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                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GUNTHER, JAFFEE, LUPARDO, L. ROSENTHAL --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to lottery aid formu-
   las for school districts

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph b of subdivision 4  of  section
 92-c  of  the  state  finance law, as amended by section 64 of part A of
 chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (4) each eligible school district shall be entitled to  an  additional
 lottery  grant  equal  to the result of multiplying the district's total
 aidable foundation pupil units for the base year  computed  pursuant  to
 paragraph  g  of  subdivision  two  of section thirty-six hundred two of
 [this act] THE EDUCATION LAW by:
 
 Base Grant x REGIONAL COST INDEX X PUPIL NEED INDEX X (1 + aid ratio)
 
   Where, the base grant shall equal the sum of the net  total  available
 moneys  after making payments pursuant to subparagraphs [(1), (2), (2-a)
 and (3) above] ONE, TWO, TWO-A AND THREE  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  plus  an
 amount  from the general support for public schools-- general fund local
 assistance account equal to the June lottery  payment,  divided  by  the
 total aidable foundation pupil units of the state and where THE REGIONAL
 COST  INDEX SHALL BE THE REGIONAL COST INDEX DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH TWO
 OF PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO  OF
 THE  EDUCATION  LAW,  AND  THE  PUPIL NEED INDEX SHALL BE THE PUPIL NEED
 INDEX DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH THREE OF PARAGRAPH A OF  SUBDIVISION  FOUR
 OF  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO  OF THE EDUCATION LAW, AND the Aid
 Ratio is equal to one minus [the pupil wealth ratio of the  district  as
 such  term is defined in section thirty-six hundred two of the education

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03697-01-9

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 law. In no case shall a school district aid ratio exceed one (1)  or  be
 less  than  minus one (-1)] THE STATE SHARING RATIO FOR TOTAL FOUNDATION
 AID AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH G OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED TWO OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.