file such approval with the
department of audit and control and copies
thereof with the chairman of the senate
finance committee and the chairman of the
assembly ways and means committee.
The amount appropriated herein, as may be
adjusted by transfer of general fund
moneys for administration of child
welfare, training and development, public
assistance, and food stamp programs appro-
priated in the office of children and
family services and the office of tempo-
rary and disability assistance, shall
constitute total state reimbursement for
all local training programs in state
fiscal year 2015-16 .......................... 4,815,800
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Program account subtotal ................... 4,815,800
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Health and Human Services Fund
Federal Health and Human Services Fund Account - 25175
For reimbursement to local social services
districts for training expenses associated
with title IV-a, title IV-e, title IV-d
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AID TO LOCALITIES 2015-16
and title XIX of the federal social secu-
rity act or their successor titles and
programs.
Funds appropriated herein shall be available
for aid to municipalities and for payments
to the federal government for expenditures
made pursuant to the social services law
and the state plan for individual and
family grant program under the disaster
relief act of 1974.
Such funds are to be available for payment
of aid heretofore accrued or hereafter to
accrue to municipalities. Subject to the
approval of the director of the budget,
such funds shall be available to the
office net of disallowances, refunds,
reimbursements, and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the amount herein appropriated may
be transferred to any other appropriation
and/or suballocated to any other agency
for the purpose of paying local social
services district cost, or may be
increased or decreased by interchange with
any other appropriation or with any other
item or items within the amounts appropri-
ated within the office of children and
family services federal funds - local
assistance account with the approval of
the director of the budget who shall file
such approval with the department of audit
and control and copies thereof with the
chairman of the senate finance committee
and the chairman of the assembly ways and
means committee ............................. 19,219,000
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Program account subtotal .................. 19,219,000
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OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
CHILD CARE PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
The money hereby appropriated is to be available for payment of state
aid heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue to municipalities.
Subject to the approval of the director of the budget, the money
hereby appropriated shall be available to the office net of disal-
lowances, refunds, reimbursements and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, in lieu of payments
authorized by the social services law, or payments of federal funds
otherwise due to the local social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security act or the federal food
stamp act, funds herein appropriated, in amounts certified by the
state commissioner or the state commissioner of health as due from
local social services districts each month as their share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller in an interest-bearing
account with such interest accruing to the credit of the locality in
order to ensure the orderly and prompt payment of providers under
section 367-b of the social services law pursuant to an estimate
provided by the commissioner of health of each local social services
district's share of payments made pursuant to section 367-b of the
social services law.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the amount herein
appropriated may be transferred to any other appropriation within
the office of children and family services and/or the office of
temporary and disability assistance and/or suballocated to the
office of temporary and disability assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts' costs of the above program
and may be increased or decreased by interchange with any other
appropriation or with any other item or items within the amounts
appropriated within the office of children and family services
general fund - local assistance account with the approval of the
director of the budget who shall file such approval with the depart-
ment of audit and control and copies thereof with the chairman of
the senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways
and means committee.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the money hereby appropri-
ated, in combination with the money appropriated in federal block
grant, federal day care account, including any funds transferred or
suballocated by the office of temporary and disability assistance
special revenue funds - federal / aid to localities federal health
and human services fund federal temporary assistance to needy fami-
lies block grant funds at the request of local social services
districts and, upon approval of the director of the budget, transfer
of federal temporary assistance for needy families block grant funds
made available from the New York works compliance fund program or
otherwise specifically appropriated therefor, shall constitute the
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OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
state block grant for child care. The money hereby appropriated is
to be available to social services districts for child care assist-
ance pursuant to title 5-C of article 6 of the social services law
and shall be apportioned among the social services districts by the
office according to an allocation plan developed by the office and
submitted to the director of the budget for approval within 60 days
of enactment of the budget. A district's block grant allocation,
including any funds the office of temporary and disability assist-
ance transfers from a district's flexible fund for family services
allocation to the state block grant for child care at the district's
request, for a particular federal fiscal year is available only for
child care assistance expenditures made during that federal fiscal
year and which are claimed by March 31 of the year immediately
following the end of that federal fiscal year. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, any claims for child care assistance made by
a social services district for expenditures made during a particular
federal fiscal year, other than claims made under title XX of the
federal social security act and under the food stamp employment and
training program, shall be counted against the social services
district's block grant allocation for that federal fiscal year.
A social services district shall expend its allocation from the block
grant in accordance with the applicable provisions in federal law
and regulations relating to the federal funds included in the state
block grant for child care and the regulations of the office of
children and family services. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, each district's claims submitted under the state block grant
for child care will be processed in a manner that maximizes the
availability of federal funds and ensures that the district meets
its maintenance of effort requirement in each applicable federal
fiscal year ... 270,553,700 ...................... (re. $99,600,000)
For additional services and expenses of child care assistance programs
... 34,000,000 ................................... (re. $34,000,000)
For services and expenses of the united federation of teachers to
provide professional development to child care providers including
but not necessarily limited to licensed group family day care home,
registered family day care home and legally-exempt providers located
in the city of New York, to meet existing training requirements and
to enhance the development of such providers .......................
500,000 ............................................. (re. $500,000)
For services and expenses of the united federation of teachers to
establish and operate a quality grant program for child care provid-
ers which may include licensed group family day care home providers,
registered family day care home providers and legally-exempt provid-
ers located in the city of New York ................................
1,500,000 ......................................... (re. $1,500,000)
For services and expenses of child care services provided to children
of migrant workers in programs operated by non-profit organizations
under contract with the department of agriculture and markets to
provide such care. The funds appropriated herein may be suballocated
to the department of agriculture and markets .......................
1,754,000 ......................................... (re. $1,754,000)
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OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
The money hereby appropriated is to be available for payment of state
aid heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue to municipalities.
Subject to the approval of the director of the budget, the money
hereby appropriated shall be available to the office net of disal-
lowances, refunds, reimbursements and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, in lieu of payments
authorized by the social services law, or payments of federal funds
otherwise due to the local social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security act or the federal food
stamp act, funds herein appropriated, in amounts certified by the
state commissioner or the state commissioner of health as due from
local social services districts each month as their share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller in an interest-bearing
account with such interest accruing to the credit of the locality in
order to ensure the orderly and prompt payment of providers under
section 367-b of the social services law pursuant to an estimate
provided by the commissioner of health of each local social services
district's share of payments made pursuant to section 367-b of the
social services law.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the amount herein
appropriated may be transferred to any other appropriation within
the office of children and family services and/or the office of
temporary and disability assistance and/or suballocated to the
office of temporary and disability assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts' costs of the above program
and may be increased or decreased by interchange with any other
appropriation or with any other item or items within the amounts
appropriated within the office of children and family services
general fund - local assistance account with the approval of the
director of the budget who shall file such approval with the depart-
ment of audit and control and copies thereof with the chairman of
the senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways
and means committee.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the money hereby appropri-
ated, in combination with the money appropriated in federal block
grant, federal day care account, including any funds transferred or
suballocated by the office of temporary and disability assistance
special revenue funds - federal / aid to localities federal health
and human services fund federal temporary assistance to needy fami-
lies block grant funds at the request of local social services
districts and, upon approval of the director of the budget, transfer
of federal temporary assistance for needy families block grant funds
made available from the New York works compliance fund program or
otherwise specifically appropriated therefor, shall constitute the
state block grant for child care. The money hereby appropriated is
to be available to social services districts for child care assist-
ance pursuant to title 5-C of article 6 of the social services law
and shall be apportioned among the social services districts by the
office according to an allocation plan developed by the office and
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OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
submitted to the director of the budget for approval within 60 days
of enactment of the budget. A district's block grant allocation,
including any funds the office of temporary and disability assist-
ance transfers from a district's flexible fund for family services
allocation to the state block grant for child care at the district's
request, for a particular federal fiscal year is available only for
child care assistance expenditures made during that federal fiscal
year and which are claimed by March 31 of the year immediately
following the end of that federal fiscal year. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, any claims for child care assistance made by
a social services district for expenditures made during a particular
federal fiscal year, other than claims made under title XX of the
federal social security act and under the food stamp employment and
training program, shall be counted against the social services
district's block grant allocation for that federal fiscal year.
A social services district shall expend its allocation from the block
grant in accordance with the applicable provisions in federal law
and regulations relating to the federal funds included in the state
block grant for child care and the regulations of the office of
children and family services. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, each district's claims submitted under the state block grant
for child care will be processed in a manner that maximizes the
availability of federal funds and ensures that the district meets
its maintenance of effort requirement in each applicable federal
fiscal year ... 158,397,700 ......................... (re. $880,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012:
For services and expenses of the civil service employees association,
Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO to establish and operate a quality grant
program for licensed group family day care home and registered fami-
ly day care home providers outside the city of New York; provided
however, that, pursuant to a request by the civil services associ-
ation, the funds may be made available to CSEA Workers' Opportunity
Resources and Knowledge Institute (CSEA WORK Institute), or other
administrator designated by the union to administer and implement
the program for the union ... 3,735,000 .............. (re. $40,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2011, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2012:
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the funds appropri-
ated herein shall be available to operate and support enrollment in
the child care facilitated enrollment pilot programs which expand
access to child care subsidies for working families living or
employed in the Liberty Zone, the boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, and
Bronx, and in the county of Monroe, with income up to 275 percent of
the federal poverty level. Of the amount appropriated herein,
$1,605,000 shall be made available for Monroe county, and $3,855,000
shall be made available for all other projects. Up to $160,500 shall
be made available to the current designated administrator in the
county of Monroe, or to a successor administrator designated by the
current administration to administer such county's program and to
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OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
implement a plan approved by the office of children and family
services; and up to $385,500 shall be made available to the Consor-
tium for Worker Education, Inc., or other designated successor, to
administer and to implement a plan approved by the office of chil-
dren and family services for the programs in the Liberty Zone, and
the boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and Bronx. Each pilot program
administrator shall prepare and submit to the office of children and
family services, the chairs of the senate committee on children and
families and the senate committee on social services, the chair of
the assembly committee on children and families, the chair of the
assembly committee on social services, the chair of the senate
committee on labor, and the chair of the assembly committee on
labor, an evaluation of the pilot with recommendations for continua-
tion or dissolution of the program supported by appropriate documen-
tation. Such evaluation shall include available, information regard-
ing the pilot programs or participants in the pilot programs, absent
identifying information, including but not limited to: the number of
income-eligible children of working parents with income greater than
200 percent but at or less than 275 percent of the federal poverty
level; the ages of the children served by the project, the number of
families served by the project who are in receipt of family assist-
ance, the factors that parents considered when searching for child
care, the factors that barred the families' access to child care
assistance prior to their enrollment in the pilot program, the
number of families who receive a child care subsidy pursuant to this
program who choose to use such subsidy for regulated child care, and
the number of families who receive a child care subsidy pursuant to
this program who choose to use such subsidy to receive child care
services provided by a legally exempt provider. Such report shall be
submitted by the applicable project administrator, on or before
October 1, 2012, provided that if such report is not received by
October 1, 2012, reimbursement for administrative costs shall be
either reduced or withheld, and failure of an administrator to
submit a timely report may jeopardize such program's funding in
future years. Expenses related to the development of the evaluation
of the pilot programs shall be paid from the pilot program's admin-
istrative set-aside or non-state funds. The remaining portion of the
project's funds shall be allocated by the office of children and
family services to the local social services districts where the
recipient families reside as determined by the project administrator
based on projected needs and cost of providing child care subsidy
payments to working families enrolled in the child care subsidy
program through the pilot initiative, provided however that the
office of children and family services shall not reimburse subsidy
payments in excess of the amount the subsidy funding appropriated
herein can support and the applicable local social services district
shall not be required to approve or pay for subsidies not funded
herein. The total number of slots for pilot programs located within
the city of New York shall not exceed one thousand during fiscal
year 2012-13. Vacancies in child care slots may be filled at such
time as the total enrollment of the New York city pilot program is
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OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
less than one thousand slots. The pilot program located in the
borough of Queens shall receive one new additional slot for each
slot which becomes available through attrition once the total number
of filled child care slots reaches less than one thousand. Child
care subsidies paid on behalf of eligible families shall be reim-
bursed at the actual cost of care up to the applicable market rate
for the district in which the child care is provided in accordance
with the fee schedule of the local social services district making
the subsidy payments. Pilot programs are required to submit monthly
reports to the office of children and family services, the local
social services district, and for programs located in the city of
New York, the administration for children's services, and the legis-
lature. Each monthly report must provide without benefit of personal
identifying information, the pilot program's current enrollment
level, amount of the child's subsidy, co-payment levels and other
information as needed or required by the office of children and
family services. Further, the office of children and family services
shall provide technical assistance to the pilot program to assist
with project administration and timely coordination of the monthly
claiming process. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
pilot programs maintained herein may be terminated if the adminis-
trator for such programs mismanages such programs, by engaging in
actions including but not limited to, improper use of funds, provid-
ing for child care subsidies in excess of the amount the subsidy
funding appropriated herein can support, and failing to submit
claims for reimbursement in a timely fashion .......................
