NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1245

Senate Bill S1245

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of education to establish minimum standards for the maintenance and repair of school buildings

download bill text pdf

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

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

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

View Actions

	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 26, 2018	print number 1245a
Jan 26, 2018	amend and recommit to education
Jan 03, 2018	referred to education
Jan 06, 2017	referred to education

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

co-Sponsors

2017-S1245 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5530
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§305 & 2023-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: A5053
2015-2016: S4197, A3401
2019-2020: A4528
2021-2022: A7291

2017-S1245 - Summary

Directs the commissioner of education to establish minimum standards for the maintenance and repair of school buildings; eliminates the tax levy cap for expenditures related to school building maintenance and repair.

2017-S1245 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1245

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
directing the commissioner of education to establish standards for the
maintenance and repair of school buildings and exempting expenditures
for the maintenance and repair of school buildings from the tax levy
limit

 PURPOSE OF THE BILL :

The purpose of this bill is to direct the commissioner of education to
establish minimum standards for the maintenance and repair of school
buildings so as to provide an appropriate and safe learning
environment within each such building. The bill would also exempt
expenditures by the school districts in order to meet the standards
established by the commissioner from the tax levy limit.

 SUMMARY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL :

Section 1 amends section 305 of the education law by adding a new
subdivision 43 that directs the commissioner of education to establish
minimum standards for the maintenance and repair of school buildings
so as to provide an appropriate learning environment.

Subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph I of subdivision 2.of
section 2023a of the education law, as added by section 2 of part A of

chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, ate amended and a new paragraph (v) is
added to read as follows: a tax levy necessary for expenditures for
the maintenance and repair of school buildings.

 STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL :

The school districts of the state continue to struggle with budgetary
issues caused by the overall economy and the 2% property tax cap
enacted in 2011. This bill seeks to establish minimum standards for
the maintenance and repair of school buildings so as to provide an
appropriate and safe learning environment for the students and
teachers in the state. The bill also exempts such costs accrued by the
school districts in order to meet the new standards from the 2%
property tax cap.

 BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS OF THE BILL :

This bill will not impose any additional costs on the state.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2013-14 referred to education
2015-2016 - referred to education

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
The bill would take effect on the first of July next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become law, provided that, effective
immediately, any rules and regulations necessary to implement the
provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and
directed to be promulgated, amended and/or repealed on or before such
date; and provided further that the amendments to section 2023-a of
the education law made by section two of this act shall not affect the
repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed.

2017-S1245 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1245
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the  commis-
   sioner  of  education  to  establish standards for the maintenance and
   repair of school buildings and exempting expenditures for the  mainte-
   nance and repair of school buildings from the tax levy limit
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 56 to read as follows:
   56. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, BY RULE, ESTABLISH MINIMUM  STANDARDS  FOR
 THE  MAINTENANCE  AND  REPAIR  OF  SCHOOL  BUILDINGS SO AS TO PROVIDE AN
 APPROPRIATE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WITHIN EACH SUCH BUILDING.
   § 2. Subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph i of subdivision  2  of
 section  2023-a of the education law, as added by section 2 of part A of
 chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, are amended and a new  subparagraph  (v)
 is added to read as follows:
   (iii)  in  years in which the normal contribution rate of the New York
 state teachers' retirement system, as defined by paragraph a of subdivi-
 sion two of section five hundred seventeen of this chapter, increases by
 more than two percentage points from  the  previous  year,  a  tax  levy
 necessary  for  expenditures  for  the  coming  fiscal  year  for school
 district employer contributions to the New York state teachers'  retire-
 ment  system  caused by growth in the normal contribution rate minus two
 percentage points; [and]
   (iv) a capital tax levy[.]; AND
   (V) A TAX LEVY NECESSARY FOR  EXPENDITURES  FOR  THE  MAINTENANCE  AND
 REPAIR OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law, provided  that,  effective
 immediately,  any  rules  and  regulations  necessary  to  implement the

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03586-01-7

 S. 1245                             2
 
 provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed
 to be promulgated, amended and/or repealed on or before such  date;  and
 provided  further that the amendments to section 2023-a of the education
 law  made by section two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
 section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.

