Assembly Bill A10156

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to approvals, modifications and rejections of smart schools investment plans by the smart schools review board

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A10156 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7846
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3641, Ed L

2017-A10156 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to approvals, modifications and rejections of smart school investment plans by the smart schools review board; requires the board to meet on a monthly basis; provide notification of rejections or modifications within seven days; and make payments within thirty days of approval.

2017-A10156 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10156
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  approvals,  modifica-
   tions  and  rejections  of smart schools investment plans by the smart
   schools review board
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subparagraphs 2 and 3 of paragraph b of subdivision 16 of
 section 3641 of the education law, subparagraph 2 as added by section  2
 of  part  C  of  chapter  56  of  the laws of 2014 and subparagraph 3 as
 amended by section 3 of part YYY of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   (2)  No  school  district  shall  be entitled to a smart schools grant
 until such district shall have submitted a smart schools investment plan
 to the smart schools review board and received such board's approval  of
 such  investment  plan.   THE SMART SCHOOLS REVIEW BOARD SHALL MEET ON A
 MONTHLY BASIS FOR PURPOSES OF APPROVING SUCH PLANS AND PROVIDING UPDATES
 ON PENDING APPLICATIONS. In  developing  such  investment  plan,  school
 districts  shall  consult  with  parents,  teachers, students, community
 members and other stakeholders.
   (3) The smart schools review board  shall  review  all  smart  schools
 investment  plans for compliance with all eligibility criteria and other
 requirements set forth in the guidelines. The smart schools review board
 may approve or reject such plans, or may return such plans to the school
 district for modifications; provided that notwithstanding any inconsist-
 ent provision of law, the smart schools review board  shall  approve  no
 such plan first submitted to the department on or after April fifteenth,
 two thousand seventeen, unless such plan calculates the amount of class-
 room  technology  to  be  loaned to students attending nonpublic schools
 pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-five of this chapter in a manner
 that includes the amount budgeted by the school  district  for  servers,
 wireless  access  points  and  other portable connectivity devices to be
 acquired as part of a school connectivity  project;  PROVIDED,  FURTHER,
 THAT  IF  A  PLAN  IS  REJECTED OR MODIFICATIONS ARE SOUGHT, SUCH SCHOOL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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