5,460,000 ........................................... (re. $819,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2010, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2011:
For services and expenses of the civil service employees association,
Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO to provide professional development to
child care providers which shall include but not necessarily be
limited to, licensed group family day care home, registered family
day care home and legally-exempt providers located outside the city
of New York, to meet existing training requirements and to enhance
the development of such providers; provided however, that, pursuant
to a request by the civil services association, the funds may be
made available to CSEA Workers' Opportunity Resources and Knowledge
Institute (CSEA WORK Institute), or other administrator designated
by the union to administer and implement the program for the union
... 500,000 .......................................... (re. $10,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Health and Human Services Fund
Federal Day Care Account - 25175
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses related to the child care block grant.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, in lieu of payments
authorized by the social services law, or payments of federal funds
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OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
otherwise due to the local social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security act or the federal food
stamp act, funds herein appropriated, in amounts certified by the
state commissioner or the state commissioner of health as due from
local social services districts each month as their share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller in an interest-bearing
account with such interest accruing to the credit of the locality in
order to ensure the orderly and prompt payment of providers under
section 367-b of the social services law pursuant to an estimate
provided by the commissioner of health of each local social services
district's share of payments made pursuant to section 367-b of the
social services law.
Funds appropriated herein shall be available for aid to munici-
palities, for services and expenses under the child care block grant
and for payments to the federal government for expenditures made
pursuant to the social services law and the state plan for individ-
ual and family grant program under the disaster relief act of 1974.
Such funds are to be available for payment of aid, services and
expenses heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue to munici-
palities. Subject to the approval of the director of the budget,
such funds shall be available to the office net of disallowances,
refunds, reimbursements, and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the amount herein
appropriated may be transferred to any other appropriation within
the office of children and family services and/or the office of
temporary and disability assistance and/or suballocated to the
office of temporary and disability assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts' costs of the above program
and may be increased or decreased by interchange with any other
appropriation or with any other item or items within the amounts
appropriated within the office of children and family services
general fund - local assistance account or special revenue funds
federal/state operations federal day care account with the approval
of the director of the budget who shall file such approval with the
department of audit and control and copies thereof with the chairman
of the senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly
ways and means committee.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the money hereby appropri-
ated including any funds transferred by the office of temporary and
disability assistance special revenue funds - federal / aid to
localities federal health and human services fund, federal temporary
assistance to needy families block grant funds at the request of
local social services districts and, upon approval of the director
of the budget, transfer of federal temporary assistance for needy
families block grant funds made available from the New York works
compliance fund program or otherwise specifically appropriated
therefor, in combination with the money appropriated in the general
fund / aid to localities local assistance account, appropriated for
the state block grant for child care shall constitute the state
block grant for child care.
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OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $216,755,000 of the state
block grant for child care may be used for child care assistance
pursuant to title 5-C of article 6 of the social services law. The
funds that are to be available to social services districts for
child care assistance shall be apportioned among the social services
districts by the office according to the allocation plan developed
by the office and submitted to the director of the budget for
approval within 60 days of enactment of the budget. A district's
block grant allocation, including any funds the office of temporary
and disability assistance transfers from a district's flexible fund
for family services allocation to the state block grant for child
care at the district's request, for a particular federal fiscal year
is available only for child care assistance expenditures made during
that federal fiscal year and which are claimed by March 31 of the
year immediately following the end of that federal fiscal year.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any claims for child
care assistance made by a social services district for expenditures
made during a particular federal fiscal year, other than claims made
under title XX of the federal social security act and under the food
stamp employment and training program, shall be counted against the
social services district's block grant allocation for that federal
fiscal year.
A social services district shall expend its allocation from the block
grant in accordance with the applicable provisions in federal law
and regulations relating to the federal funds included in the state
block grant for child care and the regulations of the office of
children and family services. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, each district's claims submitted under the state block grant
for child care will be processed in a manner that maximizes the
availability of federal funds and ensures that the district meets
its maintenance of effort requirement in each applicable federal
fiscal year. Funds appropriated herein shall be subject to the
amount awarded in federal grant funding.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $38,332,000 of the funds may
be available for funding to social services districts for child care
assistance should additional health and human services funding be
available.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $22,034,000 may be available
for services and expenses for the operation and coordination of
child care resource and referral agencies. Such funds are to be
available pursuant to a plan prepared by the office of children and
family services and approved by the director of the budget to
continue existing programs with existing contractors that are satis-
factorily performing as determined by the office of children and
family services, to award new contracts to not-for-profit organiza-
tions to continue programs where the existing contractors are not
satisfactorily performing as determined by the office of children
and family services and/or to award new contracts to not-for-profit
organizations through a competitive process.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $6,125,000 may be available
for services and expenses for the operation and coordination of
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OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
legally exempt enrollment agencies located in the city of New York.
Such funds are to be available pursuant to a plan prepared by the
office of children and family services and approved by the director
of the budget to continue existing programs with existing contrac-
tors that are satisfactorily performing as determined by the office
of children and family services, to award new contracts to not-for-
profit organizations to continue programs where the existing
contractors are not satisfactorily performing as determined by the
office of children and family services and/or to award new contracts
to not-for-profit organizations through a competitive process.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $1,100,000 may be available
for services and expenses for the operation of infant/toddler
resource centers. Such funds are to be available pursuant to a plan
prepared by the office of children and family services and approved
by the director of the budget to continue existing programs with
existing contractors that are satisfactorily performing as deter-
mined by the office of children and family services, to award new
contracts to not-for-profit organizations to continue programs where
the existing contractors are not satisfactorily performing as deter-
mined by the office of children and family services and/or to award
new contracts to not-for-profit organizations through a competitive
process.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $6,434,000 may be available
for services and expenses of child care provider training.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $10,240,000 may be available
for services and expenses of child care scholarships education and
ongoing professional development.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $2,000,000 may be available
for services and expenses of the development and maintenance of
automated systems in support of licensing and oversight of child day
care providers.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $586,000 may be available
for services and expenses to make awards through a competitive grant
process for start-up expenses and for the promotion of child health
and safety, including equipment and minor renovations.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $300,000 may be available
for services and expenses for the establishment and/or operation of
child care services in the state's courts.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $2,020,000 may be available
for services and expenses of subsidy and quality activities at the
state university of New York including community colleges and state
operated campuses.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $2,020,000 may be available
for services and expenses of subsidy and quality activities at the
city university of New York, including community colleges and senior
colleges.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $750,000 may be available
for suballocation to the department of agriculture and markets for
services and expenses of child care services provided to children of
migrant workers in programs operated by non-profit organizations
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AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
under contract with the department of agriculture and markets to
provide such care.
Of the amount appropriated herein, up to $50,000 may be available for
services and expenses of conducting a market rate survey ...........
308,746,000 ...................................... (re. $97,000,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For services and expenses related to the child care block grant.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, in lieu of payments
authorized by the social services law, or payments of federal funds
otherwise due to the local social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security act or the federal food
stamp act, funds herein appropriated, in amounts certified by the
state commissioner or the state commissioner of health as due from
local social services districts each month as their share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller in an interest-bearing
account with such interest accruing to the credit of the locality in
order to ensure the orderly and prompt payment of providers under
section 367-b of the social services law pursuant to an estimate
provided by the commissioner of health of each local social services
district's share of payments made pursuant to section 367-b of the
social services law.
Funds appropriated herein shall be available for aid to munici-
palities, for services and expenses under the child care block grant
and for payments to the federal government for expenditures made
pursuant to the social services law and the state plan for individ-
ual and family grant program under the disaster relief act of 1974.
Such funds are to be available for payment of aid, services and
expenses heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue to munici-
palities. Subject to the approval of the director of the budget,
such funds shall be available to the office net of disallowances,
refunds, reimbursements, and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the amount herein
appropriated may be transferred to any other appropriation within
the office of children and family services and/or the office of
temporary and disability assistance and/or suballocated to the
office of temporary and disability assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts' costs of the above program
and may be increased or decreased by interchange with any other
appropriation or with any other item or items within the amounts
appropriated within the office of children and family services
general fund - local assistance account or special revenue funds
federal/state operations federal day care account with the approval
of the director of the budget who shall file such approval with the
department of audit and control and copies thereof with the chairman
of the senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly
ways and means committee.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the money hereby appropri-
ated including any funds transferred by the office of temporary and
disability assistance special revenue funds - federal / aid to
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AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
localities federal health and human services fund, federal temporary
assistance to needy families block grant funds at the request of
local social services districts and, upon approval of the director
of the budget, transfer of federal temporary assistance for needy
families block grant funds made available from the New York works
compliance fund program or otherwise specifically appropriated
therefor, in combination with the money appropriated in the general
fund / aid to localities local assistance account, appropriated for
the state block grant for child care shall constitute the state
block grant for child care.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $216,755,000 of the state
block grant for child care may be used for child care assistance
pursuant to title 5-C of article 6 of the social services law. The
funds that are to be available to social services districts for
child care assistance shall be apportioned among the social services
districts by the office according to the allocation plan developed
by the office and submitted to the director of the budget for
approval within 60 days of enactment of the budget. A district's
block grant allocation, including any funds the office of temporary
and disability assistance transfers from a district's flexible fund
for family services allocation to the state block grant for child
care at the district's request, for a particular federal fiscal year
is available only for child care assistance expenditures made during
that federal fiscal year and which are claimed by March 31 of the
year immediately following the end of that federal fiscal year.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any claims for child
care assistance made by a social services district for expenditures
made during a particular federal fiscal year, other than claims made
under title XX of the federal social security act and under the food
stamp employment and training program, shall be counted against the
social services district's block grant allocation for that federal
fiscal year.