co-Sponsors

2017-S1245A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5530
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§305 & 2023-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: A5053
2015-2016: S4197, A3401
2019-2020: A4528
2021-2022: A7291

2017-S1245A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S1245A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1245A

SPONSOR: VALESKY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to directing the commis-
sioner of education to establish standards for the maintenance and
repair of school buildings and exempting expenditures for the mainte-
nance and repair of school buildings from the tax levy limit

 
PURPOSE OF THE BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to direct the commissioner of education to
establish minimum standards for the maintenance and repair of school
buildings so as to provide an appropriate and safe learning environment
within each such building. The bill would also exempt expenditures by
the school districts in order to meet the standards established by the
commissioner from the tax levy limit.

 
SUMMARY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL:

Section 1 amends section 305 of the education law by adding a new subdi-
vision 43 that directs the commissioner of education to establish mini-
mum standards for the maintenance and repair of school buildings so as
to provide an appropriate learning environment.

Subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph I of subdivision 2 of section
2023a of the education law, as added by section 2 of part A of chapter
97 of the laws of 2011, are amended and a new paragraph (v) is added to
read as follows: a tax levy necessary for expenditures for the mainte-
nance and repair of school buildings.

 
STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL:

The school districts of the state continue to struggle with budgetary
issues caused by the overall economy and the 2% property tax cap enacted
in 2011. This bill seeks to establish minimum standards for the mainte-
nance and repair of school buildings so as to provide an appropriate and
safe learning environment for the students and teachers in the state.
The bill also exempts such costs accrued by the school districts in
order to meet the new standards from the 2% property tax cap.

 
BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS OF THE BILL:

This bill will not impose any additional costs on the state.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2013-14 referred to education
2015-2016 - referred to education

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
The bill would take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date
on which it shall have become law, provided that, effective immediately,
any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this
act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be promulgated,
amended and/or repealed on or before such date; and provided further
that the amendments to section 2023-a of the education law made by
section two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
shall be deemed repealed.

2017-S1245A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1245--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  VALESKY, FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Education  --
   recommitted  to  the  Committee on Education in accordance with Senate
   Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the commis-
   sioner of education to establish standards  for  the  maintenance  and
   repair  of school buildings and exempting expenditures for the mainte-
   nance and repair of school buildings from the tax levy limit
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
   57.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL, BY RULE, ESTABLISH MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR
 THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF SCHOOL  BUILDINGS  SO  AS  TO  PROVIDE  AN
 APPROPRIATE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WITHIN EACH SUCH BUILDING.
   §  2.  Subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph i of subdivision 2 of
 section 2023-a of the education law, as added by section 2 of part A  of
 chapter  97  of the laws of 2011, are amended and a new subparagraph (v)
 is added to read as follows:
   (iii) in years in which the normal contribution rate of the  New  York
 state teachers' retirement system, as defined by paragraph a of subdivi-
 sion two of section five hundred seventeen of this chapter, increases by
 more  than  two  percentage  points  from  the previous year, a tax levy
 necessary for  expenditures  for  the  coming  fiscal  year  for  school
 district  employer contributions to the New York state teachers' retire-
 ment system caused by growth in the normal contribution rate  minus  two
 percentage points; [and]
   (iv) a capital tax levy[.]; AND
   (V)  A  TAX  LEVY  NECESSARY  FOR EXPENDITURES FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND
 REPAIR OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03586-02-8

 S. 1245--A                          2
 
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the  date  on which it shall have become a law, provided that, effective
 immediately, any  rules  and  regulations  necessary  to  implement  the
 provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed
 to  be  promulgated, amended and/or repealed on or before such date; and
 provided further that the amendments to section 2023-a of the  education
 law  made by section two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
 section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Senate Bill S1245

Share this bill

Sponsored By

David J. Valesky

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

Rich Funke

2017-S1245 - Details

2017-S1245 - Summary

2017-S1245 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1245 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Rich Funke

2017-S1245A (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S1245A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S1245A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1245A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments