Provides that any special act school districts established pursuant to Chapter 566 of the Laws of 1967 shall be held harmless from any reduction in tuition revenue or any tuition rate calculation and/or rate reconciliation arising out of intake closure or limits on the entry of new student placements.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9803
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 9, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Education
AN ACT relating to tuition revenue and tuition rate calculations and
rate reconciliation for certain special act school districts
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule, or regulation
to the contrary, any special act school district established pursuant to
Chapter 566 of the Laws of 1967, as amended, subject to an intake
closure or limit on the entry of new student placements during the two
thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen school year or the two thousand
seventeen--two thousand eighteen school year by the New York State
Office of Children and Family Services or the New York State Office of
Mental Health, shall be held harmless from any reduction in tuition
revenue or any tuition rate calculation and/or rate reconciliation aris-
ing out of such intake closure or limit on the entry of new student
placements during the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen
school year or the two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen school
year. The commissioner of education is hereby directed to substitute two
thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school year pupil counts reported
by any special act school district under this act to calculate and
finalize any tuition rate and/or tuition rate reconciliation for such
special act school district and shall submit such tuition rate and/or
tuition rate reconciliation to the director of the budget and the direc-
tor of the budget is hereby directed to approve such submittal. In the
event such special act school district under this act sustains a
reduction in tuition revenue for the two thousand sixteen--two thousand
seventeen school year or the two thousand seventeen--two thousand eigh-
teen school year, the school district shall submit a claim for
reimbursement to the commissioner of education no later than July 31,
2018 for the amount of such reduction in tuition revenue including an
accounting in writing of how such reduction in tuition revenue was
calculated and the director of the budget is hereby directed to approve
and pay such claim.
ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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