S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 16, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the education of
persons in youth shelters
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraphs b and f of subdivision 7 of section 3202 of the
education law, paragraph b as amended by section 27 of part B of chapter
57 of the laws of 2007 and paragraph f as added by chapter 564 of the
laws of 2001, are amended to read as follows:
b. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the school district
in which the child resided at the time of the child's commitment to the
custody of the sheriff or local commissioner of corrections or REMANDED
TO A youth shelter shall reimburse the [education] department for its
expenditure for the full time equivalent attendance of such child pursu-
ant to subdivision thirteen of section thirty-six hundred two of this
chapter on behalf of such child, in an amount equal to the product of
such full time equivalent attendance and the school district basic
contribution, as such term is defined in subdivision eight of section
forty-four hundred one of this chapter, provided, however, that such
basic contribution shall be multiplied by the full time equivalent
attendance multiplied by one hundred twenty per centum for such children
attending programs which operate between July first and June thirtieth.
If at the applicable time specified in this paragraph a school district
other than the school district in which the child resides is responsible
for the cost of instruction of the child or for reimbursement of the
state for its expenditure on behalf of the child pursuant to any
provision of this chapter, then such other school district shall be
responsible for reimbursement of the [education] department in accord-
ance with this paragraph. Upon certification by the commissioner, the
comptroller shall deduct from any state funds which become due to a
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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school district an amount equal to the reimbursement required to be made
by such school district in accordance with this paragraph, and the
amount so deducted shall not be included in the operating expense of
such district for the purpose of computing the approved operating
expense pursuant to paragraph t of subdivision one of section thirty-six
hundred two of this chapter.
f. As used in this subdivision, "youth shelter" shall mean an alterna-
tive residential facility for the incarceration of youths between the
ages of sixteen and twenty-one who are remanded by the criminal courts,
PROVIDED THAT SUCH TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS ESTAB-
LISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE NINETEEN-G OR NINETEEN-H OF THE EXECUTIVE
LAW, A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY OR GROUP HOME OPERATED, LICENSED OR CERTI-
FIED BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OR ITS SUCCESSOR
PURSUANT TO SUCH ARTICLES NINETEEN-G AND NINETEEN-H, OR A CHILD CARE
INSTITUTION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FOUR THOUSAND ONE
OF THIS CHAPTER.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.