A social services district shall expend its allocation from the block
grant in accordance with the applicable provisions in federal law
and regulations relating to the federal funds included in the state
block grant for child care and the regulations of the office of
children and family services. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, each district's claims submitted under the state block grant
for child care will be processed in a manner that maximizes the
availability of federal funds and ensures that the district meets
its maintenance of effort requirement in each applicable federal
fiscal year. Funds appropriated herein shall be subject to the
amount awarded in federal grant funding.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $38,332,000 of the funds may
be available for funding to social services districts for child care
assistance should additional health and human services funding be
available.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $22,034,000 may be available
for services and expenses for the operation and coordination of
child care resource and referral agencies. Such funds are to be
available pursuant to a plan prepared by the office of children and
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family services and approved by the director of the budget to
continue existing programs with existing contractors that are satis-
factorily performing as determined by the office of children and
family services, to award new contracts to not-for-profit organiza-
tions to continue programs where the existing contractors are not
satisfactorily performing as determined by the office of children
and family services and/or to award new contracts to not-for-profit
organizations through a competitive process.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $6,125,000 may be available
for services and expenses for the operation and coordination of
legally exempt enrollment agencies located in the city of New York.
Such funds are to be available pursuant to a plan prepared by the
office of children and family services and approved by the director
of the budget to continue existing programs with existing contrac-
tors that are satisfactorily performing as determined by the office
of children and family services, to award new contracts to not-for-
profit organizations to continue programs where the existing
contractors are not satisfactorily performing as determined by the
office of children and family services and/or to award new contracts
to not-for-profit organizations through a competitive process.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $1,100,000 may be available
for services and expenses for the operation of infant/toddler
resource centers. Such funds are to be available pursuant to a plan
prepared by the office of children and family services and approved
by the director of the budget to continue existing programs with
existing contractors that are satisfactorily performing as deter-
mined by the office of children and family services, to award new
contracts to not-for-profit organizations to continue programs where
the existing contractors are not satisfactorily performing as deter-
mined by the office of children and family services and/or to award
new contracts to not-for-profit organizations through a competitive
process.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $6,434,000 may be available
for services and expenses of child care provider training.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $10,240,000 may be available
for services and expenses of child care scholarships education and
ongoing professional development.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $2,000,000 may be available
for services and expenses of the development and maintenance of
automated systems in support of licensing and oversight of child day
care providers.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $586,000 may be available
for services and expenses to make awards through a competitive grant
process for start-up expenses and for the promotion of child health
and safety, including equipment and minor renovations.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $300,000 may be available
for services and expenses for the establishment and/or operation of
child care services in the state's courts.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $2,020,000 may be available
for services and expenses of subsidy and quality activities at the
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state university of New York including community colleges and state
operated campuses.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $2,020,000 may be available
for services and expenses of subsidy and quality activities at the
city university of New York, including community colleges and senior
colleges.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $750,000 may be available
for suballocation to the department of agriculture and markets for
services and expenses of child care services provided to children of
migrant workers in programs operated by non-profit organizations
under contract with the department of agriculture and markets to
provide such care.
Of the amount appropriated herein, up to $50,000 may be available for
services and expenses of conducting a market rate survey ...........
308,746,000 ..................................... (re. $152,400,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2012, as amended by chapter 53,
section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For services and expenses related to the child care block grant.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, in lieu of payments
authorized by the social services law, or payments of federal funds
otherwise due to the local social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security act or the federal food
stamp act, funds herein appropriated, in amounts certified by the
state commissioner or the state commissioner of health as due from
local social services districts each month as their share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller in an interest-bearing
account with such interest accruing to the credit of the locality in
order to ensure the orderly and prompt payment of providers under
section 367-b of the social services law pursuant to an estimate
provided by the commissioner of health of each local social services
district's share of payments made pursuant to section 367-b of the
social services law.
Funds appropriated herein shall be available for aid to munici-
palities, for services and expenses under the child care block grant
and for payments to the federal government for expenditures made
pursuant to the social services law and the state plan for individ-
ual and family grant program under the disaster relief act of 1974.
Such funds are to be available for payment of aid, services and
expenses heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue to munici-
palities. Subject to the approval of the director of the budget,
such funds shall be available to the office net of disallowances,
refunds, reimbursements, and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the amount herein
appropriated may be transferred to any other appropriation within
the office of children and family services and/or the office of
temporary and disability assistance and/or suballocated to the
office of temporary and disability assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts' costs of the above program
and may be increased or decreased by interchange with any other
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appropriation or with any other item or items within the amounts
appropriated within the office of children and family services
general fund - local assistance account or special revenue funds
federal/state operations federal day care account with the approval
of the director of the budget who shall file such approval with the
department of audit and control and copies thereof with the chairman
of the senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly
ways and means committee.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the money hereby appropri-
ated including any funds transferred by the office of temporary and
disability assistance special revenue funds - federal / aid to
localities federal health and human services fund, federal temporary
assistance to needy families block grant funds at the request of
local social services districts and, upon approval of the director
of the budget, transfer of federal temporary assistance for needy
families block grant funds made available from the New York works
compliance fund program or otherwise specifically appropriated
therefor, in combination with the money appropriated in the general
fund / aid to localities local assistance account, appropriated for
the state block grant for child care shall constitute the state
block grant for child care.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $216,755,000 of the state
block grant for child care may be used for child care assistance
pursuant to title 5-C of article 6 of the social services law. The
funds that are to be available to social services districts for
child care assistance shall be apportioned among the social services
districts by the office according to the allocation plan developed
by the office and submitted to the director of the budget for
approval within 60 days of enactment of the budget. A district's
block grant allocation, including any funds the office of temporary
and disability assistance transfers from a district's flexible fund
for family services allocation to the state block grant for child
care at the district's request, for a particular federal fiscal year
is available only for child care assistance expenditures made during
that federal fiscal year and which are claimed by March 31 of the
year immediately following the end of that federal fiscal year.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any claims for child
care assistance made by a social services district for expenditures
made during a particular federal fiscal year, other than claims made
under title XX of the federal social security act and under the food
stamp employment and training program, shall be counted against the
social services district's block grant allocation for that federal
fiscal year.
A social services district shall expend its allocation from the block
grant in accordance with the applicable provisions in federal law
and regulations relating to the federal funds included in the state
block grant for child care and the regulations of the office of
children and family services. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, each district's claims submitted under the state block grant
for child care will be processed in a manner that maximizes the
availability of federal funds and ensures that the district meets
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its maintenance of effort requirement in each applicable federal
fiscal year. Funds appropriated herein shall be subject to the
amount awarded in federal grant funding.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $38,332,000 of the funds may
be available for funding to social services districts for child care
assistance should additional health and human services funding be
available.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $22,034,000 may be available
for services and expenses for the operation and coordination of
child care resource and referral agencies. Such funds are to be
available pursuant to a plan prepared by the office of children and
family services and approved by the director of the budget to
continue existing programs with existing contractors that are satis-
factorily performing as determined by the office of children and
family services, to award new contracts to not-for-profit organiza-
tions to continue programs where the existing contractors are not
satisfactorily performing as determined by the office of children
and family services and/or to award new contracts to not-for-profit
organizations through a competitive process.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $6,125,000 may be available
for services and expenses for the operation and coordination of
legally exempt enrollment agencies located in the city of New York.
Such funds are to be available pursuant to a plan prepared by the
office of children and family services and approved by the director
of the budget to continue existing programs with existing contrac-
tors that are satisfactorily performing as determined by the office
of children and family services, to award new contracts to not-for-
profit organizations to continue programs where the existing
contractors are not satisfactorily performing as determined by the
office of children and family services and/or to award new contracts
to not-for-profit organizations through a competitive process.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $1,100,000 may be available
for services and expenses for the operation of infant/toddler
resource centers. Such funds are to be available pursuant to a plan
prepared by the office of children and family services and approved
by the director of the budget to continue existing programs with
existing contractors that are satisfactorily performing as deter-
mined by the office of children and family services, to award new
contracts to not-for-profit organizations to continue programs where
the existing contractors are not satisfactorily performing as deter-
mined by the office of children and family services and/or to award
new contracts to not-for-profit organizations through a competitive
process.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $6,434,000 may be available
for services and expenses of child care provider training.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $10,240,000 may be available
for services and expenses of child care scholarships education and
ongoing professional development.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $2,000,000 may be available
for services and expenses of the development and maintenance of
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automated systems in support of licensing and oversight of child day
care providers.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $586,000 may be available
for services and expenses to make awards through a competitive grant
process for start-up expenses and for the promotion of child health
and safety, including equipment and minor renovations.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $300,000 may be available
for services and expenses for the establishment and/or operation of
child care services in the state's courts.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $2,020,000 may be available
for services and expenses of subsidy and quality activities at the
state university of New York including community colleges and state
operated campuses.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $2,020,000 may be available
for services and expenses of subsidy and quality activities at the
city university of New York, including community colleges and senior
colleges.
Of the amounts appropriated herein, up to $750,000 may be available
for suballocation to the department of agriculture and markets for
services and expenses of child care services provided to children of
migrant workers in programs operated by non-profit organizations
under contract with the department of agriculture and markets to
provide such care.
Of the amount appropriated herein, up to $50,000 may be available for
services and expenses of conducting a market rate survey ...........
308,746,000 ...................................... (re. $30,300,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Other
Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund
Quality Child Care and Protection Account - 21900
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses related to administering the "quality child
care and protection act" specifically, the provision of grants to
child day care providers for health and safety purposes, for train-
ing of child day care provider staff and other activities to
increase the availability and/or quality of child care programs. No
expenditure shall be made from this account until an expenditure
plan has been approved by the director of the budget ...............
343,000 ............................................. (re. $343,000)
NEW YORK STATE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses of the Helen Keller - CORE Program to
provide services to legally-blind individuals having higher educa-
tion or competitive employment goals ... 35,000 ...... (re. $35,000)
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For services and expenses of the National Federation of the Blind for
NFB-Newsline ... 75,000 .............................. (re. $75,000)
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
For services and expenses of the Helen Keller - CORE Program to
provide services to legally-blind individuals having higher educa-
tion or competitive employment goals ... 35,000 ...... (re. $35,000)
For services and expenses of the National Federation of the Blind for
NFB-Newsline ... 75,000 .............................. (re. $75,000)
Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Education Fund
Rehabilitation Services/Supported Employment Account - 25213
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
For services and expenses related to the New York state commission for
the blind including transfer or suballocation to the state education
department ... 350,000 .............................. (re. $350,000)
FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES PROGRAM
General Fund
Local Assistance Account - 10000
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2014:
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the amount appro-
priated herein, shall be available under a foster care block grant
for state reimbursement of eligible social services district expend-
itures for the provision and administration of foster care services
including care, maintenance, supervision, and tuition; for super-
vision of foster children placed in federally funded job corps
programs; for care, maintenance, supervision, and tuition for adju-
dicated juvenile delinquents and persons in need of supervision
placed in residential programs operated by authorized agencies and
in out-of-state residential programs; and for the provision and
administration of the kinship guardian assistance program including
kinship guardianship assistance payments and payments for non-recur-
ring guardianship expenses.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a portion of the funds are
available to reimburse social services districts for the change in
the maximum state aid rates established by the office of children
and family services for the 2014-15 rate year pursuant to section
398-a of the social services law and sections 4003 and 4405 of the
education law to reflect the continuation of the cost of living
adjustments that became effective April 1, 2008 for payments made to
foster parents and for salary and fringe benefit costs and other
critical nonpersonal services costs for foster care programs as
determined by the office. Social services districts must adjust the
amount of payments made for care provided by congregate care and
foster boarding home programs and to foster parents to reflect the
cost of living adjustments in the manner specified by the office.
