Assembly Bill A5371

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to school district state aid eligibility

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-A5371 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3604, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A5610
2023-2024: A4299

2019-A5371 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no school district shall be eligible to receive the full apportionment of state aid to which it is entitled if evidence is found by the state comptroller when an audit is conducted and such audit finds that a district has inappropriate excess of their unexpended surplus funds and such school district did not reduce the school tax levy in a proportion equal to the excess of four percent of the current year school budget.

2019-A5371 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5371
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK, MONTESANO, GIGLIO -- Multi-Sponsored
   by -- M. of A. MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to school district state
   aid eligibility
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3604 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 8-a to read as follows:
   8-A. NO SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE  FULL  APPOR-
 TIONMENT  OF STATE AID TO WHICH IT IS ENTITLED UNDER OTHER PROVISIONS OF
 THIS CHAPTER IF EVIDENCE IS FOUND BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER WHEN AN AUDIT
 IS CONDUCTED AND SUCH AUDIT FINDS  THAT  A  DISTRICT  HAS  INAPPROPRIATE
 EXCESS  OF  THEIR  UNEXPENDED SURPLUS FUNDS AND SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT DID
 NOT REDUCE THE SCHOOL TAX LEVY IN A PROPORTION EQUAL TO  THE  EXCESS  OF
 FOUR PERCENT OF THE CURRENT YEAR SCHOOL BUDGET AS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION
 THIRTEEN  HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, COMMENCING WITH
 THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN-TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN SCHOOL YEAR. THE COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL WITHHOLD FROM THE FULL APPORTIONMENT OF SUCH STATE  AID  AN
 AMOUNT  EQUAL  TO  THE EXCESS OF FOUR PERCENT IN SUCH UNEXPENDED SURPLUS
 FUNDS OF THE CURRENT YEAR SCHOOL BUDGET.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05719-01-9

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