Assembly Actions -
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Jun 20, 2018 |
committed to rules |
Jun 05, 2018 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 04, 2018 |
2nd report cal. |
May 31, 2018 |
1st report cal.1465 |
May 08, 2018 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S8476
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 60th Senate District
2017-S8476 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§3604, 3602 & 3625, Ed L
2017-S8476 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8476 SPONSOR: MARCELLINO TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing capital outlays for a school construction project less than $250,000; in relation to state aid adjustments for prior years; and in relation to payment schedules for multi-year recoveries for state aid and providing extensions for late filings of transportation contracts in extenuating circumstances PURPOSE: The proposed legislation would eliminate or reduce a significant number of legislative mandates and provide greater flexibility to school districts. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 would amend § 3604(5)(a) and (c) of the Education Law to permit the recovery of excess state aid payments over a period of up to ten succeeding school years, as determined by the Commissioner in regu-
2017-S8476 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8476 I N S E N A T E May 8, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARCELLINO -- 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 authorizing capital outlays for a school construction project less than $250,000; in relation to state aid adjustments for prior years; and in relation to payment schedules for multi-year recoveries for state aid and provid- ing extensions for late filings of transportation contracts in exten- uating circumstances THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs a and c of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the education law, paragraph a as amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 2005 and paragraph c as added by chapter 82 of the laws of 1995, are amended to read as follows: a. State aid adjustments. All errors or omissions in the apportionment shall be corrected by the commissioner. Whenever a school district has been apportioned less money than that to which it is entitled, the commissioner may allot to such district the balance to which it is enti- tled. Whenever a school district has been apportioned more money than that to which it is entitled, the commissioner may, by an order, direct such moneys to be paid back to the state to be credited to the general fund local assistance account for state aid to the schools, or may deduct such amount from the next apportionment to be made to said district, provided, however, that, upon notification of excess payments of aid for which a recovery must be made by the state through deduction of future aid payments, a school district may request that such excess payments be recovered by deducting such excess payments from the payments due to such school district and payable in the month of June in (i) the school year in which such notification was received and (ii) [the two succeeding school years, provided further that there shall be no interest penalty assessed against such district or collected by the state. Such request shall be made to the commissioner in such form as the commissioner shall prescribe, and shall be based on documentation that the total amount to be recovered is in excess of one percent of the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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