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Each authorized agency operating a congregate care or foster board-
ing home program in New York state for which the office sets a maxi-
mum state aid rate pursuant to section 398-a of the social services
law or section 4003 or 4405 of the education law shall submit, at
the time and in a manner to be determined by the office, a written
certification, attesting that the funds received for the continua-
tion of the cost of living adjustment to the maximum state aid rate
that became effective April 1, 2008 for that program will be or were
used solely in accordance with the requirements of the cost of
living adjustment established by the office. Notwithstanding any
inconsistent provision of law, including section 1 of part C of
chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, as amended by section 1 of part N of
chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, for the period commencing on April
1, 2014 and ending March 31, 2015 the commissioner shall not apply
any cost of living adjustment for the purpose of establishing rates
of payments, contracts or any other form of reimbursement.
Within the amounts appropriated herein, state reimbursement to each
social services district for services identified herein that are
otherwise reimbursable by the state from April 1, 2014 through March
31, 2015 shall be limited to a district allocation, hereinafter
referred to as the district's block grant allocation. Notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, such block grant allocation shall be
based, in part, on each district's claims for such costs, adjusted
by the applicable cost allocation methodology and net of any retro-
active payments for the 12 month period ending June 30, 2013 that
are submitted on or before January 2, 2014 and, in part, on such
other factors as determined by the office of children and family
services and approved by the director of the budget. Any portion of
a social services district's allocation from funds appropriated
herein not claimed by such district during the state fiscal year may
be used by such district for expenditures on preventive services
provided pursuant to section 409-a of the social services law, inde-
pendent living services and aftercare services provided pursuant to
regulations of the department of family assistance, claimed by such
district during the next state fiscal year up to the amount remain-
ing from the district's foster care block grant allocation, provided
however, that any claims for such services during the next state
fiscal year in excess of such amount shall be subject to 62 percent
state reimbursement exclusive of any federal funds made available
for such purposes, in accordance with directives of the department
of family assistance and subject to the approval of the director of
the budget. Any claims submitted by a social services district for
reimbursement for a particular state fiscal year for which the
social services district does not receive state or federal
reimbursement during that state fiscal year may not be claimed
against that district's block grant apportionment for the next state
fiscal year.
The office of children and family services, with the approval of the
director of the budget, may reduce a district's block grant allo-
cation by the state share decrease related to federal retroactive
reimbursement for such foster care services identified herein. The
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office, with the approval of the director of the budget, may reduce
a district's block grant allocation by the state share of disallow-
ances or sanctions taken against the district pursuant to the social
services law or federal law.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state shall not be
responsible for reimbursing a social services district and a
district shall not seek state reimbursement for any portion of any
state disallowance or sanction taken against the social services
district, or any federal disallowance attributable to final federal
agency decisions or to settlement made, on or after July 1, 1995,
when such disallowance or sanction results from the failure of the
social services district to comply with federal or state require-
ments, including, but not limited to, failure to document eligibil-
ity for federal or state funds in the case record; provided, howev-
er, if the office determines that any federal disallowance for
services provided between January 1, 1999 and May 31, 1999 results
solely from the late enactment of the state legislation implementing
the federal adoption and safe families act, the state shall be sole-
ly responsible for the full amount of the disallowance or sanction;
provided, further, however, this provision shall be deemed to apply
both prospectively and retroactively regardless of whether such
sanctions or disallowances are for services provided or claims made
prior to or after April 1, 2014.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any federal disallowance
resulting from a federal title IV-E eligibility review or audit that
uses extrapolated statistic techniques shall be passed along by the
state to any and all social services districts that the office of
children and family services has determined have not complied with
the title IV-E eligibility requirements or have not taken the neces-
sary actions to ensure compliance with such requirements including,
but not limited to, failing to: assess and fully document all the
criteria and have readily available all the necessary documents to
establish and continue title IV-E eligibility for all title IV-E
eligible children within the required time frames; claim title IV-E
funding only for cases that meet all of the title IV-E eligibility
criteria; and fully implement the social services payment system on
or before April 1, 2005 for all direct and voluntary agency foster
care services.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the office of children and
family services shall impose on social services districts any feder-
al disallowance issued against the state as a result of a federal
title IV-E secondary eligibility review regardless of the date the
children may have entered foster care, the date the eligibility or
payment errors occurred, or the filing date of any federal claims
for reimbursement; provided, however, that the state shall be
responsible for the disallowed costs and expenditures related to the
placement of children in a facility operated by the office of chil-
dren and family services, which shall be determined in the same
manner as the disallowed costs and expenditures for social services
districts other than the city of New York. In order to reimburse the
federal government for the full amount of any disallowance imposed
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on the state by the federal administration for children and families
within the timeframes necessary to avoid any potential interest
payments on such amount, the office of children and family services
is authorized to immediately offset funds otherwise due to each
district for a pro rata share of the total disallowed costs based on
the percentage of applicable federal title IV-E claims made by that
district for the relevant time period as compared to the total
applicable statewide title IV-E claims. The amount of the offset
against each district will be adjusted, if necessary, upon
completion of the disallowance allocation process. The final allo-
cation of the amount of any federal disallowance resulting from a
title IV-E secondary eligibility review shall be allocated among the
districts so that each district shall be responsible for the amount
attributable to each of the district's children or cases that are
determined by the federal review to be unallowable. Each district
shall also be responsible for a portion of the federal extrapolated
disallowance amount based on the relative error rate for the
district. The city of New York's error rate will be based on the
federal sample and federal statistics. For all social services
districts other than the city of New York, the error rate will be
based on a review conducted by the district of a sample of children
and/or cases determined by the office of children and family
services and a re-review of a sub-sample by the office of those
children and/or cases determined by the office. The office of chil-
dren and family services will determine what is reasonable in estab-
lishing the size of the sample and sub-sample for each district. The
office of children and family services shall notify each social
services district of the sample of children and/or cases from the
federal audit period that the social services district must review.
Any child or case from the social services district that was
included in the federal sample will automatically be included in the
social services district's review sample and the determination made
at the federal review regarding that child or case will govern for
the purposes of the social services district's review. The social
services district must complete and submit the results of its review
to the office of children and family services within 60 days of
receipt of the sample. The error rate for the district will be based
on the findings of the district's review and the office of children
and family services' re-review. If a social services district does
not complete its review within 60 days of receiving the sample from
the office of children and family services, the office of children
and family services shall assign an error rate to the social
services district based on the relative percentage of the district's
applicable title IV-E claims for the relevant period as compared to
applicable statewide title IV-E claims for that period and other
circumstances that the office of children and family services may
consider in order to allocate 100 percent of the federal disallow-
ance. The office of children and family services shall apply each
social services district's error rate to the total amount of the
district's applicable title IV-E claims including associated admin-
istrative expenses. The resulting dollar amounts for all of the
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social services districts will be summed to derive the total amount
of title IV-E claims deemed to be in error statewide. To establish a
disallowance percentage for each social services district, the
amount of the district's title IV-E claims deemed to be in error
will be divided by the amount of statewide title IV-E claims deemed
to be in error. The resulting disallowance percentage for each
district will be applied to the entire title IV-E extrapolated
disallowance calculated by the federal review to determine the
amount of the extrapolated disallowance for which the district is
responsible. Each district will be credited for the amount already
disallowed for any individual children or cases found to be in error
during the federal review. The exclusive appeal rights for the
review of the amount of the federal disallowance assigned to each
social services district shall be pursuant to article 78 of the
civil practice laws and rules; provided, however, that in any such
action all of the social services districts shall be joined as
necessary parties and the venue of any such action shall be in Rens-
selaer county. Any social services district that fails to complete
its sample review in the required time frames shall have no right to
appeal and shall not be a necessary party to any action brought by
another social services district.
The money hereby appropriated is to be available for payment of state
aid heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue to municipalities.
Subject to the approval of the director of the budget, the money
hereby appropriated shall be available to the office net of disal-
lowances, refunds, reimbursements, and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the amount herein
appropriated may be transferred to any other appropriation within
the office of children and family services and/or the office of
temporary and disability assistance and/or suballocated to the
office of temporary and disability assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts' costs of the above program
and may be increased or decreased by interchange with any other
appropriation or with any other item or items within the amounts
appropriated within the office of children and family services
general fund - local assistance account with the approval of the
director of the budget who shall file such approval with the depart-
ment of audit and control and copies thereof with the chairman of
the senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways
and means committee.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, in lieu of payments
authorized by the social services law, or payments of federal funds
otherwise due to the local social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security act or the federal food
stamp act, funds herein appropriated, in amounts certified by the
state comptroller or the state commissioner of health as due from
local social services districts each month as their share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller in an interest bearing
account with such interest accruing to the credit of the locality in
order to ensure the orderly and prompt payment of providers under
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section 367-b of the social services law pursuant to an estimate
provided by the commissioner of health of each local social services
district's share of payments made pursuant to section 367-b of the
social services law.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the
office of children and family services may, on behalf of social
services districts, make payments to foster boarding homes paid
directly by social services districts by direct deposit or debit
card. Local social services districts shall reimburse the office for
the costs of administering such direct deposit or debit card
payments.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of the social services law
or the state finance law, the office of children and family services
shall, on a quarterly basis, request that the office of temporary
and disability assistance reimburse the office of children and fami-
ly services for the non-federal share of the costs of administering
such direct deposit or debit card payments to capture the local
share of such costs.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a social services
district fails to provide reimbursement to the office of children
and family services pursuant to section 529 of the executive law
within 60 days of receiving a bill for services under such section,
or by the date certain set by such office for providing reimburse-
ment, whichever is later, the offices of the department of family
assistance are authorized to exercise the state's set-off rights by
withholding any amounts due and owing to such district under this
appropriation, up to such amounts due and owing to the state under
section 529 of the executive law and transferring such funds to the
miscellaneous special revenue fund youth facility per diem account
(YF) ... 436,002,000 ................................ (re. $500,000)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount appropriated
herein shall be available to reimburse for 98 percent of 65 percent
of eligible social services district expenditures that are claimed
by March 31, 2015 for those community preventive services provided
from October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014 at a cost that does
not exceed the cost that was in effect on October 1, 2008 and that a
social services district can demonstrate had been approved by the
office of children and family services on or before October 1, 2008;
provided, however, that should insufficient funds be available to
provide state reimbursement for 98 percent of 65 percent of such
costs, reimbursement shall be made proportionally to each district
based on the percentage of their total eligible claims to the amount
appropriated; and, provided further, however, that if the amount
appropriated exceeds the amount of funds necessary to reimburse 98
percent of 65 percent of the eligible social services district
expenditures, the office may, to the extent funds are available,
provide reimbursement for 98 percent of 65 percent of eligible
social services district expenditures for new community preventive
services programs approved by the office and only up to the amounts
approved by the office. A local social services district seeking
federal and/or state reimbursement for community preventive services
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provided on or after October 1, 2013 must submit claims that sepa-
rately identify the costs of such services in a form and manner and
at such times as are required by the department of family assistance
and that information regarding outcome based measures that demon-
strate quality of services provided and program effectiveness be
submitted to the office of children and family services in a form
and manner and at such times as required by the office. Of the
amount appropriated herein, up to $1 million may be used to provide
additional funding to an eligible program or programs with evalu-
ation results that show program effectiveness and demonstrate
private monetary support as determined by the office of children and
family services and approved by the director of the budget ...
