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Senate Bill S4778

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to aid for substantial enrollment growth and growth in enrollment of English language learner students

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2017-S4778 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5717
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S2716, A6376
2021-2022: S203, A906
2023-2024: A26

2017-S4778 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to aid for substantial enrollment growth and growth in enrollment of English language learner students.

2017-S4778 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4778 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4778
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 28, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HANNON, PHILLIPS -- 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  aid  for  substantial
   enrollment growth and growth in enrollment of English language learner
   students

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3602 of the education law is amended by adding  two
 new subdivisions 22 and 23 to read as follows:
   22. AID FOR SUBSTANTIAL ENROLLMENT GROWTH. FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SEVEN-
 TEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE
 APPORTIONED THE GREATER OF:    (A)  THE  POSITIVE  DIFFERENCE,  IF  ANY,
 BETWEEN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT OF THE DISTRICT IN THE TWO THOUSAND
 FIFTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  SIXTEEN  SCHOOL  YEAR,  AS  COMPUTED PURSUANT TO
 SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,  AND
 SUCH  ENROLLMENT  IN  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  FOURTEEN--TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN
 SCHOOL YEAR, SUBTRACTED BY FOUR TENTHS OF ONE PERCENTUM OF THE TWO THOU-
 SAND FOURTEEN--TWO THOUSAND  FIFTEEN  SCHOOL  YEAR,  MULTIPLIED  BY  THE
 SELECTED  FOUNDATION  AID  PER PUPIL; OR (B) THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE, IF
 ANY, BETWEEN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT OF THE  DISTRICT  IN  THE  TWO
 THOUSAND TWELVE--TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, AS COMPUTED PURSUANT
 TO  SUBPARAGRAPH  TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
 AND SUCH ENROLLMENT IN THE TWO THOUSAND  FIFTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  SIXTEEN
 SCHOOL  YEAR, DIVIDED BY THREE, SUBTRACTED BY FOUR TENTHS OF ONE PERCEN-
 TUM OF THE TWO  THOUSAND  TWELVE--TWO  THOUSAND  THIRTEEN  SCHOOL  YEAR,
 MULTIPLIED BY THE SELECTED FOUNDATION AID PER PUPIL.
   23.  AID  FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER PUPIL GROWTH. FOR THE TWO THOU-
 SAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, EACH SCHOOL  DISTRICT
 SHALL  BE  APPORTIONED  THE GREATER OF:  (A) THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE, IF
 ANY, BETWEEN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER PUPIL COUNT OF THE DISTRICT IN
 THE TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN  SCHOOL  YEAR,  AND  SUCH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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