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Assembly Bill A8850

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to an incentive apportionment for certain school districts for lower allowable transportation expenses

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2017-A8850 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6442
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S1742

2017-A8850 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides an incentive apportionment for certain school districts that demonstrate lower allowable transportation expenses.

2017-A8850 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8850
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 22, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  apportionment  for
   certain school districts for lower allowable transportation expenses
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section  3602  of  the  education  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph f to read as follows:
   F.  IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER APPORTIONMENT UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, FOR
 THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFT-
 ER, A SCHOOL DISTRICT OTHER THAN A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY HAVING
 A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE INHABITANTS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN
 INCENTIVE APPORTIONMENT WHERE  SUCH  DISTRICT  CAN  DEMONSTRATE  TO  THE
 COMMISSIONER  COST  SAVINGS  AND  EFFICIENCIES  THAT  RESULTS IN A LOWER
 ALLOWABLE TRANSPORTATION EXPENSE FOR THE BASE YEAR COMPARED TO THE  YEAR
 PRIOR  TO  THE  BASE  YEAR; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT
 MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH  THREE  OF  THIS  PARA-
 GRAPH.
   (1)  THE  AMOUNT  OF SUCH INCENTIVE APPORTIONMENT UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH
 SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF:
   (I) THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN SUCH DISTRICT'S  ALLOWABLE  TRANSPORTA-
 TION  EXPENSE  FOR THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR MINUS SUCH DISTRICT'S
 ALLOWABLE TRANSPORTATION EXPENSE FOR THE BASE YEAR; AND
   (II) TEN PERCENT.
   (2) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO APPROVE  A  CLAIM  FOR  AN
 INCENTIVE  APPORTIONMENT UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH PROVIDED A SCHOOL DISTRICT
 CLAIMING AN INCENTIVE APPORTIONMENT SHALL HAVE IMPLEMENTED  AN  APPROVED
 TRANSPORTATION  EFFICIENCY  PLAN  AND  DOCUMENTED  SUCH COST SAVINGS AND
 EFFICIENCIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER.  IF  THE  TOTAL  STATEWIDE INCENTIVE APPORTIONMENT CLAIMED UNDER
 THIS PARAGRAPH EXCEEDS THREE MILLION  DOLLARS  ($3,000,000),  INDIVIDUAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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