12,124,750 ....................................... (re. $12,124,750)
For state aid to reimburse 100 percent of social services district
expenditures related to the improvement of staff to client ratios in
the local district child protective workforce including, but not
limited to new hiring to increase the number of caseworkers and to
increase the number of supervisory staff in the local district child
protective workforce. Each social services district receiving these
funds shall certify that the district will not be using these funds
to supplant other state and local funds and that the district will
not submit claims for reimbursement under this appropriation for the
same type and level of funding so certified, and the district shall
submit to the office of children and family services information
regarding outcome based measures that demonstrate quality of
services provided and program effectiveness of such improved staff
to client ratios in a form and manner and at such times as required
by the office; provided, however, that a district may use these
funds for expenditures to continue or expand activities that were
funded with last year's appropriation that was enacted for this
purpose ... 757,200 ................................. (re. $757,200)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for suballocation to the
office of mental health and subsequently for suballocation from the
office of mental health to the department of health for 94 percent
of 65 percent of the nonfederal share of medical assistance payments
for home and community based waiver services provided in accordance
with subdivision 9 of section 366 of the social services law as
authorized by selected social services districts which choose to use
preventive services funds to support such costs and to authorize the
office of temporary and disability assistance to intercept funds
otherwise due to the districts to provide the 38.9 percent local
share of such preventive services expenditures.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, including section 1
of part C of chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, as amended by section 1
of part N of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, for the period commenc-
ing on April 1, 2014 and ending March 31, 2015 the commissioner
shall not apply any cost of living adjustment for the purpose of
establishing rates of payments, contracts or any other form of
reimbursement ... 6,121,000 ....................... (re. $6,121,000)
For services and expenses of the office of children and family
services and local social services districts for activities neces-
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sary to comply with certain provisions of the adoption and safe
families act of 1997 (P.L. 105-89) and chapter 7 of the laws of 1999
and chapter 668 of the laws of 2006 requiring criminal record checks
for foster care parents, prospective adoptive parents, and adult
household members. Funds appropriated herein shall be made available
in accordance with a plan to be developed by the commissioner of the
office of children and family services and approved by the director
of the budget. Funds appropriated herein shall be available for 94
percent of 98 percent of one-half of the non-federal share of the
national and state fees for fingerprinting foster care parents,
prospective adoptive parents, and other adult household members.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, and pursuant to
chapter 7 of the laws of 1999 and chapter 668 of the laws of 2006,
local social services districts shall reimburse the commissioner of
the office of children and family services for an amount equal to
53.94 percent of the non-federal share of the cost of obtaining
state and national fingerprint records. Notwithstanding any incon-
sistent provision of law, and pursuant to chapter 7 of the laws of
1999 and chapter 668 of the laws of 2006, the commissioner of the
office of children and family services shall, on behalf of local
social services districts, make payments to the division of criminal
justice services for processing of state and national criminal
record checks and any other related costs. The commissioner shall
ensure expenditures made pursuant to this provision reflect appro-
priate federal and local shares. The commissioner of the office of
children and family services shall request that the commissioner of
the office of temporary and disability assistance reimburse the
commissioner of the office of children and family services in an
amount equal to 53.94 percent of the nonfederal share of such
payments provided that such reimbursement in payments reflects actu-
al expenditures made on behalf of each local social services
district to capture the local share of such costs.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of the social services law
or the state finance law, the commissioner shall, on a quarterly
basis, request that the commissioner of the office of temporary and
disability assistance reimburse the commissioner of the office of
children and family services in an amount equal to 53.94 percent of
the non-federal share of such fees to capture the local share of
such fees. Such reimbursement shall occur on or before the one-hun-
dred and twentieth day following the close of the preceding quarter
and shall be charged among districts based on the number of children
currently placed in foster care in each local social services
district provided that this methodology is revised quarterly to
reflect most current available data. Amounts appropriated herein
may, subject to the director of the budget, be interchanged or
transferred with any other appropriation of the office of children
and family services or the office of temporary and disability
assistance as necessary to reimburse the state share of local social
services district costs appropriated herein ........................
1,857,000 ......................................... (re. $1,857,000)
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For services and expenses for foster care, adult and child protective
services, preventive and adoption services provided by Indian tribes
pursuant to subdivision 2 of section 39 of the social services law,
after deducting therefrom any federal funds properly received or to
be received. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the
contrary, the liability of the state and the amount to be distrib-
uted or otherwise expended by the state shall be 92 percent of
eligible expenditures ... 3,700,000 ............... (re. $2,197,000)
For services and expenses of certain child fatality review teams
approved by the office of children and family services for the
purposes of investigating and/or reviewing the death of children ...
829,100 ............................................. (re. $829,100)
For services and expenses of certain local or regional multidiscipli-
nary child abuse investigation teams approved by the office of chil-
dren and family services for the purpose of investigating reports of
suspected child abuse or maltreatment and for new and established
child advocacy centers ... 5,229,900 .............. (re. $5,072,000)
For additional services and expenses of child advocacy centers. This
funding is to be distributed to newly established child advocacy
centers and existing child advocacy centers weighted on a three year
average of client volume ... 2,570,000 ............ (re. $2,570,000)
For services and expenses, including local administrative costs, for
providing medicaid home and community based waiver services pursuant
to subdivision 12 of section 366 of the social services law. The
amount appropriated herein is subject to a spending plan approved by
the division of the budget and may be available for transfer or
suballocation to the department of health for the medical assistance
program for such services and expenses.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, including section 1
of part C of chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, as amended by section 1
of part N of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, for the period commenc-
ing on April 1, 2014 and ending March 31, 2015 the commissioner
shall not apply any cost of living adjustment for the purpose of
establishing rates of payments, contracts or any other form of
reimbursement ... 72,494,000 ..................... (re. $47,700,000)
The money hereby appropriated is to be available for payment of state
aid heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue to municipalities.
Subject to the approval of the director of the budget, the money
hereby appropriated shall be available to the office net of disal-
lowances, refunds, reimbursements, and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the amount herein
appropriated may be transferred to any other appropriation within
the office of children and family services and/or the office of
temporary and disability assistance and/or suballocated to the
office of temporary and disability assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts' costs of the above program
and may be increased or decreased by interchange with any other
appropriation or with any other item or items within the amounts
appropriated within the office of children and family services
general fund - local assistance account with the approval of the
director of the budget who shall file such approval with the depart-
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AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
ment of audit and control and copies thereof with the chairman of
the senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways
and means committee.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, in lieu of payments
authorized by the social services law, or payments of federal funds
otherwise due to the local social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security act or the federal food
stamp act, funds herein appropriated, in amounts certified by the
state commissioner or the state commissioner of health as due from
local social services districts each month as their share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller in an interest-bearing
account with such interest accruing to the credit of the locality in
order to ensure the orderly and prompt payment of providers under
section 367-b of the social services law pursuant to an estimate
provided by the commissioner of health of each local social services
district's share of payments made pursuant to section 367-b of the
social services law.
Notwithstanding section 398-a of the social services law or any other
law to the contrary, the amount appropriated herein, or such other
amount as may be approved by the director of the budget, shall be
available for 94 percent of 98 percent of 50 percent reimbursement
after deducting any federal funds available therefor to social
services districts for amounts attributable to dormitory authority
billings or approved refinancing of such billings which result in
local social services districts' claims in excess of a local
district's foster care block grant allocation. In addition, subject
to the approval of the director of the budget, a portion of funds
appropriated herein, or such other amount as may be approved by the
director of the budget, shall be available for reimbursement related
to payments made by a social services district to foster care
providers subject to the provisions of section 410-i of the social
services law for expenses directly related to projects funded
through the housing finance agency for those foster care providers
which also received revised or supplemental rates from the applica-
ble regulating agency to accommodate the housing finance agency
payments or the refinancing of previously approved dormitory author-
ity payments.
Notwithstanding section 398-a of the social services law or any other
law to the contrary, such reimbursement shall be available for 94
percent of 98 percent of 50 percent of social services district
costs, after deducting federal funds available therefor, for those
social services districts' claims in excess of a social services
district's foster care block grant allocation for those amounts
exclusively attributable to the previously approved revised or
supplemental rates. In addition, subject to the approval of the
director of the budget, a portion of funds appropriated herein may
also be used for payments to the dormitory authority of the state of
New York for advisory services including, but not limited to, site
visits and review of applications, building plans and cost estimates
for voluntary agency programs for which the office of children and
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AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
family services establishes maximum state aid rates and for capital
projects for residential institutions for children seeking financing
under paragraph b of subdivision 40 of section 1680 of the public
authorities law, as amended by chapter 508 of the laws of 2006 .....
6,620,000 ......................................... (re. $6,620,000)
For eligible services and expenses provided during state fiscal year
2014-15 by a city with a population in excess of one million for a
close to home initiative to provide juvenile justice services. Funds
appropriated herein shall be made available for eligible services
provided consistent with plans that cover juvenile delinquents in
non-secure and limited secure settings submitted by a city with a
population in excess of one million and approved by the office of
children and family services and the director of the budget. The
office of children and family services shall not reimburse any
claims for expenditures for residential services unless they are
submitted in final within twenty two months of the calendar quarter
in which the claimed service or services were delivered and shall
not reimburse any claims that were or will be transferred from this
appropriation to the foster care block grant appropriation or the
child welfare services appropriation ...............................
