Assembly Bill A4981

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the governing body of each school district which eliminates teaching positions and costs to decrease a proportional amount in administrative costs

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A4981 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1527-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6357
2013-2014: A4498
2015-2016: A4515
2017-2018: A3261

2019-A4981 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the governing body of each school district which eliminates teaching positions and costs to decrease a proportional amount in administrative costs.

2019-A4981 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4981
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. RAIA, COLTON, McDONOUGH, LALOR, FINCH -- Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred to  the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the govern-
   ing body of each school district, which eliminates teaching  positions
   for  any school year, to decrease a proportional amount of administra-
   tive costs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    The  education  law  is amended by adding a new section
 1527-a to read as follows:
   § 1527-A. SCHOOL  BUDGET  REDUCTIONS.  DURING  THE  CONSIDERATION  AND
 ADOPTION  OF  THE PROPOSED SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET FOR ANY SCHOOL YEAR IN
 WHICH THERE IS THE PROPOSED ELIMINATION OF ANY TEACHING  POSITION  OR  A
 DECREASE  IN SALARY OR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH POSITIONS, THE GOVERN-
 ING BODY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL MAKE A  PROPORTIONAL  DECREASE  IN
 THE  AMOUNT  OF FUNDING ALLOCATED TO ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS INCLUDING COST
 ASSOCIATED WITH POSITIONS AND SALARIES OF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF  IN  SUCH
 PROPOSED BUDGET.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately.  Effective immediately
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07885-01-9

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