Assembly Bill A8700

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing foundation aid to certain school districts

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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-A8700 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A2514
2023-2024: A103

2019-A8700 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases foundation aid for school districts that meet five variables impacting academic success: free or reduced lunch, English language learners, wealth ratio, enrollment, special education, and being located in a high wealth ratio county.

2019-A8700 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8700
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to increasing foundation
   aid to school districts located in a high  wealth  ratio  county  that
   meet five variables impacting academic success: free or reduced lunch,
   English  language  learners,  wealth  ratio,  enrollment,  and special
   education
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3602 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 42 to read as follows:
   42. FOUNDATION  AID  TO  ADDRESS  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  FUNDING  INEQUITY.
 COMMENCING  WITH  AID  PAYABLE  IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCREASE  THE  AMOUNT  OF
 FOUNDATION  AID,  AT  A  RATE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, FOR SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS AND CRITERIA APPLY:
   A. A THREE-YEAR AVERAGE FREE AND REDUCED PRICE LUNCH  PERCENT  GREATER
 THAN TWO-THIRDS OR SIXTY-SEVEN PERCENT (0.67);
   B.  AN  ENGLISH  LANGUAGE  LEARNER  COUNT  THAT  TOTALS ABOVE THIRTEEN
 PERCENT (0.13) OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT POPULATION;
   C. A COMBINED WEALTH RATIO GREATER THAN SEVEN-TENTHS (0.7);
   D. AN INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT OF AT LEAST TWO PERCENT (0.02) SINCE  THE
 TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN--TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN SCHOOL YEAR; AND
   E. A SPECIAL EDUCATION COUNT THAT TOTALS ABOVE EIGHT PERCENT (0.08) OF
 THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT POPULATION.
   NOTHING  IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FOUNDATION AID
 TO ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THIS SUBDIVISION'S CONDITIONS AND CRITE-
 RIA DO NOT APPLY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13488-05-9

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