41,400,000 ....................................... (re. $41,400,000)
For payment of state aid for services and expenses for programs pursu-
ant to section 530 of the executive law for secure and non-secure
detention services provided from January 1, 2014 to December 31,
2014; provided, however, notwithstanding the provisions of any other
law to the contrary, the liability of the state and the amount to be
distributed or otherwise expended by the state pursuant to section
530 of the executive law shall be determined by first calculating
the amount of the expenditure or other liability pursuant to such
law after taking into consideration any other limitations on the
amount of such expenditure or liability set forth in the state budg-
et for such year, and then reducing the amount so calculated by two
percent of such amount. Within the amounts appropriated herein,
state reimbursement shall be limited to the amount of the munici-
pality's distribution. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
allocations shall be based on a plan developed by the office of
children and family services and approved by the director of the
budget and shall be based, in part, on each municipality's history
of detention utilization, youth population and other factors as
determined by the office. Any portion of a municipality's distrib-
ution not claimed by the municipality for reimbursement of detention
expenditures made during the period January 1, 2014 through December
31, 2014 may be claimed by such municipality to reimburse 62 percent
of expenditures during such period for supervision and treatment
services for juveniles programs not otherwise reimbursable pursuant
to chapter 58 of the laws of 2011. Notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, the amount appropriated herein may provide for
reimbursement of up to 100 percent of the cost of care, maintenance
and supervision for youth whose residence is outside the county
providing the services up to the county's distribution; provided
that upon such reimbursement from this appropriation, the office of
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children and family services shall bill, and the home county of such
youth shall reimburse the office of children and family services,
for 51 percent of the cost of care, maintenance and supervision of
such youth.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the office of children and
family services may require that such claims and data on detention
use be submitted to the office electronically in the manner and
format required by the office.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the office shall be author-
ized to promulgate regulations permitting the office to impose
fiscal sanctions in the event that the office finds non-compliance
with regulations governing secure and nonsecure detention facilities
and to establish cost standards related to reimbursement of secure
and non-secure detention services.
Notwithstanding section 51 of the state finance law and any other
provision of law to the contrary, the director of the budget may,
upon the advice of the commissioner of the office of children and
family services, authorize the transfer or interchange of moneys
appropriated herein with any other local assistance - general fund
appropriation within the office of children and family services
except where transfer or interchange of appropriation is prohibited
or otherwise restricted by law.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a social services
district fails to provide reimbursement to the office of children
and family services pursuant to section 529 of the executive law
within 60 days of receiving a bill for services under such section,
or by the date certain set by such office for providing reimburse-
ment, whichever is later, the offices of the department of family
assistance are authorized to exercise the state's set-off rights by
withholding any amounts due and owing to such district under this
appropriation, up to such amounts due and owing to the state under
section 529 of the executive law and transferring such funds to the
miscellaneous special revenue fund youth facility per diem account
(YF) ... 76,160,000 .............................. (re. $57,868,000)
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the amount
appropriated herein shall be available to the office of children and
family services for payment of the state share of a county's prior
years claim for reimbursement based upon a subsequent review by the
office of actual expenditures for care, maintenance and supervision
provided to youth in detention, to address any underpayment of state
aid to the county for services and expenses for detention in a prior
calendar year ... 12,344,000 ..................... (re. $12,344,000)
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the amount appro-
priated herein shall be available under the supervision and treat-
ment services for juveniles program for 62 percent state reimburse-
ment to counties and the city of New York for eligible expenditures
for the provision and administration of eligible supervision and
treatment services for juveniles programs during the period of April
1, 2014 through March 31, 2015 that have been approved by the office
of children and family services pursuant to a plan approved by the
director of the budget; provided, however, if a municipality is
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AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
unable to use or claim all of its allocation for such program period
within the required time frames, the municipality may apply to the
office of children and family services for a waiver to permit the
municipality to continue to have the funds available to it for an
additional one-year program period upon a showing and certification
by the municipality that such funds will be used only to reimburse
the municipality for eligible expenditures for eligible services
provided during the period of April 1, 2014 through March 31, 2015
for which the municipality was unable to claim within the required
timeframes and for non-recurring eligible services or expenses that
will occur during the period April 1, 2015 through March 31, 2016.
Any funds that are remaining after all such waivers have been
approved may be used to provide additional reimbursement to those
counties that chose to transfer funds from their detention block
grants into their supervision and treatment services for juveniles
programs for the April 1, 2014 through March 31, 2015 program period
proportionately to the amount each such district transferred.
Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 529-b of the
executive law or any other law to contrary, a municipality that was
eligible for a minimum funding allocation under the supervision and
treatment services for juveniles program for state fiscal year
2013-14 but did not submit an application for such funds may apply
to the office of children and family services for a waiver of the
local share requirement for the program funds for state fiscal year
2014-15 upon a showing that the municipality has fiscal issues that
significantly impact its ability to provide the required local share
and that providing the program funds to the municipality without a
local share will enable the municipality to implement services
designed to decrease the use of detention or residential care for
such youth.
Within the amounts appropriated herein, state reimbursement shall be
limited to the amount of such municipality's distribution. The
office of children and family services shall not reimburse any
claims unless they are submitted within 12 months of the calendar
quarter in which the claimed services were delivered. These funds
shall not be used to supplant other state and local funds ..........
8,376,000 ......................................... (re. $8,024,000)
Notwithstanding section 530 of the executive law or any other law to
the contrary, for reimbursement of 49 percent of approved capital
expenditures for secure juvenile detention. Such reimbursement shall
be in the form of depreciation of approved capital costs and inter-
est on bonds, notes or other indebtedness necessarily undertaken to
finance construction costs. Notwithstanding any provision of laws to
the contrary, funding for such costs shall be limited to the amount
appropriated herein. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the
office of children and family services may require that such claims
for reimbursement of capital expenditures be submitted to the office
electronically in the manner and format required by the office.
Notwithstanding section 51 of the state finance law and any other
provision of law to the contrary, the director of the budget may,
upon the advice of the commissioner of the office of children and
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AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
family services, authorize the interchange of moneys appropriated
herein with any other local assistance - general fund appropriation
within the office of children and family services ..................
4,606,000 ......................................... (re. $4,422,000)
For eligible services and expenses of youth development programs as
determined by the office of children and family services. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law to the contrary, a youth devel-
opment program shall mean a program designed to provide community-
level services to promote positive youth development but shall not
include approved runaway programs or transitional independent living
support programs as such terms are defined in section 532-a of the
executive law. Each county or a city with a population of one
million or more, which shall be known as a municipality, operating a
youth development program approved by the office of children and
family services shall be eligible for one hundred percent state
reimbursement of its qualified expenditures, subject to the amount
available under this appropriation and exclusive of any federal
funds made available therefor, not to exceed the municipality's
distribution of state aid for youth development programs. The amount
appropriated herein for youth development programs shall be distrib-
uted by the office of children and family services to eligible muni-
cipalities that have a comprehensive plan that has been developed in
consultation with the applicable municipal youth bureau and approved
by the office of children and family services. The distribution of
the amount appropriated herein to eligible municipalities by the
office of children and family services shall be based on factors as
determined by the office and subject to the approval of the director
of budget; such factors shall include the number of youth under the
age of twenty-one residing in the municipality as shown by the last
published federal census certified in the same manner as provided by
section fifty-four of the state finance law and may include, but not
be limited to, the percentage of youth living in poverty within the
municipality or such other factors as provided for in the regu-
lations of the office of children and family services. Up to fifteen
percent of the youth development funds that a municipality would
allocate to an approved local youth bureau pursuant to an approved
comprehensive plan may be used for administrative functions
performed by such local youth bureau. Notwithstanding any provision
of law to the contrary, an approved local youth bureau that is not
providing, operating, administering or monitoring youth development
programs shall not receive funding under this appropriation. The
office shall not reimburse any claims for youth development programs
unless they are submitted within twelve months of the calendar quar-
ter in which the expenditure was made. The office may require that
such claims be submitted to the office electronically in the manner
and format required by the office. A municipality may enter into
contracts to effectuate its youth development program as approved by
the office of children and family services. No expenditures shall be
made from this appropriation for youth development programs until a
plan has been approved by the director of the budget and a certif-
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AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
icate of approval allocating these funds has been issued by the
director of the budget ... 14,121,700 ............ (re. $14,121,700)
For additional eligible services and expenses of calendar year 2014 of
youth development programs as determined by the office of children
and family services. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
the contrary, a youth development program shall mean a program
designed to provide community-level services to promote positive
youth development but shall not include approved runaway programs or
transitional independent living support programs as such terms are
defined in section 532-a of the executive law. Each county or a city
with a population of one million or more, which shall be known as a
municipality, operating a youth development program approved by the
office of children and family services shall be eligible for one
hundred percent state reimbursement of its qualified expenditures,
subject to the amount available under this appropriation and exclu-
sive of any federal funds made available therefor, not to exceed the
municipality's distribution of state aid for youth development
programs. The amount appropriated herein for youth development
programs shall be distributed by the office of children and family
services to eligible municipalities that have a comprehensive plan
that has been developed in consultation with the applicable munici-
pal youth bureau and approved by the office of children and family
services. The distribution of the amount appropriated herein to
eligible municipalities by the office of children and family
services shall be based on factors as determined by the office and
subject to the approval of the director of budget; such factors
shall include the number of youth under the age of twenty-one resid-
ing in the municipality as shown by the last published federal
census certified in the same manner as provided by section fifty-
four of the state finance law and may include, but not be limited
to, the percentage of youth living in poverty within the munici-
pality or such other factors as provided for in the regulations of
the office of children and family services. Up to fifteen percent of
the youth development funds that a municipality would allocate to an
approved local youth bureau pursuant to an approved comprehensive
plan may be used for administrative functions performed by such
local youth bureau. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, an approved local youth bureau that is not providing,
operating, administering or monitoring youth development programs
shall not receive funding under this appropriation. The office shall
not reimburse any claims for youth development programs unless they
are submitted within twelve months of the calendar quarter in which
the expenditure was made. The office may require that such claims be
submitted to the office electronically in the manner and format
required by the office. A municipality may enter into contracts to
effectuate its youth development program as approved by the office
of children and family services. No expenditures shall be made from
this appropriation for youth development programs until a plan has
been approved by the director of the budget and a certificate of
approval allocating these funds has been issued by the director of
the budget ... 1,285,600 .......................... (re. $1,285,600)
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For payment of state aid for programs for the provision of eligible
services to runaway and homeless youth pursuant to a plan, submitted
by an eligible county, or a city having a population of one million
or more, which shall be known as a municipality, and approved by the
office of children and family services as part of such munici-
pality's comprehensive plan; the office of children and family
services shall not reimburse any claims unless they are submitted
within 12 months of the calendar quarter in which the claimed
service or services were delivered. Notwithstanding any law to the
contrary, the office of children and family services may require
that such claims for provision of services to runaway and homeless
youth be submitted to the office electronically in the manner and
format required by the office, and the information regarding outcome
based measures that demonstrate quality of services provided and
program effectiveness be submitted to the office in a form and
manner and at such times as required by the office. No expenditures
shall be made from this appropriation until an annual expenditure
plan is approved by the director of the budget and a certificate of
approval allocating these funds has been issued by the director of
the budget and copies of such certificate or any amendment thereto
filed with the state comptroller, the chairperson of the senate
finance committee and the chairperson of the assembly ways and means
committee ... 2,355,800 ........................... (re. $2,355,800)
For payment of state aid for programs for the provision of services to
runaway and homeless youth for the period January 1, 2014 through
December 31, 2014 pursuant to subdivisions 2, 3 and 4 of section 420
of the executive law and pursuant to chapter 800 of the laws of 1985
amending the runaway and homeless youth act for the provision of
transitional independent living support services and the establish-
ment and operation of young adult shelters for youth between the
ages of 16 to 21; the office of children and family services shall
not reimburse any claims unless they are submitted within 12 months
of the calendar quarter in which the claimed service or services
were delivered. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the office
of children and family services may require that such claims for
provision of services to runaway and homeless youth be submitted to
the office electronically in the manner and format required by the
office, and the information regarding outcome based measures that
demonstrate quality of services provided and program effectiveness
be submitted to the office in a form and manner and at such times as
required by the office. No expenditures shall be made from this
appropriation until an annual expenditure plan is approved by the
director of the budget and a certificate of approval allocating
these funds has been issued by the director of the budget and copies
of such certificate or any amendment thereto filed with the state
comptroller, the chairperson of the senate finance committee and the
chairperson of the assembly ways and means committee ...............
