NY State Senate Bill 2017-S6442A

Senate Bill S6442A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to education
Nov 03, 2017	print number 6442a
Nov 03, 2017	amend (t) and recommit to education
May 19, 2017	referred to education

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2017-S6442 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8850
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S1742

2017-S6442 - Summary

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

2017-S6442 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6442 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6442
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 19, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  JACOBS -- 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  incentivizing
   reductions in pupil transportation costs
 
   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  a
 new subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
   7-A. APPORTIONMENT FOR INCENTIVIZING REDUCTION IN PUPIL TRANSPORTATION
 COSTS. IN ADDITION TO THE FOREGOING APPORTIONMENT, THERE SHALL BE APPOR-
 TIONED  TO ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR PUPIL TRANSPORTATION, AN AMOUNT BASED
 ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CURRENT TOTAL ANNUAL ALLOWABLE MILEAGE, AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  AND
 THE  HIGHEST  TOTAL ANNUAL ALLOWABLE MILEAGE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS HAD
 OVER THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS. THE AMOUNT OF SUCH APPORTIONMENT SHALL  BE
 CALCULATED  AS  THE REDUCTION IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S APPORTIONMENT FOR
 PUPIL TRANSPORTATION DUE TO THE  REDUCTION  IN  TOTAL  ANNUAL  ALLOWABLE
 MILEAGE  COMPARED  TO THE APPORTIONMENT THE YEAR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD
 ITS HIGHEST TOTAL ANNUAL ALLOWABLE MILEAGE OVER THE PREVIOUS FIVE  YEARS
 FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REDUCTION, HALF OF THE REDUCTION IN APPORTION-
 MENT IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE REDUCTION, AND A QUARTER OF THE REDUCTION
 IN  APPORTIONMENT IN THE THIRD YEAR OF THE REDUCTION. SUCH APPORTIONMENT
 SHALL BE USED  ON  COSTS  ASSOCIATED  WITH  CONVERSION  OF  THAT  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT TO A WALKABLE SCHOOL MODEL.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10963-02-7

2017-S6442A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8850
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S1742

2017-S6442A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-S6442A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6442A

SPONSOR: JACOBS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to apportionment for
certain school districts for lower allowable transportation expenses

 
PURPOSE:

This bill affords school districts the opportunity to return funding to
the classroom through a Transportation Efficiency Plan.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends Subdivision 7 of section 3602 of the education law by
creating an incentive apportionment for school districts who can demon-
strate cost savings and efficiencies for transportation expenses.
Subsection 1 describes the formula for the apportionment product,
subsection 2 authorizes the commissioner to establish guidelines and
approve claims for an incentive apportionment as well as allows incen-

tive apportionments to be prorated so the total statewide apportionments
do not exceed three millions dollars, and subsection 3 creates the
eligibility requirements for the incentive apportionment.

Section 2. Is the enacting clause

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, school districts receive state transportation aid based on
total transportation costs. As a result, there is little incentive for
school districts to create an efficient system of transportation.  A
well thought out transportation plan has many added benefits such as
reduced costs, traffic, emissions, mileage, and delays.

To encourage these positive benefits this bill would provide school
districts with a financial incentive to those that can demonstrate cost
efficiencies in their transportation plan. This added benefit affords
school districts the opportunity to bolster cash strapped areas of their
budget, while at the same time providing a savings to the state.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

This bill will provide a savings to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S6442A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6442--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 19, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  JACOBS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 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-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10963-03-7

 S. 6442--A                          2
 
 SIONER. IF THE TOTAL STATEWIDE  INCENTIVE  APPORTIONMENT  CLAIMED  UNDER
 THIS  PARAGRAPH  EXCEEDS  THREE MILLION DOLLARS ($3,000,000), INDIVIDUAL
 SCHOOL DISTRICT INCENTIVE APPORTIONMENTS SHALL  BE  PRORATED  TO  ENSURE
 THAT  THE  TOTAL STATEWIDE INCENTIVE APPORTIONMENT DOES NOT EXCEED THREE
 MILLION DOLLARS ($3,000,000), PROVIDED THAT SUCH PRORATED  APPORTIONMENT
 COMPUTED  AND PAYABLE AS OF SEPTEMBER ONE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IMMEDIATELY
 FOLLOWING THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR WHICH SUCH AID IS CLAIMED SHALL BE  DEEMED
 FINAL AND NOT SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
   (3)  TO  BE  ELIGIBLE FOR THE INCENTIVE APPORTIONMENT UNDER THIS PARA-
 GRAPH:
   (I) SUCH DISTRICT MUST BE  AN  INDEPENDENT  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  THAT  IS
 SUBJECT  TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE-A OF THE
 EDUCATION LAW AND THAT HAS ADOPTED A BUDGET THAT DOES NOT EXCEED THE TAX
 LEVY LIMIT PRESCRIBED BY THAT SECTION. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST  CERTIFY
 ITS  COMPLIANCE  WITH  SUCH  TAX  LEVY LIMIT IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE-B OF THE  EDUCATION
 LAW;
   (II) SUCH DISTRICT MUST BE A DEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IS SUBJECT
 TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF SECTION THREE-C OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW AND
 THAT HAS ADOPTED A BUDGET THAT  DOES  NOT  EXCEED  THE  TAX  LEVY  LIMIT
 PRESCRIBED  BY  THAT  SECTION. THE CITY MUST CERTIFY ITS COMPLIANCE WITH
 SUCH TAX LEVY LIMIT IN THE  MANNER  PRESCRIBED  BY  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF
 SECTION THREE-D OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW; AND
   (III)  SUCH  DISTRICT  MUST  HAVE  A  TRANSPORTATION  EFFICIENCY  PLAN
 APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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