254,500 ............................................. (re. $254,500)
For services and expenses provided by local probation departments, for
the post-placement care of youth leaving a youth residential facili-
ty and for services and expenses of the office of children and fami-
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ly services related to community-based programs for youth in the
care of the office of children and family services which may include
but not be limited to multi-systemic therapy, family functional
therapy and/or functional therapeutic foster care, and electronic
monitoring.
Funds appropriated herein shall be made available subject to the
approval of an expenditure plan by the director of the budget.
Funded programs shall submit information regarding outcome based
measures that demonstrate quality of services provided and program
effectiveness to the office in a form and manner and at such times
as required by the office ... 311,700 ............... (re. $311,700)
For services and expenses of kinship care programs. Such funds are
available pursuant to a plan prepared by the office of children and
family services and approved by the director of the budget to
continue or expand existing programs with existing contractors that
are satisfactorily performing as determined by the office of chil-
dren and family services, to award new contracts to continue
programs where the existing contractors are not satisfactorily
performing as determined by the office of children and family
services and/or award new contracts through a competitive process.
Such contracts shall provide for submission of information regarding
outcome based measures that demonstrate quality of services provided
and program effectiveness to the office in a form and manner and at
such times as required by the office ... 338,750 .... (re. $338,750)
For services and expenses related to the home visiting program. Such
funds are to be available pursuant to a plan prepared by the office
of children and family services and approved by the director of the
budget to continue or expand existing programs with existing
contractors that are satisfactorily performing as determined by the
office of children and family services, to award new contracts to
continue programs where the existing contractors are not satisfac-
torily performing as determined by the office of children and family
services and/or to award new contracts through a competitive proc-
ess. Such contracts shall provide for submission of information
regarding outcome based measures that demonstrate quality of
services provided and program effectiveness to the office in a form
and manner and at such times as required by the office ...
23,288,200 ....................................... (re. $17,950,000)
For services and expenses of the William B. Hoyt memorial children and
family trust fund, for prevention and support service programs for
victims of family violence pursuant to article 10-A of the social
services law. Programs funded through such trust shall submit infor-
mation regarding outcome based measures that demonstrate quality of
services provided and program effectiveness to the office in a form
and manner and at such times as required by the office. Funds
appropriated herein may be transferred to the office of children and
family services miscellaneous special revenue fund, children and
family trust fund ... 621,850 ....................... (re. $621,850)
For services and expenses for supportive housing for young adults aged
25 years or younger leaving or having recently left foster care or
who had been in foster care for more than a year after their 16th
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OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
birthday and who are at-risk of street homelessness or sheltered
homelessness provided under the joint project between the state and
the city of New York, known as the New York New York III supportive
housing agreement. No expenditure shall be made until a certificate
of allocation has been approved by the director of the budget with
copies to be filed with the chairpersons of the senate finance
committee and the assembly ways and means committee. The amount
appropriated herein may be transferred or otherwise made available
to the city of New York administration for children's services for
services and expenses related to implementing the project.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, including section 1
of part C of chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, as amended by section 1
of part N of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, for the period commenc-
ing on April 1, 2014 and ending March 31, 2015 the commissioner
shall not apply any cost of living adjustment for the purpose of
establishing rates of payments, contracts or any other form of
reimbursement ... 2,137,000 ....................... (re. $2,137,000)
For services and expenses of the Catholic Family Center in Rochester
to establish and operate a statewide kinship information and refer-
ral network ... 220,500 ............................. (re. $220,500)
For services and expenses of the advantage after school program. Such
funds are to be available pursuant to a plan prepared by the office
of children and family services and approved by the director of the
budget to extend or expand current contracts with community based
organizations, to award new contracts to continue programs where the
existing contractors are not satisfactorily performing as determined
by the office of children and family services and/or to award new
contracts through a competitive process to community based organiza-
tions ... 17,255,300 ............................. (re. $16,998,000)
For services and expenses of a public/private partnership pilot
program to fund new and expand existing preventive, early childhood
development, and other services to at-risk children, youth and fami-
lies and such funds shall not be used to supplant other state, local
or federal funding. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
the contrary, state funding for the pilot program shall be limited
to the amount appropriated herein and shall not constitute more than
65 percent of eligible program expenditures, with the remaining 35
percent of program expenditures to be supported with private funds.
The funds shall be distributed through a competitive process for
services in an eligible region pursuant to a plan prepared by the
office of children and family services and approved by the director
of the budget. Eligible regions are the Capital, Central New York,
Finger Lakes, Long Island, Mid-Hudson, Mohawk Valley, New York City,
North Country, Southern Tier or Western New York regions ...
3,409,000 ......................................... (re. $3,409,000)
For services and expenses of 2-1-1 New York, including funding to
qualified regional collaborators ... 1,237,950 .... (re. $1,237,950)
For services and expenses related to the settlement house program.
Funded programs shall submit information regarding outcome based
measures that demonstrate quality of services provided and program
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AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
effectiveness to the office in a form and manner and at such times
as required by the office ... 450,000 ............... (re. $414,000)
For services and expenses associated with sexually exploited children
and youth up to age 21. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the state's liability under subdivision 5 of section 447-b of the
social services law shall be limited to the amount appropriated
herein ... 3,000,000 .............................. (re. $3,000,000)
For services and expenses of the community reinvestment program ......
1,750,000 ......................................... (re. $1,660,000)
For services and expenses of the center for alternative sentencing and
employment services (CASES) ... 200,000 ............. (re. $167,000)
For services and expenses for the NYS Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs
... 750,000 ......................................... (re. $750,000)
For services and expenses of the Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center
for education and parent support mentoring programs to facilitate
healthy families ... 350,000 ........................ (re. $350,000)
For suballocation to the division of criminal justice services for
services and expenses of legal services for the elderly or disadvan-
taged of western New York for the prevention of elder abuse ...
80,000 ............................................... (re. $80,000)
For services and expenses of the Community Action Organization of Erie
County ... 250,000 .................................. (re. $250,000)
For services and expenses of the Broadway Housing Communities settle-
ment house ... 100,000 .............................. (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of Youth Service Opportunity Project .......
60,000 ............................................... (re. $60,000)
For services and expenses of American Legion Boys and Girls State ...
150,000 ............................................. (re. $150,000)
For services and expenses of the WAIT House for the Healthy Parenting
and Mentoring program ... 100,000 ................... (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of the Brooklyn Chinese American Association
youth after school program ... 50,000 ................ (re. $50,000)
For services and expenses of OHEL Children's Home and Family Services
... 100,000 ......................................... (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of the Masores Bais Yaakov after school
programs ... 75,000 .................................. (re. $75,000)
For services and expenses of the Jewish Board of Family and Children's
Services ... 100,000 ................................ (re. $100,000)
For services and expenses of the North Bronx National Council of Negro
Women Child Development Center ... 50,000 ............ (re. $50,000)
For services and expenses of the office of children and family
services to implement subdivision 3-d of section 1 of part C of
chapter 57 of the laws of 2006 as added by a chapter of the laws of
2014 for the period April 1, 2014 through March 31, 2015. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law to the contrary, and subject to
the approval of the director of the budget, the amounts appropriated
herein may be increased or decreased by interchange or transfer
without limit to any local assistance appropriation, and may include
advances to local governments and voluntary agencies, to accomplish
this purpose ... 2,950,000 ........................ (re. $2,950,000)
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AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
By chapter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2013:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount appropriated
herein shall be available to reimburse for 98 percent of 65 percent
of eligible social services district expenditures that are claimed
by March 31, 2014 for those community preventive services provided
from October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013 at a cost that does
not exceed the cost that was in effect on October 1, 2008 and that a
social services district can demonstrate had been approved by the
office of children and family services on or before October 1, 2008;
provided, however, that should insufficient funds be available to
provide state reimbursement for 98 percent of 65 percent of such
costs, reimbursement shall be made proportionally to each district
based on the percentage of their total eligible claims to the amount
appropriated; and, provided further, however, that if the amount
appropriated exceeds the amount of funds necessary to reimburse 98
percent of 65 percent of the eligible social services district
expenditures, the office may, to the extent funds are available,
provide reimbursement for 98 percent of 65 percent of eligible
social services district expenditures for new community preventive
services programs approved by the office and only up to the amounts
approved by the office. A local social services district seeking
federal and/or state reimbursement for community preventive services
provided on or after October 1, 2010 must submit claims that sepa-
rately identify the costs of such services in a form and manner and
at such times as are required by the department of family assistance
and that information regarding outcome based measures that demon-
strate quality of services provided and program effectiveness be
submitted to the office of children and family services in a form
and manner and at such times as required by the office. Of the
amount appropriated herein, up to $1 million may be used to provide
additional funding to an eligible program or programs with evalu-
ation results that show program effectiveness and demonstrate
private monetary support as determined by the office of children and
family services and approved by the director of the budget ...
12,124,750 .......................................... (re. $634,000)
For state aid to reimburse 100 percent of social services district
expenditures related to the improvement of staff to client ratios in
the local district child protective workforce including, but not
limited to new hiring to increase the number of caseworkers and to
increase the number of supervisory staff in the local district child
protective workforce. Each social services district receiving these
funds shall certify that the district will not be using these funds
to supplant other state and local funds and that the district will
not submit claims for reimbursement under this appropriation for the
same type and level of funding so certified, and the district shall
submit to the office of children and family services information
regarding outcome based measures that demonstrate quality of
services provided and program effectiveness of such improved staff
to client ratios in a form and manner and at such times as required
by the office; provided, however, that a district may use these
funds for expenditures to continue or expand activities that were
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AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
funded with last year's appropriation that was enacted for this
purpose ... 757,200 ................................. (re. $236,000)
For services and expenses of the office of children and family
services and local social services districts for activities neces-
sary to comply with certain provisions of the adoption and safe
families act of 1997 (P.L. 105-89) and chapter 7 of the laws of 1999
and chapter 668 of the laws of 2006 requiring criminal record checks
for foster care parents, prospective adoptive parents, and adult
household members. Funds appropriated herein shall be made available
in accordance with a plan to be developed by the commissioner of the
office of children and family services and approved by the director
of the budget. Funds appropriated herein shall be available for 94
percent of 98 percent of one-half of the non-federal share of the
national and state fees for fingerprinting foster care parents,
prospective adoptive parents, and other adult household members.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, and pursuant to
chapter 7 of the laws of 1999 and chapter 668 of the laws of 2006,
local social services districts shall reimburse the commissioner of
the office of children and family services for an amount equal to
53.94 percent of the non-federal share of the cost of obtaining
state and national fingerprint records. Notwithstanding any incon-
sistent provision of law, and pursuant to chapter 7 of the laws of
1999 and chapter 668 of the laws of 2006, the commissioner of the
office of children and family services shall, on behalf of local
social services districts, make payments to the division of criminal
justice services for processing of state and national criminal
record checks and any other related costs. The commissioner shall
ensure expenditures made pursuant to this provision reflect appro-
priate federal and local shares. The commissioner of the office of
children and family services shall request that the commissioner of
the office of temporary and disability assistance reimburse the
commissioner of the office of children and family services in an
amount equal to 53.94 percent of the nonfederal share of such
payments provided that such reimbursement in payments reflects actu-
al expenditures made on behalf of each local social services
district to capture the local share of such costs.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of the social services law
or the state finance law, the commissioner shall, on a quarterly
basis, request that the commissioner of the office of temporary and
disability assistance reimburse the commissioner of the office of
children and family services in an amount equal to 53.94 percent of
the non-federal share of such fees to capture the local share of
such fees. Such reimbursement shall occur on or before the one
hundred and twentieth day following the close of the preceding quar-
ter and shall be charged among districts based on the number of
children currently placed in foster care in each local social
services district provided that this methodology is revised quarter-
ly to reflect most current available data. Amounts appropriated
herein may, subject to the director of the budget, be interchanged
or transferred with any other appropriation of the office of chil-
dren and family services or the office of temporary and disability
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AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
assistance as necessary to reimburse the state share of local social
services district costs appropriated herein ........................
1,857,000 ......................................... (re. $1,857,000)
For services and expenses for foster care, adult and child protective
services, preventive and adoption services provided by Indian tribes
pursuant to subdivision 2 of section 39 of the social services law,
after deducting therefrom any federal funds properly received or to
be received. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the
contrary, the liability of the state and the amount to be distrib-
uted or otherwise expended by the state shall be 92 percent of
eligible expenditures.
Notwithstanding any provision of articles 153, 154 and 163 of the
education law, there shall be an exemption from the professional
licensure requirements of such articles, and nothing contained in
such articles, or in any other provisions of law related to the
licensure requirements of persons licensed under those articles,
shall prohibit or limit the activities or services of any person in
the employ of a program or service operated, certified, regulated,
funded or approved by the office of children and family services, a
local governmental unit as such term is defined in article 41 of the
mental hygiene law, and/or a local social services district as
defined in section 61 of the social services law, and all such enti-
ties shall be considered to be approved settings for the receipt of
supervised experience for the professions governed by articles 153,
154 and 163 of the education law, and furthermore, no such entity
shall be required to apply for nor be required to receive a waiver
pursuant to section 6503-a of the education law in order to perform
any activities or provide any services .............................
3,700,000 ........................................... (re. $801,000)
For services and expenses of certain child fatality review teams
approved by the office of children and family services for the
purposes of investigating and/or reviewing the death of children ...
829,100 ............................................. (re. $829,100)
For services and expenses of certain local or regional multidiscipli-
nary child abuse investigation teams approved by the office of chil-
dren and family services for the purpose of investigating reports of
suspected child abuse or maltreatment and for new and established
child advocacy centers ... 5,229,900 .............. (re. $1,771,000)
For additional services and expenses of child advocacy centers. This
funding is to be distributed to newly established child advocacy
centers and existing child advocacy centers weighted on a three year
average of client volume ... 750,000 ................ (re. $482,000)
The money hereby appropriated is to be available for payment of state
aid heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue to municipalities.
Subject to the approval of the director of the budget, the money
hereby appropriated shall be available to the office net of disal-
lowances, refunds, reimbursements, and credits.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the amount herein
appropriated may be transferred to any other appropriation within
the office of children and family services and/or the office of
temporary and disability assistance and/or suballocated to the
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OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
office of temporary and disability assistance for the purpose of
paying local social services districts' costs of the above program
and may be increased or decreased by interchange with any other
appropriation or with any other item or items within the amounts
appropriated within the office of children and family services
general fund - local assistance account with the approval of the
director of the budget who shall file such approval with the depart-
ment of audit and control and copies thereof with the chairman of
the senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways
and means committee.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, in lieu of payments
authorized by the social services law, or payments of federal funds
otherwise due to the local social services districts for programs
provided under the federal social security act or the federal food
stamp act, funds herein appropriated, in amounts certified by the
state commissioner or the state commissioner of health as due from
local social services districts each month as their share of
payments made pursuant to section 367-b of the social services law
may be set aside by the state comptroller in an interest-bearing
account with such interest accruing to the credit of the locality in
order to ensure the orderly and prompt payment of providers under
section 367-b of the social services law pursuant to an estimate
provided by the commissioner of health of each local social services
district's share of payments made pursuant to section 367-b of the
social services law.
Notwithstanding section 398-a of the social services law or any other
law to the contrary, the amount appropriated herein, or such other
amount as may be approved by the director of the budget, shall be
available for 94 percent of 98 percent of 50 percent reimbursement
after deducting any federal funds available therefor to social
services districts for amounts attributable to dormitory authority
billings or approved refinancing of such billings which result in
local social services districts' claims in excess of a local
district's foster care block grant allocation. In addition, subject
to the approval of the director of the budget, a portion of funds
appropriated herein, or such other amount as may be approved by the
director of the budget, shall be available for reimbursement related
to payments made by a social services district to foster care
providers subject to the provisions of section 410-i of the social
services law for expenses directly related to projects funded
through the housing finance agency for those foster care providers
which also received revised or supplemental rates from the applica-
ble regulating agency to accommodate the housing finance agency
payments or the refinancing of previously approved dormitory author-
ity payments.
Notwithstanding section 398-a of the social services law or any other
law to the contrary, such reimbursement shall be available for 94
percent of 98 percent of 50 percent of social services district
costs, after deducting federal funds available therefor, for those
social services districts' claims in excess of a social services
district's foster care block grant allocation for those amounts
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OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
exclusively attributable to the previously approved revised or
supplemental rates. In addition, subject to the approval of the
director of the budget, a portion of funds appropriated herein may
also be used for payments to the dormitory authority of the state of
New York for advisory services including, but not limited to, site
visits and review of applications, building plans and cost estimates
for voluntary agency programs for which the office of children and
family services establishes maximum state aid rates and for capital
projects for residential institutions for children seeking financing
under paragraph b of subdivision 40 of section 1680 of the public
authorities law, as amended by chapter 508 of the laws of 2006 .....
6,620,000 ......................................... (re. $4,234,000)
For eligible services and expenses provided during state fiscal year
2013-14 by a city with a population in excess of one million for a
close to home initiative to provide juvenile justice services.
Funds appropriated herein shall be made available for eligible
services provided consistent with plans that cover juvenile delin-
quents in non-secure and limited secure settings submitted by a city
with a population in excess of one million and approved by the
office of children and family services and the director of the budg-
et. The office of children and family services shall not reimburse
any claims for expenditures for residential services unless they are
submitted in final within twenty two months of the calendar quarter
in which the claimed service or services were delivered and shall
not reimburse any claims that were or will be transferred from this
appropriation to the foster care block grant appropriation or the
child welfare services appropriation.
Notwithstanding any provision of articles 153, 154 and 163 of the
education law, there shall be an exemption from the professional
licensure requirements of such articles, and nothing contained in
such articles, or in any other provisions of law related to the
licensure requirements of persons licensed under those articles,
shall prohibit or limit the activities or services of any person in
the employ of a program or service operated, certified, regulated,
funded or approved by the office of children and family services, a
local governmental unit as such term is defined in article 41 of the
mental hygiene law, and/or a local social services district as
defined in section 61 of the social services law, and all such enti-
ties shall be considered to be approved settings for the receipt of
supervised experience for the professions governed by articles 153,
154 and 163 of the education law, and furthermore, no such entity
shall be required to apply for nor be required to receive a waiver
pursuant to section 6503-a of the education law in order to perform
any activities or provide any services .............................
36,265,000 ....................................... (re. $24,795,000)
For payment of state aid for services and expenses for programs pursu-
ant to section 530 of the executive law for secure and non-secure
detention services provided from January 1, 2013 to December 31,
2013; provided, however, notwithstanding the provisions of any other
law to the contrary, the liability of the state and the amount to be
distributed or otherwise expended by the state pursuant to section
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AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
530 of the executive law shall be determined by first calculating
the amount of the expenditure or other liability pursuant to such
law after taking into consideration any other limitations on the
amount of such expenditure or liability set forth in the state budg-
et for such year, and then reducing the amount so calculated by two
percent of such amount. Within the amounts appropriated herein,
state reimbursement shall be limited to the amount of the munici-
pality's distribution. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
allocations shall be based on a plan developed by the office of
children and family services and approved by the director of the
budget and shall be based, in part, on each municipality's history
of detention utilization, youth population and other factors as
determined by the office. Any portion of a municipality's distrib-
ution not claimed by the municipality for reimbursement of detention
expenditures made during the period January 1, 2013 through December
31, 2013 may be claimed by such municipality to reimburse 62 percent
of expenditures during such period for supervision and treatment
services for juveniles programs not otherwise reimbursable pursuant
to a chapter of the laws of 2013. Notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, the amount appropriated herein may provide for
reimbursement of up to 100 percent of the cost of care, maintenance
and supervision for youth whose residence is outside the county
providing the services up to the county's distribution; provided
that upon such reimbursement from this appropriation, the office of
children and family services shall bill, and the home county of such
youth shall reimburse the office of children and family services,
for 51 percent of the cost of care, maintenance and supervision of
such youth.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the office of children and
family services may require that such claims and data on detention
use be submitted to the office electronically in the manner and
format required by the office.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the office shall be author-
ized to promulgate regulations permitting the office to impose
fiscal sanctions in the event that the office finds non-compliance
with regulations governing secure and nonsecure detention facilities
and to establish cost standards related to reimbursement of secure
and non-secure detention services.
Notwithstanding section 51 of the state finance law and any other
provision of law to the contrary, the director of the budget may,
upon the advice of the commissioner of the office of children and
family services, authorize the transfer or interchange of moneys
appropriated herein with any other local assistance - general fund
appropriation within the office of children and family services
except where transfer or interchange of appropriation is prohibited
or otherwise restricted by law.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a social services
district fails to provide reimbursement to the office of children
and family services pursuant to section 529 of the executive law
within 60 days of receiving a bill for services under such section,
or by the date certain set by such office for providing reimburse-
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AID TO LOCALITIES - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2015-16
ment, whichever is later, the offices of the department of family
assistance are authorized to exercise the state's set-off rights by
withholding any amounts due and owing to such district under this
appropriation, up to such amounts due and owing to the state under
section 529 of the executive law and transferring such funds to the
miscellaneous special revenue fund youth facility per diem account
(YF).
Notwithstanding any provision of articles 153, 154 and 163 of the
education law, there shall be an exemption from the professional
licensure requirements of such articles, and nothing contained in
such articles, or in any other provisions of law related to the
licensure require